Women Outnumbered Men in '06 Ordinations
LONDON -- Women outnumbered men among newly ordained priests in the Church of England for the first time last year. The church added 213 women priests in 2006 and 210 men, according to a report released Monday. However, men continued to outnumber in paid positions _ 128 to 95 among the new priests _ and the total number of men in the priesthood was 7,001 compared with 1,495 women.
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Posted by Editor at November 14, 2007 05:48 AM