The Church in Wales sometimes gets a bad press because of it non-use of the Welsh language. It has been picked up again here by Nation Cymru: https://nation.cymru/news/criticism-of-church-in-wales-attitude-to-welsh-as-pseudo-latin-used-instead-on-st-davids-website/?fbclid=IwAR19RljxFgee46UrVJvxN3Wz2mUqaaGJd-kqj4qqaqU9EIY5Tly_NKVuGI8

I respect Nation Cymru and accept the veracity of the story. Yet as always, it is only one side. The Church in Wales is bilingual, just as Wales is bilingual and cherishes the Welsh language. However, Wales as a nation fails to use Welsh, and sometimes so does the Church.

There are clergy, like me, who have moved to Wales, and learnt Welsh, embracing not only the language but cultures of Wales. I sometimes stumble and fail like most learners, but it does not mean that I lack anything but passion for the language of my adopted country.

Yesterday, I did one of the most nerve-wracking of things, I prayed the words of the committal in Welsh in the crematorium. I did so to honour the deceased and the language spoken in the family house. I did so because I belong to a Church, that for whatever its faults (and I have a list) is commited to be being bilingual.

To the charge that I betray the Welsh language, I am not guilty.