A CAMPAIGN to end the provisions that accompanied the women-bishops legislation of 2014, put in place to provide for those unable to accept women’s ministry (News, 28 July 2014), was launched by Women and the Church (WATCH) on Saturday. She was “fully behind the amazing work that WATCH undertakes to hold the Church to account with regard to its iniquitous treatment of women”, she said. The Principles were part of the package that accompanied the Measure that enabled the ordination of women to the episcopate. “What muddies the water is that, in many, if not most of those churches, ordained women’s ministry has not been welcomed or accepted. “The important thing is that it’s debated.”It is hoped that the diocese of Southwark may be the first to carry the WATCH motion.

Source: The Times April 01, 2025 13:00 UTC