Editing OutRage! (section)

==Church of England==
In autumn 1994 OutRage! began to concentrate on what it saw as [[religious homophobia]] in the [[Church of England]]. It was revealed in the press that the new [[Bishop of Durham]] [[Michael Turnbull (bishop)|Michael Turnbull]] had a conviction for a gay sex offence, and OutRage! disrupted his ordination ceremony. There were other Bishops known or suspected to be gay in private, and OutRage! held a demonstration outside Church House naming ten Bishops and urging them to "Tell the truth!". Although the ten bishops were not named in the British Press, their names were published in the Australian gay newspaper the ''Melbourne Star Observer'', and have since been published on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Buckmire|first1=Ron|title=AUSSIE PAPER CLAIMS LIST IS TEN OUTED BRITISH BISHOPS|url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/religion/judeochristian/protestantism/episcopal/aussie.paper.outs.ten.british.bishops|website=qrd.org|publisher=Queer Resources Directory|access-date=20 December 2014|date=7 January 1995}}</ref> At the same time, Peter Tatchell began a dialogue with the [[Bishop of London]], [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes|David Hope]] as Outrage! hoped he could be persuaded to admit he was gay. Press stories speculating about the [[personal sexuality]] of Bishops led Dr Hope to  call a press conference in February 1995 at which he denounced OutRage! for putting him under pressure, while admitting that his sexuality was "a grey area".

In January 1995 OutRage! had sent 20 Members of Parliament known or believed to be gay letters inviting them to come out. On 20 March the ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' carried the story that one of the MPs was from [[Northern Ireland]], widely assumed to be [[James Kilfedder]]. That day he died suddenly of a heart attack. The press immediately assumed that the death and the letter were linked and some of the fiercest denunciations of OutRage! were written.