Swedish priests will ignore Church decision
Date: Dec 2, 2005

Over 800 priests of the Church of Sweden have repudiated the Swedish Church Assembly decision to bless gay unions, saying they it is contrary to the word of God and that they will “resist the new order”.

On October 27, the Kyrkomötet, the Swedish Church Assembly, voted to amend its prayer book, changing the section on “Marriage” to “Marriage and Blessings” and appointed a committee to draw up the appropriate rites, as we reported on November 2.

“As priests, we are bound by the promises of faithfulness to Holy Scripture and to the confession of the church which we made at our ordination. We therefore totally reject this order,” the Nov 1 declaration, endorsed by 863 of Sweden’s 5000 active and retired clergy, stated. The rest