Archbishop Williams: ‘Full Support’ for Women’s Ordination
11/16/2006

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has denounced British press reports that he was rethinking the Church of England’s decision to ordain women to the priesthood.

In a Nov. 16 statement a spokesman for the archbishop dismissed as “willfully misleading” reports “that he is doubtful over the ordination of women to the priesthood, has ever felt that the ordination of women priests has been ‘wrong,’ or believes that a revisiting of the question is likely, necessary or desirable.”

“It’s quite mad,” the spokesman said. “He has always been a supporter of women priests.”

In an interview in The Catholic Herald, due out Nov. 17, Archbishop Williams is quoted as stating the turmoil following the decision to ordain women to the priesthood “has tested” his resolve, but he remained convinced it was the proper course of action. the rest