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| New moderator installed as General Assembly of Church of Scotland begins | New moderator installed as General Assembly of Church of Scotland begins |
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| The new moderator of the Church of Scotland has officially taken up her post, as the Kirk's General Assembly gets under way. | The new moderator of the Church of Scotland has officially taken up her post, as the Kirk's General Assembly gets under way. |
| The Reverend Lorna Hood described her appointment as an "enormous privilege and honour". | The Reverend Lorna Hood described her appointment as an "enormous privilege and honour". |
| Mrs Hood will preside over the week-long gathering of ministers on the Mound in Edinburgh. | Mrs Hood will preside over the week-long gathering of ministers on the Mound in Edinburgh. |
| One of her first duties will be to chair a controversial debate on the issue of gay ministers on Monday. | One of her first duties will be to chair a controversial debate on the issue of gay ministers on Monday. |
| Mrs Hood, 60, is originally from Kilmarnock, and began her church career as a probationer assistant at St Ninian's Corstorphine Church in Edinburgh where she was ordained in 1978. | |
| The following year the minister went to Renfrew North Parish Church where she has served for the past 33 years. | The following year the minister went to Renfrew North Parish Church where she has served for the past 33 years. |
| Mrs Hood was also chaplain at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for more than two decades, where she was part of a team which pioneered a care plan for women who had suffered a miscarriage or the loss of a newborn. | Mrs Hood was also chaplain at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for more than two decades, where she was part of a team which pioneered a care plan for women who had suffered a miscarriage or the loss of a newborn. |
| She is the third woman to hold the title and follows in the footsteps of Dr Alison Elliot in 2004 and the Very Reverend Dr Sheilagh Kesting in 2007. | |
| Mrs Hood succeeds the Right Reverend Albert Bogle in the post, which is held for one year. | |
| Speaking at the assembly, Mrs Hood told delegates: "I hope and pray I will live up to the high calling of this office." | Speaking at the assembly, Mrs Hood told delegates: "I hope and pray I will live up to the high calling of this office." |
| On Monday, Mrs Hood will be called upon to preside over one of the most controversial debates in the church's history. | On Monday, Mrs Hood will be called upon to preside over one of the most controversial debates in the church's history. |
| Ministers will hear the findings of a report by a theological commission, appointed in 2011, to look at the issue of same-sex relationships and the ministry. | Ministers will hear the findings of a report by a theological commission, appointed in 2011, to look at the issue of same-sex relationships and the ministry. |
| The Church of Scotland has said the report describes the breadth of theological opinion that exists but does not represent the considered view of the Kirk. | The Church of Scotland has said the report describes the breadth of theological opinion that exists but does not represent the considered view of the Kirk. |
| The report does not offer any recommendations. | The report does not offer any recommendations. |