For six years Paul Kennington was Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral in the Diocese of Montreal. Kennington is a homosexual in a civil partnership with Jonathan Bailey. When Kennington left the diocese in December 2016, a replacement with the right qualifications had to be found:

It is no surprise that it took nearly a year to find the right person to fill the position of Dean of Christ Church Cathedral. After all the qualifications were demanding. Among them, “ The new Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral will bring to all dimensions of the role a strong capacity for leadership in visioning that will inspire others—clergy, parishioners, and supporters— with imagination, energy, and enthusiasm for the Cathedral’s mission.”

What is missing from this dazzling catalogue of clerical virtues is the one which the diocese seems to prize above all: the candidate needs to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and be homosexual.

The Diocese of Montreal found Kennington in the UK, presumably having scoured Canada for a suitable candidate with the necessary sexual inclinations. It’s hard to argue with success, so the diocese, employing the same strategy, have discovered yet another homosexual UK vicar willing to be imported into Canada. The Very Rev. Bertrand Olivier is the new Dean. His husband is called Paul: