UK: Anglican Church Officially Condemns The Pro-Death Falconer Report

I wondered earlier in the week whether the Anglican Church in the UK would officially get behind one of it’s clergy who publicly condemned the Falconer Commission’s recommendations. They have. Here’s the official church statement.

Statement on the report of the Commission for Assisted Dying

The 'Commission on Assisted Dying' is a self-appointed group that excluded from its membership anyone with a known objection to assisted suicide. In contrast, the majority of commissioners, appointed personally by Lord Falconer, were already in favour of changing the law to legitimise assisted suicide. Lord Falconer has, himself, been a leading proponent for legitimising assisted suicide, for some years. more

Clergyman Publicly Opposes Falconer Commission - Will The Whole Church Of England Follow?

Here’s a member of the clergy who is publicly opposing the idea of legalized assisted suicide. I hope his big boss, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will come out in support speaking for the whole Church of England.

Church of England calls assisted suicide plan morally unacceptable

A senior bishop has described plans to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill as morally unacceptable.

The Rt Rev James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, said the best safeguard for vulnerable people would be to keep the existing law in place.

He also claimed the Commission on Assisted Dying, a group of peers and academics chaired by the former Labour minister Lord Falconer, was a “self-appointed” group that excluded anyone who objected to legalising assisted suicide.

It had “singularly failed” to prove that vulnerable people would be safer under the new proposals than under the existing law, which is rarely used but means anyone who helps another person kill themselves can be jailed for up to 14 years. more