Male only vicar job advert ‘misogynistic’

Sep 27, 2018 by

from BBC News:

An advert for a vicar’s job which states only men can apply is the work of “crusty old misogynists”, it has been claimed.

The advert is backed by the Diocese of Oxford and appears on its website.

“I was horrified to see this strange church persist with its antediluvian policy of opposing women priests,” said councillor Susanna Pressel.

The Diocese said a small proportion of parishes believe on theological grounds that their vicar should be a man.

The job advert states that St Barnabas and St Paul with St Thomas the Martyr Parish is seeking a male priest.

“It’s clear that there are still a few crusty old misogynists clinging on,” said Ms Pressel, Labour city councillor for West Oxford.

“St Barnabas Church would surely be a much better place if it had a woman priest. Some of the local people who have left might return, but we now see that the dinosaurs have won yet again.”

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