Leader Of Anti-Gay Anglican Church Fired For Surfing Porn On Church Computer

Yet another case of anti-gay Christian hypocrisy has reared its head - a leader of Truro Church in Fairfax County, Virginia which left the Episcopal Church over its acceptance of Gene Robinson as a bishop, has been terminated due to his surfing porn on the church's computer. Meanwhile, Truro Church, now affiliated with far right anti-gay factions of the Anglican Church based in Africa, is locked in litigation over the ownership of its historic church property. It's but one more example of the more the Christo-fascists scream about gays, the more likely it is they have their own sexual obsessions that they are indulging. Lezgetreal has coverage and here are some highlights:
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Reverend Marshall Brown was the associate rector at Truro Church, which broke away from the Anglican Communion back in 2003 after Gene Robinson was elected Bishop in New Hampshire. He was the associate rector until he got fired for repeatedly using a church computer to surf for pornography. In fact, Truro Church’s clergy helped to lead fourteen Virginia Parishes in breaking away from the Episcopal Church after Bishop V. Gene Robinson was elected to his post. He was the first openly gay Bishop in the Anglican Communion.
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In 2005, Truro Church arranged for Brown to receive treatment for an internet addiction.
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He was removed last month for accessing “websites that would be considered pornography,” according to Truro Executive Director Warren Thrasher. Minns has known Brown since seminary, and is now launching an investigation into what happened and whether or not Brown should be stripped of his priestly credentials. Minns said “Part of my thing now is to dig deeper. I was assured [in 2005] that he had a program for whatever he needed not to be addicted, and it was no longer a problem. I don’t know now, based on what’s happened, how much I can trust those assurances.”

On 19 December, church leaders held a meeting to talk to members about the firing. The parishioners were told to direct any questions from outsiders to the church leadership. Some did answer questions without wanting their names known for fear of being ostracized, according to the Washington Post. Some said that they were concerned that the addiction was kept quiet for years without anyone being told about it.