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| Draft women bishops law before CofE synod | |
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| The Church of England's ruling General Synod will attempt later to overcome deep disagreement and agree on plans for a new draft law on women bishops. | The Church of England's ruling General Synod will attempt later to overcome deep disagreement and agree on plans for a new draft law on women bishops. |
| Traditionalists rejected legislation in the past as they were dissatisfied with arrangements to allow them to be looked after by male bishops and priests. | Traditionalists rejected legislation in the past as they were dissatisfied with arrangements to allow them to be looked after by male bishops and priests. |
| They say the new plans offer even fewer concessions to them. | They say the new plans offer even fewer concessions to them. |
| But there have been widespread calls to solve the impasse and the plans require only a simple majority at this stage. | But there have been widespread calls to solve the impasse and the plans require only a simple majority at this stage. |
| More than 20 years after the introduction of women priests, the issue of introducing women bishops has continued to divide opponents - including some but not all of those on the Church's evangelical and Anglo-Catholic wings - from reformers. | More than 20 years after the introduction of women priests, the issue of introducing women bishops has continued to divide opponents - including some but not all of those on the Church's evangelical and Anglo-Catholic wings - from reformers. |
| Women now make up about a third of the Church's priests and a measure before the synod last November would have made it lawful for them to be consecrated to the office of bishop. | Women now make up about a third of the Church's priests and a measure before the synod last November would have made it lawful for them to be consecrated to the office of bishop. |
| It passed in the Houses of Bishops and Clergy, but failed to gain the required two-thirds majority in the House of Laity. | It passed in the Houses of Bishops and Clergy, but failed to gain the required two-thirds majority in the House of Laity. |
| The lay members said the plans gave traditionalists insufficient guarantees that they would have access to alternative, male, bishops. | The lay members said the plans gave traditionalists insufficient guarantees that they would have access to alternative, male, bishops. |
| Working group | Working group |
| The General Synod is holding a five-day meeting at the University of York. | The General Synod is holding a five-day meeting at the University of York. |
| Pressure on the Church to reach a solution has grown since November's vote, says the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott. | Pressure on the Church to reach a solution has grown since November's vote, says the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott. |
| The draft legislation from the synod's House of Bishops has been welcomed by supporters of women bishops. | The draft legislation from the synod's House of Bishops has been welcomed by supporters of women bishops. |
| It was created in response to a report submitted in May by a working group from all three Houses. | It was created in response to a report submitted in May by a working group from all three Houses. |
| The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said he wants to see the measure passed as soon as possible. | The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said he wants to see the measure passed as soon as possible. |
| Our correspondent says the synod is likely to approve the plans for the legislation to go forward for a possible vote in 2015, but it could come at the expense of further alienation of its traditionalist minority. | Our correspondent says the synod is likely to approve the plans for the legislation to go forward for a possible vote in 2015, but it could come at the expense of further alienation of its traditionalist minority. |
| The traditionalists are not happy with the plan as the proposal moves away from enshrining concessions to the opponents of women bishops in the legislation itself. | The traditionalists are not happy with the plan as the proposal moves away from enshrining concessions to the opponents of women bishops in the legislation itself. |
| The House of Bishops proposals suggest that the concessions should be in a separate declaration by the synod or by the bishops. | The House of Bishops proposals suggest that the concessions should be in a separate declaration by the synod or by the bishops. |
| Q&A: Women bishops debate | Q&A: Women bishops debate |
| Women bishops: 100 years of struggle | Women bishops: 100 years of struggle |
| Church apologises for child abuse | Church apologises for child abuse |
| CofE to tackle homophobic bullying | CofE to tackle homophobic bullying |