A minister in the Church in Wales has spoken of a culture of fear surrounding issues of family, homosexuality and marriage.

Speaking to the Coalition for Marriage, Rev Jeremy Bevan said the Church was being “disastrously misled” by its current leadership. Last year the position of Archbishop of Wales went to Cherry Vann, who is the first ever Anglican primate to be living in a lesbian civil partnership.

Evangelical leader Bevan said that many people had left the Church in Wales due to its position on the issue.