Community of the Glorious Ascension

The Community of the Glorious Ascension is an Anglican monastic community in the United Kingdom, co-founded in 1960 by Brothers (later the Right Reverend) Michael Ball and Peter. It was founded in Stratford Park in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and the priory is now at Lamacraft Farm, Start Point, near Kingsbridge in South Devon. There is also a house of sisters at Prasada in Montauroux, in the South of France.

Rt Rev Peter Ball, who later became suffragan Bishop of Lewes (1977 - 1992) and then Bishop of Gloucester (1992–1993), resigned as Bishop after admitting to a sexual act of gross indecency with a 17 year-old trainee monkand was cautioned by police, that caution being filed on his record. Many believe there is a climate of intense double standards in relation to the gay rights issue in the Church of England. Bishop Ball's indiscretions have caused much embarrassment to the opponents of gay rights in the church.

External links

• CGA on the Anglican Communion Website
• Priory website
• CGA Prasada