CHICHESTER diocese has initiated disciplinary proceedings against a retired priest in a civil partnership for officiating without permission, and against his rector for allowing him to do so. The action, under the Clergy Discipline Measure, is against the Revd David Page, a retired cleric, and the Rector of Winchelsea and Icklesham, Canon Howard Cocks.
Mr Page has been ministering in the parish of Winchelsea without a Bishop's licence or Permission to Officiate (PTO).