The Fall of the Berlin Wall, GPS and the Ordination of Women: the liberation of the Church of England? 25 years and counting – WATCH July 7, 2019 by Fulcrum 1987 was some year: it saw the Fall of the Berlin Wall, GPS and the Ordination of women to the diaconate in the Church of England, although the women deacons had to wait for another seven years until 1994 to be ordained as priests, Carrie Pemberton-Ford. WATCH. 29 June 2019 FulcrumShareTweetShare