John Yates (bishop)

[3] Following the war, he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge as a Scholar, taking a first-class degree in theology[3] (some reports say history).

He then trained for ordination at Lincoln Theological College[3] and was ordained deacon at St Paul's Cathedral,[2] before embarking on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Christ Church Southgate, in north London.

In 1979, he chaired a group of 12 scholars appointed by the General Synod's Board for Social Responsibility which produced a report on homosexual relationships.

[2] The Gloucester Report controversially contemplated homosexual relationships "involving a physical expression of sexual love".

[2] He actively took part in the review of sexual assaults committed by the nowadays infamous sex offender Peter Ball (bishop).