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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

Cornish church reverses ban on female vicars

Dawn French in The Vicar of Dibley
The church once counted Dawn French, star of the TV comedy The Vicar of Dibley, among its flock. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

A Cornish church that banned women from applying to be its new vicar – despite once counting Dawn French, star of the TV comedy The Vicar of Dibley, among its flock – has reversed the decision under new management.

A newly elected governing council at St Fimbarrus church in the picturesque port of Fowey in Cornwall has told parishioners that a “new season” has begun.

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