No that isn’t me talking (although I agree with the statement), but the Anglican Bishop of Perth (Australia).
Roger Herft has compared Sydney diocese’s refusal to ordain women priests with some Islam thinking that repressed women and gave them status as second-class citizens.
His criticism stands to widen the rift in the Anglican Church over women’s leadership roles just one week after the Sydney synod invoked scriptural authority to effectively block a debate on women priests. Sydney is one of a handful of dioceses in Australia where women are ordained deacons, but not priests.
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