 Ind was seen in the BBC series "A Seaside Parish" and shown visiting Boscastle at the time of the flood there.On 12 May 2007 he announced to the diocesan synod his intention of retiring on 30 April 2008.In June 2007, Ind said that the massacre of thousands during the vicious suppression of a Cornish Prayer Book Rebellion, more than 450 years ago, was an "enormous mistake" which the church should be ashamed of.