Proponents of women bishops fear backlash in UK

Tuesday, 18th November 2008
By Michael Brown

Proponents of women bishops now face a threat as serious as any ever faced before --- from those opposed to females in mitres --- according to a leading campaigner for their ordination.

The claim comes from Christina Rees who heads WATCH, the Women and the Church movement, and is a prominent member of the General Synod.

Ms Rees voices the claim in a letter sent to networks of clergy and laity, a copy of which has been seen by The Church of England Newspaper.

In the letter, which takes a swipe at traditionalist Anglicans opposed to women priests and bishops, she declares: "It is our opinion that we now face a threat as serious as any we have faced before in the long journey towards women's full inclusion in the ordained ministries of the Church of England." the rest