Posted on 01/02/2022 6:33:20 PM PST by marshmallow
* Paul Williamson claims he was forced to retire because of beliefs about women
* Rev Williamson interrupted 2015 consecration service shouting 'Not in the Bible'
* The priest tried to claim age discrimination when he was forced to retire in 2019
* He lost latest legal challenge on grounds of religious discrimination as it was late
A Church of England priest who protested at the consecration of the first female bishop has lost a claim of religious discrimination at a tribunal after he claimed he was forced to retire because he believes women shouldn't be ordained.
Reverend Paul Williamson, 72, claimed he was forced to retire aged 70 - as is common practice in the Church of England - because of his unpopular view.
His notorious campaign against women being ordained dates back 25 years when in 1997 he tried to sue the dean and chapter of St Paul's Cathedral for appointing a female minor canon.
In 2015 the priest publicly interrupted the ordination of Libby Lane - England's first female bishop - at York Minster to object to it, shouting that it was 'not in the bible' and that it was an 'absolute impediment'.
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Women shouldn’t be bishops or priests.
I agree.
This man is Biblically Correct. However, he is Politically Incorrect. Therefore he must be punished. In this day, Political Correctness Trumps Biblical Correctness.
In Fact, Biblical Correctness is under assault. 24/7/365 by PC Leftists. A fact that Jesus Christ Himself predicted 2000 years ago.
Paraphrasing, as they hated Me they will hate you.
My decision to support President Trump going forward is exclusively due to his acknowledgment that He is not the saviour of the USA. That if this is to be it will come from a power far far greater. This statement solidified my families decision.
Its not specific in the bible..technically Jesus never said women should not be priests..there were no “ priests” in the early church..male or female.
“the consecration of the first female bishop...” News flash: curious people won’t find accurate interpretations of the Bible from the fake, artificial, cartoon religion of Henry VIII.
“Jesus never said women should not be priests.”
On the contrary, there are very clear instructions on who should be a priest in most of the 73 books of the Bible. The main instruction happened on Holy Thursday.
Could you please cite one or 2 chapter and verse in the bible where Jesus said women should not be priests.i know it seems like a technicality...but there were many women involved in Jesus’s ministry and with early disciples...
Mary magdeline was very involved and women contributed financially in the early church at a time when women were not involved in that way in the Jewish religion. Just want to clarify this.
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