| Resolution Number: | 1997-A052 | |
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| Title: | Amend Canons III.8, 16, and 17 [Removing Discrimination on the Basis of Sex] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That Canon III.8.1 be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
No one shall be denied access to the ordination process nor postulancy, candidacy or ordination in any parish or diocese of this church solely [sic] on account of his or her sex ; and be it further
Resolved, That Canon III.16.1(d) be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: The Ecclesiastical Authority shall not deny or refuse to accept Letters Dimissory on account of the applicant's sex; and be it further
Resolved, That Canon III.16.2 be amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:
No member of the clergy shall be denied a license on account of his or her sex ; and be it further
Resolved, That Canon III.17.3 be amended by adding the following as the penultimate sentence thereof:
Sex shall not be a factor in the Ecclesiastical Authority's determination of whether such person is a duly qualified priest.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), pp. 110-111. |
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