 Bishop Leland Stark was also vocal in the peace movement during the Vietnam War and in favor of women's ordination to the priesthood.His successor, George Edward Rath, would during his tenure advocate adoption of the 1979 "Book of Common Prayer" and two of the Philadelphia Eleven (the first female priests ordained in the USA) eventually became priests of the Diocese.The next bishop, John Shelby Spong, was and is a lightning-rod for controversy.