Sentence:  [...] Dr. James Hall, remembers that at an evaluation session of the Isthmus Institute she had been reproaching people for a sexist use of language when talking about the Deity. He was happily surprised when she called God “He.” She still doesn't like it, though, when Hall calls her a “<WSD>priestess</WSD>” instead of a priest. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A female Christian priest or minister, typically in a Protestant, Old Catholic, or independent Catholic denomination.