THE draft legislation on women bishops [in the Church of England] will not be coming before the General Synod for debate next month as scheduled. Instead, the revision committee is expected still to be working on it after Easter. It will not now be debated till July.
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Synod members have voiced their concerns over the delay. Colin Slater, from Southwell & Nottingham, who has been on the Synod since 1990, said on Tuesday: “I believe many members of Synod will hear this news with incredulity. The meeting at York in July will be the last in the present quinquennium, prior to new elections in the autumn, and it cannot be a perfect scenario that the most important single issue facing the Church of England is left so late in the cycle.”
Women and the Church (WATCH) has described the revision process as a charade. Christina Rees, who chairs WATCH, said on Tuesday: “I am not alone in being deeply disappointed that the revision committee will not be producing draft legislation for women bishops. I consider there have been major flaws in the entire process, and that Synod — and the Church and its mission — is paying the price for this flawed process.”
She also criticised the “completely unnecessary requirement of secrecy over something that the whole Church has owned in open debate”. (My emphasis)
Another delay? How long, O Lord? How long?
H/T to Thinking Anglicans.
The chutzpah! And the ABC lectures our bishops on how to be a bishop.
ReplyDeleteHow long? Until after everyone has signed onto the Covenant. Priorities, Mimi . . . where are your priorities? ;~)
ReplyDeleteAh, Elizabeth, I get angry all over again when I see what a mess the CofE is, and I think of the damage that Rowan has done to our church with his interference.
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