So I think some such arrangement will be necessary if and when the Church of England proceeds to ordain women to the episcopate.

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"I am aware of different, deeply held convictions around the diocese on the ordination of women to the priesthood and to the episcopate, " he said.

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From an Anglo-Catholic point of view, he believes, "it's absolutely essential that women should be admitted to the episcopate" and illogical to have female priests without women bishops.

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Bishop Christopher Jones, head of the Irish episcopate's committee on family affairs, has complained that the church is being singled out, when most abuse happens inside families and other organisations.

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It seems illogical to say that you can ordain a woman a priest and then say you are not going to go on potentially at any rate, to ordain a women to the episcopate.

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Her ordination as Suffragan Bishop for Massachusetts, in the USA, caused outrage among conservative Episcopalians (another name for Anglicans) but since then over a dozen women have been elected to the episcopate in America.

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Men and women in same-sex unions were already allowed to serve as priests in the Church of England, but there was a moratorium on advancement to the episcopate -- becoming a bishop -- while the church considered the issue.

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"It is now five years since the last time the governing body considered the question of the ordination of women to the episcopate, and many of its members will have changed, " said the Bishop of St Asaph, the Right Reverend Gregory Cameron.

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