Female clergy face ‘institutionalised discrimination’, campaigners claim

Church of England is still discriminating against women' 30 years after allowing them to become priests

Thirty years after the Church of England took the historic step of allowing women to become priests, equality campaigners say female clergy still face institutionalised discrimination".

Fewer than one in three paid clergy are female, according to 2020 data - the most recent published - although the same source showed more women (55%) than men had begun training for the priesthood.