biography
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Clergyman and peace campaigner, born in London, UK. He studied in Canada and at Oxford University, was ordained in 1958, then served as a curate in London (1958–63) and as a parish priest (1977–80). He was also Catholic chaplain to London University (1966–74) and to Pax Christi (1974–7). He became increasingly involved in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), becoming its general secretary (1980), vice-chairman (1985), and chairman (1987–90). He resigned his ministry (1988), married Valerie Flessati, and stood (unsuccessfully) as a Labour Party candidate in the general election of 1992. |
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