The Bishop of Dover and Bishop in Canterbury, the Rt Rev Dr Stephen Venner, will officially say farewell to the diocese in a special service at Canterbury Cathedral on Saturday, after a decade in the ...

THE new bishop for Britain's armed forces voiced regret today if he caused offence by saying the Taliban could be admired for their religious conviction and sense of loyalty. Stephen Venner said his ...

Our new Armed Forces bishop, the Right Rev Stephen Venner, says Afghanistan’s Taliban can be “admired” for their loyalty and conviction. The same might have been said of Hitler’s Waffen SS, fighting ...

Hundreds of people attended a farewell service for Stephen Venner, the outgoing Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury and Dover. Dr Venner was delivering his final sermon at Eucharist in the Cathedral ...

A church of England bishop has apologised for suggesting the Taliban should be admired for their religious conviction and loyalty. The Right Reverend Stephen Venner, the Church's bishop for the Armed ...

The Rt Rev Stephen Venner acknowledged that his comments in a newspaper interview appeared “incredibly insensitive” and stressed his support for British troops in Afghanistan. In the interview the ...

Stephen Venner said his comments in a newspaper interview appeared "incredibly insensitive,'' as he underlined his support for British troops battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. The Anglican ...