4,000 Anglicans give support for introduction of women bishops

Canon Lucy Winkett, precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, is one of the writers of the letter to House of Bishops More than 4,000 Anglicans have given their support to calls for the introduction of women bishops without special legislation to protect opponents of the move, it was disclosed. Campaigners for the consecration of women bishops said 1,276 women clergy, 1,012 male clergy and 1,916 lay Church of England members have backed a move for women bishops to be introduced but without measures such as new provinces for those who object. The women clergy signatures have been gathered in support of a letter written by Canon Lucy Winkett, precentor of St Paul's Cathedral, Canon Jane Hedges, Canon Steward of Westminster Abbey, and the Rev Rosemary Lain-Priestley, secretary of the National Association of Diocesan Advisers in Women's... [read full story]