Paul Richardson was given a made up job in Newcastle on full pay by the Church of England when he wanted to leave his job of bishop of Papua New Guinea (via a brief stint as diocesan bishop of Wangaratta in Australia, where there were certain problems) and return to be near his mum in England. They foisted this arrogant misogynist on our liberal minded bishop who had to put up with his media whoring and troublemaking in our diocese for ten years or so (he basically made himself the flying bishop of women haters in Newcastle Diocese and stirred them up something rotten). Not only that, but the unmarried, boyish looking Richardson also took a load of cash every week from The Church of England Newspaper (weird bedfellows these haters choose). Then he retires and a month or two later, he pops down the road to Durham and popes.And after cynically taking the cash and, no doubt a decent bishop's pension, he has the bare faced, baby faced cheek to say:
“I would have become a Catholic even if the Church of England wasn’t ordaining women bishops,” he says. “In a sense I feel it’s what I’ve always been, so this is like coming home.”
Judas!
Damien Thompson has the full story at THE TELEGRAPH.
"Boyish-looking"?!
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Good Lord: at first I couldn't tell if that was xRichardson *OR* "his mum"!
The Popoids deserve him.
More cynical Catholicism:
ReplyDeletePublic officials who openly support same-sex marriage cannot consider themselves to be Catholic, said an Italian cardinal.
You should submit his picture to this site.
ReplyDeleteDone.
ReplyDeletea month or two later, he pops down the road to Durham and popes
ReplyDeletepopping and poping in the same moment must be exhausting though, surely
I wonder if he hears himself? I'm pretty sure that these types don't, and they think that everyone else has the same "listening deficit."
ReplyDeleteI hesistate to ask how the Bountiful Bosom ever found that site he recommends. Mind you, it's a humdinger!
ReplyDeleteI suppose it would be unchristian for the CofE to sue him for fraud to reclaim the money they paid him?
ReplyDeleteEvidently it wasn't a couple of months. It was a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteAll those years he was confirming and ordaining people without any belief that these people were being confirmed or ordained - just for the money.
THE MAN HAS NO INTEGRITY.
So at least he will be well suited to his new home.
We should be grateful, SR, that there are people like DVBB who selflessly dedicate themselves to such research. Just think of the pain he went through after typing "old lesbian" into Google before he eventually found the funny website.
ReplyDeleteSue him for fraud?!!!
ReplyDeleteYou see this is a prime example of creeping Americanisation. Back in the days when England was in charge of its own destiny we would have burnt him at the stake.
I think it is called a "compensation society" - but back then the Bishop of Rome had no jurisdiction within the English Realm.
ReplyDelete"You see this is a prime example of creeping Americanisation. Back in the days when England was in charge of its own destiny we would have burnt him at the stake."
ReplyDeleteToo funny!
Oh well.
He has his reward.
Disgusting. Wait till Jesus gets hold of him.
ReplyDeleteBishop Paul came back from P.N.G.
ReplyDeleteAnd became upset with what he did see
"Oh what a dark hour
When women seek power!
The Tykes are the go." Q.E.D.
"Wait till Jesus gets hold of him."
ReplyDeleteOh, Elizabeth! That is so rich. I'm going to HAVE to steal that line!