Gays decry Archbishop over dismissal
May. 15, 2006

Gay rights groups accused the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster of hypocrisy after it was revealed he fired his homosexual press secretary in 2003.

The row is embarrassing for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor because, although Stephen Noon was dismissed three years ago, the Archbishop recently wrote in a letter to The Times: "The Church has consistently spoken out against any discrimination against homosexual persons, and will continue to do so."

The Cardinal is regarded as being somewhat liberal on the subject of homosexuality, but if faced with a situation that went directly against Catholic teaching would have had no choice but to take the action he did, the Times of London reported. the rest