Women to attend Church of England meetings

By IANS,

London: Women clergy will attends bishops’ meetings of the Church of England for the first time.

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Eight senior women clergy, such as deans and archdeacons, will take part as non-voting members of the House of Bishops, BBC reported Friday.

The report said the move was in response to the defeat of attempts to create women bishops.

A proposed legislation failed to win the backing of the Church’s ruling body in November. The Church will, however, reconsider the issue this year.

The legislation needed to gain two-thirds majority support in each of the three houses – bishops, clergy and laity – but fell short by six votes in the last.