Report: Women leaving christianity for ... Wicca

And what's promoting this trend? The teen-TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"!

Now, Religion News Blog can tend to be a bit alarmist, but it's still noteworthy:

The old-fashioned attitudes and hierarchies of churches are causing a steep decline in the number of female worshippers, according to an academic study.

The report claims more than 50,000 women a year have deserted their congregations over the past two decades because they feel the church is not relevant to their lives.

It says that instead young women are becoming attracted to the pagan religion Wicca, where females play a central role, which has grown in popularity after being featured positively in films, TV shows and books.

.. Over the past decade, it claims, women have been leaving churches at twice the rate of men.

In addition, the census is said to show that teenage boys now outnumber girls in the pews for the first time.

It's only a hunch of mine, but I'd imagine this is a greater problem for Protestant denominations.