Skip to content

Archive site notice

You are viewing an archived copy of Christian Concern's website. Some features are disabled and pages may not display properly.

To view our current site, please visit christianconcern.com

Telegraph: Magistrate disciplined after refusing to hear same-sex parenting case

Printer-friendly version
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/30/magistrate-disciplined-refusing-hear-same-sex-parenting-case/

A magistrate who refused to sit on a same-sex parenting case has been given a formal warning for misconduct.

The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said it had ordered Susan Preston to stand down from hearing future family cases after she “declined to adjudicate on a case... because of her personal views about same-sex couple parenting”.

The disciplinary action against Mrs Preston, who has been a magistrate in South Derbyshire for 16 years, follows the case of Richard Page, a Kent magistrate who was struck off last year for voicing opposition to same-sex adoption

Read more