salvation army

I am sure that if other salvationists discover this blog and if members of my family find it, there may be repercussions for me.  I know that there is a lot of ill-will out there.  Some years ago I wrote a couple of letters the the publication called "Salvationist" and both letters were in fact published.  My ex-wife did not attend Staines Corps on the Sunday saying that I had humiliated her!!  My brother telephoned my Mother and called her a bastard for sending the Salvation Army periodicals to me here in Spain.  My ex-wife pulled a few strings with friends at the International HQ of the Salvation Army (Queen Victoria Street, London) and the upshot was that the editor was told not to accept any further correspondence from me!   So you can see that they might even attempt to prevent me from blogging on this site!!

defrocked

I wanted to tell my story in this blog because, when I tell people that the Salvation Army kicked me out for being a homosexual, very few believe me!  I can only tell my story from my own point of view.  Naturally there are some - in particular, members of my own family, - who argue that everything that happened was my own  fault.  I still find it hard to believe that, after more than 30 years, christianity has done nothing to soften the hard hearts of some people, and that bitterness can be so deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of human beings who once loved me.  I was married and yes, we had two sons and  the Salvation Army had been my life since I was three years old but, at the age of  34, when I came out as gay and left my wife and children to be with a man, I lost everything - the Salvation Army struck me off, my family disowned me, and my wife obtained a Court Order during the divorce, preventing me from having any access to my children!