ANAND NAIDOO, WORLD NEWS: A member of the clergy in the United Kingdom is about to make history. Terry Lloyd (ph) explains.</s>TERRY LLOYD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voiceover): The Reverend Peter Stone (ph) will undergo a sex change operation later this year, after which he will be known to his congregation as the Reverend Carol Stone (ph). The transsexual vicar of St. Phillips in Swinden (ph) says he's prayed since childhood to change gender.</s>PETER STONE, VICAR OF ST. PHILIPS, SWINDEN: It's been a lifetime's journey. My earliest memories have been that of wishing to be other than I am, and I've always to prayed, and every night I would pray to God that I would wake up as a girl.</s>LLOYD: He has the blessing of his parishioners and the Bishop of Bristol.</s>REV. BARRY ROGERSON, BISHOP OF BRISTOL (RET.): There appears to be an agreement that there is no moral issue here to be dealt with. I've informed the Archbishop of Canterbury. We've dealt with the legal (ph) people in London, and that has been cleared.</s>LLOYD: The Reverend Stone will be the first serving Church of England vicar to have undergone a sex change. Terry Lloyd, ITN. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Member of Church of England Clergy Makes History