A school chaplain in the United Kingdom who was fired and blacklisted after preaching a sermon on LGBTQ issues has reached a confidential settlement with his former employer, ending a seven-year legal battle.The Rev.Bernard Randall, an ordained Church of England minister, worked for five years as chaplain at Trent College, an independent school for K-12 students in Derbyshire, England.
In 2018, Randall grew concerned when the school partnered with Educate and Celebrate, an outside group whose stated goal was to "smash heteronormativity" and embed queer theory in school culture.The group has since dissolved."I objected to [it] at the time it started, and tried to discuss it with the senior leadership, [but] they weren't interested," Randall told Fox News Digital.The following year, a student asked Randall why pupils were required to accept LGBTQ ideology at a Christian school.
Randall said that question, along with similar concerns raised by other students and staff, prompted him to deliver a sermon on freedom of belief and conscience.CHRISTIAN COP IN UK SUSPENDED FOR ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ISLAM DURING DEI TRAINING WINS SETTLEMENTRev.Dr.
Bernard Randall was the chaplain of Trent College in Derbyshire, England for five years.(Christian Concern)In his chapel address, Randall told his young students they were entitled to hold traditional Christian beliefs on marriage and biological sex, while emphasizing that they must show respect to those with whom they disagree.Days later, school administrators summoned Randall to a meeting, interrogated him, suspended him and launched an investigation.
He was also reported to local law enforcement and Prevent, the U.K.government's counterterrorism program.
Prevent ultimately determined he did not pose a terrorist threat.In addition, the Diocese of Derby blacklisted Randall as a safeguarding risk to children.Trent College eventually fired Randall for gross misconduct.He was reinstated on appeal, but under strict conditions tha...