Mr Juckes served in a parish on the outskirts of Hull in the north of England for 19 years and served on the Oak Hill council for 18 years. According to informed sources, he was an outstanding parish minister applying evangelical principles in a manner that, under God, enabled the local church of St Andrew's Kirk Ella to grow numerically and in Christian commitment.

But Christian Today revealed on January 25 that the House of Bishops had not in fact discussed or debated the matter. Instead the decision had been made by just nine bishops on a newly formed sub-committee called the Delegation Committee. It was taken with a number of other decisions which were rubber-stamped by the whole House of Bishops without debate.

So why is Archbishop Justin, who like Uriah Heep has been 'very umble to the present moment', refusing to apologise for defaming the reputation of Bishop George Bell? Why has 'Wobbly' hardened his heart like Pharaoh in the story of the Exodus even after seven senior historians wrote an open letter complaining that the archbishop had shamed his office with 'irresponsible and dangerous' claims that Bishop Bell may have been a paedophile?

Because false teaching is becoming ever more entrenched in the Church of England, Reform is surely now needed more than ever.

The occasion of its founding in 1993 was the General Synod's vote in 1992 to ordain women as priests, a move its founders believed to be contrary to Scripture. With same-sex blessings now on the agenda at the General Synod, there is a real danger that the Church of England could end up changing its currently sound doctrine on marriage.