"I would not be a focus for unity": Philip North withdraws from Bishop of Whitby post December 17, 2012 by Fulcrum THE Revd Philip North, Team Rector of Old St Pancras, London, has withdrawn his acceptance of the post of Bishop of Whitby after protests at his traditionalist stance on women. He would have been the third traditionalist in a row to hold the post. By Ed Thornton, Church Times, 17 December 2012 FulcrumShareTweetShare