Breaking! Anglican Church Bans Women From Vicar's Job

An Anglican Church in Wallington in South-West London has banned women from applying to its vacant post of a Vicar on Biblical grounds (In Anglican Churches, A vicar is a type of parish priest. Historically, parish priests in the Church of England were divided into vicars, rectors, and perpetual curates). 

The decision to bar women from the £25,000 a year job was taken after a vote by Holy Trinity’s parochial church council.

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The announcement made in the parish newsletter handed out to the congregation stated: “At our recent open evening we explained the parish church council’s view that the position of the overall leader (vicar) should be male for biblical reasons. Thank you to all those who shared their questions, view and points.

“We have now produced a summary sheet setting out the principle reasons from scripture for maintaining the historic position of this church on this matter.”

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Women were first ordained as Church of England priests in 1994. Parishes can opt out of appointing female vicars by applying to the local diocese for ‘alternative oversight’ from a more conservative bishop.