The term ‘sodomy’ for homosexuality comes from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18-19. The use of this term by the Church indicates the consistent understanding of the text throughout the Church’s history: it is a story about, among other things, homosexuality in Canaan. Not so, say a number of modern interpreters who wish to find some other meaning in the story or who, more likely, have an agenda to find anything in the text other than a story about disordered sexuality. In the Pilling Report, David Runcorn follows the recent interpretation of several others as he puts forward a single interpretation that fits his agenda. For these interpreters, the story of Sodom is a story about hospitality—not accepting the stranger. In this way, the text is made irrelevant for the Church of England’s present confusion over the issue of homosexuality. [1] So, have modern interpreters, followed by some western Anglicans such as Runcorn, discovered a better interpretation of Genes