Women bishops: more votes
Anticipation: Women in Waiting: Prejudice at the Heart
of the Church by Julia Ogilvy was published by Bloomsbury last
week. Contributors include: Lucy Winkett, Rose Hudson-Wilkin,
Sheila Watson, Vivienne Faull, Jane Williams, Elaine Storkey, Sarah
Coakley, Helena Kennedy, Alison Elliot, Tamsin Merchant, Katherine
Jefferts Schori, and Chilton Knudsen
Anticipation: Women in Waiting: Prejudice at the Heart
of the Church by Julia Ogilvy was published by Bloomsbury last
week. Contributors ...
MORE than half the dioceses have now voted on the new
women-bishops legislation, and more than 90 per cent of votes are
in favour. All the bishops, except one, have voted in favour, as
have 92 per cent of clergy, and 90 per cent of laity. On
Monday, Hilary Cotton, who chairs WATCH, said: "We are hugely
encouraged by the voting so far. In almost all the dioceses, a mere
handful of laypeople have voted against the legislation. With this
extraordinarily high level of support, I cannot see any rationale
that General Synod members might use to explain a second defeat in
July."