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The first transgender minister in the Church of England
Sarah Jones was the first person who had made a gender change to be ordained by the Church of England.
Sarah Jones is the first person who had undergone a gender change to be ordained in the Church of England. She has been talking to Phil Marzouk about her journey towards the priesthood. She says that in her early life she knew that although she had been born a boy, she wasn’t one. She also knew that she wanted to work in the church. She transitioned as a woman in 1991, and was first ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 2004.
Photo: Sarah Jones.
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