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Tribunal orders Bishop of Hereford to pay £47,000 to gay youth worker.

The Bishop of Hereford was last month* ordered to pay more than £47,000 following the Employment Tribunal case won by gay youth worker John Reaney, whose appointment was blocked by the Bishop in 2006.

The tribunal ruling against the Bishop includes £33,00 for loss of future earnings and £7,000 damages specifically awarded for 'psychiatric injury'. The tribunal heard last June that the Bishop subjected John Reaney to a humilating and offensive cross-examination about his private life to which a heterosexual would not have been submitted to.

The Tribunal also expects the Bishop to fulfil an undertaking that he will undergo equal opportunities training.

* January/February 2008

Source: Stonewall

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Documents:

• Sexual Orientation - The Legal Framework for Employment
  
  
• Sexual Orientation - The Legal Framework for the Provision of Education, Goods and Services
  
  
• The Equality Act 2006