"he was seen sitting in the back of a Mercedes chucking children's toys out of the window and announcing: "I'm the Bishop of Southwark. It's what I do."The Bishop actually seems as dangerous in his recreational activities as in his official duties, for it was this same Bishop who caused a row during the summer by revoking the "licence of a conservative evangelical minister" only to have his decision overturned by the Archbishop.
Even more interesting is where his name crops up just a month ago...
Christians have long argued that life should preserved at all costs - but a bishop representing the national church has now sparked controversy by arguing that there are occasions when it is compassionate to leave a severely disabled child to die.The good Bishop's exact position being “It may in some circumstances be right to choose to withhold or withdraw treatment, knowing it will possibly, probably, or even certainly result in death.”
And the Bishop of Southwark, Tom Butler, who is the vice chair of the Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Council, has also argued that the high financial cost of keeping desperately ill babies alive should be a factor in life or death decisions.
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