Minorities should have a say on future Church of England bishops to improve diversity, leaders say
by Steve Doughty, Mailonline:
All future Church of England bishops should be approved by a representative from black or minority groups, leaders have recommended.
The reforms will give a black or ethnic minority churchgoer an effective veto over who lands the most senior posts.
The move, which was influenced by the Black Lives Matter movement, follows a year of Anglican agonising over race.
Last year the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, compared the CofE’s attitude to ethnic minorities with that of Nazi-era German churches to Jews.
He also called on cathedrals and churches to examine monuments and statues that may be connected to slavery, saying ‘some will have to come down’.
Reforms to the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), which picks bishops, have been recommended in a report compiled over three years by senior Church figures.
The plans will go before a meeting of the Church’s parliament, the General Synod, this month.
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