Thursday, July 10, 2008

Schori on opponents of women bishops: They simply don't like women

The head of the Anglican church in America has stepped into the controversy over female bishops, claiming those who oppose them simply don't like women.
By Martin Beckford
Religious Affairs Correspondent
10/07/2008

The Most Rev Katherine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA, also claimed those who believe women should not be religious leaders do not understand church history.

In a rare British interview, she accused the Church of England of taking far too long to modernise, just days after its governing body voted to ordain women as bishops with no compromise measures for traditionalists.

And she dismissed the threat of orthodox Anglicans who are planning to create a rival structure to her church because of its liberal stance on homosexuality. the rest image

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