Throughout the 1990s The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, refused to meet with any gay organisation, including the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement.

On Easter Sunday 1998, Peter Tatchell and six other members of the gay rights group, OutRage!, walked into the pulpit of Canterbury Cathedral soon after the Archbishop began his Easter sermon.

They held up placards and Tatchell addressed the congregation saying, 'Dr Carey supports discrimination against lesbian and gay people. He opposes lesbian and gay human rights. This is not Christian teaching.'

Tatchell was charged under section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act (1860) with the offence of 'riotous or violent' behaviour in a church.

In July of the same year, the 13th Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops passed a resolution 'rejecting homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture'.

Over 100 bishops, including some who voted in favour of the resolution, immediately repudiated it and signed a letter of apology to gay and lesbian Anglicans.

Years later, in the documentary (Director Christopher Amos, Wildbear Entertainment 2021), George Carey likened Peter Tatchell to Jesus Christ because of his commitment to supporting the downtrodden and outcast.