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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dave Higgens

Christian who had job offer withdrawn over views on homosexuality begins appeal

A Christian social worker has begun an appeal against an employment tribunal ruling that he was not discriminated against when he was rejected for a job after a health charity discovered his views on homosexuality.

Felix Ngole told a hearing in 2024 that Touchstone Leeds discriminated against him because of his religious beliefs when they refused him the job as a hospital discharge mental health support worker based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in 2022.

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