ITEMS OF INTEREST December 24, 2007 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Galen Holley

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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