The independent review followed a complaint from one worshipper after the West Yorkshire landmark stopped publishing in advance the names of those who would be presiding over Holy Communion.
Dennis Belk claimed he was being “marginalised” because he was forced to arrive at services without prior knowledge whether there would be a male or female celebrant.
Mr Belk, who described himself as a “traditional Catholic” felt the situation put him in a “compromising position” and argued he had to leave services on three occasions because a woman priest was presiding.
Conducted by Sir William Fittall, the review found cathedral bosses were unreasonable in their expectations of Mr Belk.
He said: “To expect someone whose theological conviction does not enable him to receive the sacramental ministry of women routinely to turn up to a celebration of Holy Communion when he cannot discover in advance whether he will be able to receive Holy Communion seems to me to be asking too much.”
Responding to a previous letter from Mr Belk, Dean of Wakefield Cathedral Very Rev Simon Cowling said: “Removing the names of those – male and female – who are to preside at a particular service helps to make the point that it is our offering of the Eucharist that is central, rather than the particular individual who is presiding.”
The Bishop of Wakefield, Rt Rev Tony Robinson (pictured below,…
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