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  2. African and African-American women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, Black women held about 3% [17] of leadership roles. By 1990, this figure had risen to 19%. In 1890, 7% of black women in Protestant churches were given full clergy rights, but 100 years later 50% had these same rights. Often, women do not receive the higher level or more visible roles.

  3. Eve Pitts - Wikipedia

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    In 1994, Pitts was one of the first black women ordained priest in the Church of England, and went on to be the first black woman to become a vicar. [4] [5] [2] The Immanuel Church on Highter's Heath Lane in Birmingham in 2020 Pitts's church from 2010 (left), Birchfield. She spent three years at her first church in Bartley Green, Birmingham.

  4. Excommunicated female Catholic priest keeps up fight for ...

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    Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety ...

  5. Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church ...

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    He was later given a card designating him as an "Honorary High Priest". [24] [25] [26] By the 1960s, Black men could serve in leadership roles in auxiliary organizations and attend priesthood meetings, including serving in the Sunday School or Young Men presidency. [14] In the 1960s, church president McKay began considering opening up a mission ...

  6. Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by ...

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    Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch ...

  7. Pauli Murray - Wikipedia

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    She became an ordained priest in 1977, among the first generation of women priests and the first African-American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. [ 8 ] [ 5 ] In addition to her legal and advocacy work, Murray published two well-reviewed autobiographies and a volume of poetry.

  8. Ohio Catholic priest, the Rev. Michael Zacharias, gets life ...

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    Toledo diocese: Ohio Catholic priest guilty of sex trafficking boys; allegations spanned 15 years Testimony and evidence at trial showed Zacharias developed relationships with the victims ...

  9. Sex and gender roles in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    However, the priests of the higher classes were punished most severely for sexual crimes. They were stripped of their rank, position, and income. [45] The wife and children of the priest were thrown out of their house, [46] and the priests could be thrown in a monastery for the remainder of their lives and their wife and children enslaved. [34]