BRITAIN-FEMALE BISHOP
Church of England ordains first female bishop
LONDON (AP) β The male monopoly in the leadership of the Church of England has ended with Monday’s consecration of the 500-year-old institution’s first female bishop.
The Rev. Libby Lane became the eighth Bishop of Stockport in a service at York Minster. Her consecration comes after the church ended a long and divisive dispute by voting last year to allow women to serve as bishops.
The consecration service was interrupted by a lone protester, the Rev. Paul Williamson. He stepped forward and objected when the congregation was asked if it was their will that Lane be ordained. Williamson said “No!” and asked to speak, arguing there was no precedent in the Bible for women bishops.
The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, answered with a prepared statement and then asked again if the church approved. This time, the response was a thunderous “Yes!”
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244-w-31-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor, with York Archbishop John Sentamu and the Reverend Paul Williamson)–The Church of England has consecrated its first female bishop, but not without a note of controversy. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (26 Jan 2015)
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