Reverend Kat Campion-Spall of St Mary's Church in Merton weeps after the session which allowed women bishops The Church of England finally voted yesterday to let women become bishops – to the anger of many traditionalists. The move was passed by a comfortable majority at a tense gathering of its parliament, the General Synod, in York. It ended 14 years of hand-wringing and faction-fighting, delighting Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and almost all of his fellow bishops. The decision freed the Church from the risk of intervention by politicians. MPs had threatened to step in to force the Church to accept women bishops in 2012, after a disastrously botched vote saw traditionalists narrowly block reform.
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Church of England scrapped the ban in a historic vote in York yesterday
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Archbishop of Canterbury warned the Church had been wrong on the issue
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General Synod blocked women bishops in November 2012  by just six votes
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The move comes 20 years after women were allowed to become priests
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Move was passed with an overwhelming majority of 152 to 45
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