UK: Priest forced to stand aside as bishop over traditionalist view on women
UK: Priest forced to stand aside as bishop over traditionalist view on women
A traditionalist priest chosen to become a bishop has been forced to turn the appointment down after a rebellion in the pews over his views on women
By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
December 17, 2012
The Rev Philip North, an Anglo-Catholic, was chosen by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, last month to be the new Bishop of Whitby. He was due to take up the post in March.
Whitby is one of a handful of bishoprics in the country which in recent years have been unofficially reserved for traditionalists, as part of an informal arrangement to ensure different wings of the church are catered for.
But parishioners in the area around Cleveland wrote to the Archbishop in protest insisting that they were tired of having a traditionalist bishop "assigned" to them with little regard for their views.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
A traditionalist priest chosen to become a bishop has been forced to turn the appointment down after a rebellion in the pews over his views on women
By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
December 17, 2012
The Rev Philip North, an Anglo-Catholic, was chosen by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, last month to be the new Bishop of Whitby. He was due to take up the post in March.Whitby is one of a handful of bishoprics in the country which in recent years have been unofficially reserved for traditionalists, as part of an informal arrangement to ensure different wings of the church are catered for.
But parishioners in the area around Cleveland wrote to the Archbishop in protest insisting that they were tired of having a traditionalist bishop "assigned" to them with little regard for their views.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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