Church Should Change Views On Divorce
Received Mondav, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 24. The vicar of Shoreham, the Rev. F. S. Simpson, has eritieiscd tlie church 's at ti t ude towards .divorce and has suggested a new form of prayer for second marriages. " Tf the church is to fulfil its mission it must find a solution for tliis vita' national "problem, ' ' he said. "Adulterv is a grave sin and must be condemned but I fa.il to see good coming from tlie church 's deeision to sencj to coventry people who committed adultery. Thefp was great good in tlipse who, after divorce, return for the church 's blessing for a second marriage. They haven 't- lost faith in the church which makes -a great mistake in turning them ftway especially when many are poteiftial patents of the future generation. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 January 1949, Page 5
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