Absolutely spot on, Allan, it would be a scandal if any employer were allowed to openly practice discrimination against women, but even more so when that employer is the established church in England. They (the naysayers in the Synod) should hang their heads in shame.

We've had a young woman vicar for the past couple of years, and she is a real inspiration - how appalling to think that, no matter how good at the job or how hard she works, she is barred from promotion to the top level because of an accident of birth.

I wonder what The Boss thinks of it all?