CofE: Consecration of women bishops faces setback

by Maria Mackay
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The consecration of women bishops in the Church of England has suffered a setback after it emerged that the revision committee charged with drafting the legislation has failed to complete it in time for February’s General Synod.

Speaking at a pre-Synod briefing on Monday, Secretary General of the General Synod William Fittall dismissed criticism that the revision committee had been careless or deliberately slow, saying that there had been no formal deadline set for the legislation. the rest