Former deputy council leader George Meechan will be the new Angus Council leader after his resignation from the ruling group triggered a call for change.
The 17-year-old appeared in private at Dundee Sheriff Court.
The decision has been backed by the Church of Scotland, despite gay ministers serving elsewhere in the country.
Keiran Matthew pled guilty to assaulting the teacher to the danger of her life last year.
The Faculty of Advocates says it is "dismayed" that the Green MSP accused the UK's highest court of "bigotry".
Police and forensics teams were seen entering a flat on Campsie Road in Letham.
