Manchester report: the conclusions summarised

Pat Ashworth digests the new report on women bishops
2 May, 2008

THE CHURCH of England must decide once and for all whether it wants to continue accommodating those who cannot accept the priestly ministry of women, says the report of the Legislative Drafting Group, under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Manchester.

The Synod has agreed by significant majorities in all three Houses to the basic principle of admitting women to the episcopate, and this report is concerned with how that might proceed.

It states: “The shape of legislation on women bishops turns crucially on how determined members of General Synod are tostretch as far as is theologically and ecclesiologically possible in order to accommodate the widest possible breadth of theological convictions.” the rest

Women bishops: choose path you want, says group