
Helen King
Helen King is an authorised lay preacher, an elected member of the Church of England’s General Synod and Professor Emerita in classical studies at The Open University. She is a former trustee of Women and the Church (WATCH) and a current trustee of Together for the Church of England and of Westcott House
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I’m celebrating the UK’s first female archbishop. I don’t care that she is in a civil partnership
Those who are opposing Cherry Vann’s appointment as the new Archbishop of Wales on the basis of her sexuality are conveniently forgetting that they once opposed the ordination of women altogether. Prof Helen King says their arguments are hypocritical and outdated