From Ft. Worth with video-
Women cannot be priests. That has long been the stance of the Episcopal Diocese in Fort Worth.
It's a stand that hasn't changed even though nationally women have been ordained into the priesthood for more than 30 years. All of that changed Sunday.
A procession of white robed priests, mostly men, filed into St. Luke's of the Meadow Episcopalian Church Sunday afternoon.
"Is it your will that Susan Slaughter be ordained into the ministry?" a priest asked.
"It is," the congregation answered.
Slaughter is the first woman to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. It is a story that has made national headlines.
"To be able to say 'I will,' it was wonderful," she said. "I felt so free to be able to say that."
Slaughter had been a deacon for the past seven years. But, Fort Worth was one of the last dioceses in the country that didn't ordain women to be priests.
The National Episcopal Church started ordaining women in 1977, which is one reason the church split last year.
More here-
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa091115_mo_womanordained.2bf08befb.html
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