CoE has 'reaped a harvest of plagues'
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
(Filed: 28/01/2006)

The Church of England has "reaped a harvest of plagues" after abandoning the historic faith and ordaining women as priests, the bishop who leads its traditionalist wing will tell a 2,000-strong rally today.

The Bishop of Fulham, the Rt Rev John Broadhurst, will say that he prophesied 13 years ago that the Church would face serious consequences if women became priests, and worse will follow if they become bishops.

The bishop, who is president of Forward-in-Faith, the traditionalist umbrella organisation, will deliver his warning at a meeting in London a week before a critical General Synod debate on women bishops. The rest