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Meg Hill and Miriam Burrell

Desmond Tutu’s daughter ‘barred from leading funeral by Church of England’

Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho Tutu van Furth

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

The daughter of the late Desmond Tutu has reportedly been banned from leading her godfather’s funeral by the Church of England because she is married to a woman.

Mpho Tutu van Furth, who is a practicing Anglican priest in the US, had been asked to officiate the funeral for Martin Kenyon on Thursday in Shropshire.

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