I have been reading with great interest the news coming out of Lambeth. That the Catholic cardinal said what he said about holy orders and women is not surprising. Has any anglican ask the question... what if it is true that the The Church has no authority to confer holy orders upon women.Think!

Daniel MacManus-Sullivan, Radnor,PA, USA

“Spouse Abuse a Two-Way Street,” by Warren Farrell, Ph.D. USA Today, 6/29/94"However, when 54% of women in lesbian relationships acknowledge violence in their current relationship, vs. only 11% of heterosexual couples reporting violence, I realized that domestic violence is not an outgrowth of male biology."

Mari, Kalamazoo, MI US

The only violent relationship I have ever had was with the only Christian I have been out with. I met him in Church. He is now a lay preacher. He admitted that he had been violent to his first wife, including rape. Domestic violence exists in all sectors of Society. The Church is no exception

Anne, kendal, uk

What on earth is she trying to say? That African bishops beat their wives, so TEC shouldn't have to listen to them complain about TEC's total abandonment of morality and fairness, enforced by lawsuit? Is she quite right upstairs? Amongst 100+ TEC bishops, some must surely be deranged.

Delaney, London, UK

while I can agree with the comments on the statistical probabilities--- women are also abusers---especially of children--- they are the number one perps for child abuse. The real story here is the timing---interestingly women's episcopal ordination is one of the current and divisive issues-Hmmm!

Susan, Wauconda, USA

I've been with say ten woman half of whom thought it was ok to hit me to the point of bruising "because you've annoyed me". Try using that as an excuse if you hit a woman. Violence against the person is generally by women on men/children and I can understand why men snap after years of such abuse.

John , Dundee, UK

I think Bishop Catherine perhaps could have been more precise that in a gathering of that many men, statistically it is likely that it has occurred, bishops not being immune from the human condition.

Paul S. Davison, Perry, Georgia, USA

The Global South are the ones who are overly represented. Perhaps you ought to check what Chane actually said - he didn't label the Africans "demonic" - he said that the Global South Anglicans and their Western friends are demonising the Americans just because they're working for an inclusive church

Nicholas, Lincoln, UK

She did not say Bishops beat their wives - but that it is statistically likely that some might. 1 in 4 women are battered - and I know some who are bishops wives. Go to any women's shelter and see for yourself.

Ann, Lander, USA

If you have 700 men, statictically some of them will be spouse abusers. Unfortunately, a person being a Christian, or a bishop, or a doctor, or whatever, is not a guarantee that person won't be a spouse or child abuser. It happens among all people. That's what Bp. Roskam was saying.

Sue, New York,

More of the same from the overly represented TEC. They can not conduct an intellectual arguement on their hypocrisies, so they fall back on slander and inuendo. First Chane labels African Anglicans "demonic", an old world, racist smear, and now Bishop Roskam inserts this latest bit of discrimination

Jenny, Grand Rapids, MI US