THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND DIVORCE SIR,—Mr. Weir, in his
letter of December 19, asserts that 'there never has been Canon Law in the Church of England' and that the claim of Convocation that it is legally possible for it to make canons without the assent of Parliament is without foundation.
Would Mr. Weir agree that the logical conclusion of this assertion is that the Queen and her Council (together with their advisors, who include the Prime Minister and the Law Officers), in issuing a Royal Licence to Convocation to consider and draft canons, are in fact inciting Convocation to do something which is illegal, invalid and indeed futile? Are we thus to understand that all of them are ignorant of the law and that the Rector of Kirton alone is right?
Has Mr. Weir approached the Director of Public Prosecutions and asked him to investigate this blatant illegality in high places?—Yours faithfully,
PAUL A. WELSBY
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