The headmaster of St Paul’s in Deptford, Father Paul Butler, tweeted: “Always one justice for the rich and one for the poor.” Christopher Lamb, Rome correspondent for Catholic magazine The Tablet, said he hoped the rules would now be relaxed for others. “I think it’s time for the church to look at the current rules and see how it can be more welcoming. She was welcoming to Boris Johnson, why not to others?” he told BBC Radio 5 live.
If even Boris Johnson, who is no longer a practicing Catholic, had a child with Symonds before they were married, has another illegitimate child, and has been divorced twice, can marry in church, then the rules could also be relaxed for gay couples, Father James Martin, editor-in-chief of the Jesuit magazine, tweeted America. “Mr and Mrs Johnson are married within the rules of the Catholic Church. And I wish them the best. I wish the same mercy and compassion that was offered to them would extend to same-sex couples who have been Catholics all their lives.”
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