Church of England campaigners demand end to bans on women priests

Jul 30, 2023 by Jill

by Kaya Burgess, The Times:

A church in the Cornish coastal town that Dawn French, star of The Vicar of Dibley, once called home has rescinded its decision to reject female vicars, reversing what it called a “misguided and unrepresentative” move by former parish chiefs.

The church of St Fimbarrus in Fowey made headlines this year after it emerged that its governing council had issued a formal “resolution” that it would not accept female applicants to be vicar, even though the church had been without a lead priest for four years.

The parish was one of 590 in the Church of England — 4.8 per cent of the total — to formally declare that they would not accept a woman as lead cleric or accept the oversight of a female vicar, even though the church had been without a priest for four years.

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