NZ priest's gay marriage "not the first" Gay NZ

The marriage of two gay priests in the UK last month is not actually the first of its kind, says a Reverend in Wellington who married his male lover in London over twenty years ago.

Revd Graham Brandreth Wills, a Pastor at Wellington's Church of The Advent, also suspects many similar ceremonies have taken place in secret over the years.

World-wide news reports claimed that when The Rev Peter Cowell and Hamilton-born Rev Dr David Lord's exchanged vows at St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London last month, it was the "first-ever" same-sex wedding within the Anglician church.

"I would like to set the record straight… this much publicised event is most certainly not the first of its kind," says Wills.

"Over twenty years ago, myself and the Revd Robin Green were married in St Mary The Boltons church South Kensington, London. At that time, Robin was parish priest of St Mary's. The presiding priest was a local hospital chaplain.

NZ priest's gay marriage "not the first" Gay NZ