Senior bishops have raised the prospect of asking the Queen to dissolve the Church of England’s ‘Parliament’, the General Synod, if it continues to oppose the creation of women bishops. The unprecedented proposal was made in a confidential meeting chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week and reflects Church leaders’ frustration with the Synod for narrowly defeating legislation in November to allow women priests to become bishops. The House of Bishops unveiled fresh plans on Friday to push through the historic reforms within two years and is preparing for a battle with traditionalists. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby held a confidential meeting last week about the issue
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Archbishop of Canterbury chaired a confidential meeting last week
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Plans for historic reforms may be pushed through within two years
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Archbishop is preparing for battle with traditionalists
The fallout was highly damaging to the Church’s credibility and MPs have threatened to impose women bishops by passing legislation in @placeholder if the Church fails to resolve the crisis.