Archbishop of Wales says churches could marry same-sex couples in next few years

The new archbishop of Wales has said that same-sex weddings could be held in churches within the next five years.

Speaking after he was enthroned at St Deiniol’s cathedral in Bangor, Andrew John that the Church in Wales should be inclusive and “welcome people, where they are, who they are”. 

Last year, the Church voted to allow same-sex couples to have their civil partnership blessed. The blessings are being introduced for an ‘experimental’ period of five years, with individual clergy able to opt out.

The new archbishop said he was “enormously heartened” by the vote.

He said, per the BBC: “Although it wasn’t unanimous – it showed the Church in Wales has a common mind on this.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if, within that five-year period, we were once again talking

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