Easter 2026 teaching from Rev Paul Williamson, who asks: is Britain's 1st woman Archbishop Biblical?

CofE priest erupts during election service of first female archbishop of Canterbury: &object!' The Rev. Paul Williamson has opposed the ordination of women and claimed his objection was related to Mullally&alleged false allegations against a clergyman who killed himself. Mullally&formal installation is scheduled for March 25, amid ongoing divisions within the Anglican Communion over its leftward drift on homosexuality and female ordination. An Anglican priest was removed from the formal election service of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female archbishop of Canterbury at St. Paul&Cathedral on Wednesday after he shouted his objection to her confirmation. The Rev. Paul Williamson, who was ordained in 1973 and has since been outspoken against the ordination of women, shouted, "I object!" during the service before he was removed, according to Church Times. Williamson&eruption, the rest of which was inaudible, came during the part of the ceremony when the proctor, who represents the College of Canons of Canterbury Cathedral, declared: "No person has appeared in opposition to the Confirmation." Williamson subsequently said the rest of his objection was related to what he characterised as Mullally&false allegations against the late Rev. Alan Griffin, who died by suicide in August 2020, "after a prolonged period of suffering, resulting from the false allegations of a sexual nature," according to a petition launched by Williamson calling for her resignation....