May 2008

Women Bishops Legislative Drafting Group
The report of the drafting group has now been published and is available to view/download at http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/papers/womenbishopsreport
See the WATCH Press Release in response.

February 2008

Women bishops "highly unlikely" for another five years
Following this depressing news from the latest meeting of the General Synod 10-15 February WATCH has put out this Press Release. See Press Release


January 2008

WATCH Ripon and Leeds host lunch with Ann Cryer on women challenging injustice
See Press Release



16 April 2007

Church of England Out of Step with Women
See Press Release in Adobe Acrobat.

Revd Becky Hollis goes to Columbo, Sri Lanka
See Press Release.

13 February 2007

WATCH congratulates Revd Dr Charlotte Methuen

on her appointment by the Bishop of Gloucester as the first Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Gloucester. See Press Release in Adobe Acrobat.

6 December 2006

Legislative Group appointed for Women Bishops

The group to draft the legislation to allow women to become bishops has now been announced. See Press Release.

16 November 2006

Woman Priests Are 'Normal'

Archbishop Rowan Williams says "the presence of women as priests is 'normal'"
See Press Release

8 July 2006

Woman Bishops for the Church of England

General Synod made history by voting to accept women as bishops. 14 years after it opened the priesthood to women, Synod has decided that "admitting women to the episcopate in the Church of England is consonant with the faith of the Church as the the Church of England has received it and would be a proper development in proclaiming afresh in this generation the grace and truth of Christ".

Press Release in Acrobat Reader