Campaigners for women in the episcopacy in the Church of England are considering whether to vote the plan down themselves, with some privately condemning it as a “compromise too far”.
Others say that the concession would give legal status to the view that women bishops would carry a “taint".
Yet traditionalists also voiced disappointment at the measure, which they said falls far short of the assurances they say they need, and warned the Church is facing a “terminal” crisis.
It comes after the Church’s House of Bishops met behind closed doors in York to give its approval to the long-awaited legislation. » | John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor | Tuesday, May 22, 2012
