She was interviewed for the role of Bishop of London in 2017. Ms Vennells was ordained as a priest in 2006 and had been an associate minister in the diocese of St Albans while at the same time running the Post Office. Rev Canon Haselock was appointed Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in 2013, a title he held until 2021. His has been a terrible primacy and clutching his GCVO, he should go.” “His total failure to bring pastoral care to the fore during the pandemic and the disastrous decisions he made at that time shows his complete and utter lack of understanding of the Church and its ministry. In the post, seen by The Telegraph, he added: “His backing for this woman for episcopal office shows how completely he fails to understand the nature of that office. Another demonstration of his complete lack of sound judgment.” The late Queen’s former chaplain, the Rev Canon Jeremy Haselock, an associate priest at Great St Bartholomew’s in the City of London, criticised the alleged endorsement, writing on social media: “Surely this is the point at which Welby must go. Church sources claim the Most Rev Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was personally supportive of Ms Vennells’ candidacy.
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