Paul S. Williamson is a notable Anglo-Catholic priest in the Church of England

Church of England

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. He has brought high-profile civil suits in English courts over matters of Anglican faith and practice, including the ordination of women to the priesthood

Ordination of women in the Anglican communion

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 and the legality of the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales

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 to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. In 2011 he challenged a major grant by the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament

Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament

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 to the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

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Williamson is a member of the Society of Mary

Society of Mary (Anglican)

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and priest in charge of St George's Church, Hanwell, West London. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1983.