Archbishop Says Church Lost Credibility on Women Bishops

The Church of England has lost credibility and has “a lot of explaining to do” after rejecting women bishops yesterday, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said.

Williams was speaking after an emergency meeting of bishops in London today to plan their next move following the governing General Synod’s rejection of a plan to allow women to join their number. While bishops and clergy voted for the change, lay Anglicans failed by six votes to give it the required two-thirds majority.