…sufficient signatures have been obtained to force a meeting of the House of Laity of the General Synod to discuss a vote of no confidence in its chair, Dr Philip Giddings
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The Church of England Diocese of Bristol passed a vote of no confidence in the ability of the General Synod of the Church of England to effect the clear will of the majority of Church members in relation to women bishops.
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… the Council decided that a process to admit women to the episcopate needed to be restarted at the next meeting of the General Synod in July 2013.
Bishop John Gladwin said, “The public humiliation and deep wound inflicted on the Church of England by the vote in Synod has changed the whole landscape of this and many other issues. What a small minority has done is blow up the bridge to any compromise solution. The consecration of women into the episcopate has been moved from certainty to inevitability.”