At different stages of my life I have been a journalist, university teacher and (since 1993) Catholic priest. I was Research Associate of the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, 2007-2010 and previously taught in the Dept of History and Philosophy of Religion at King’s College London and at the Birkbeck Centre for Extra-Mural Studies. My PhD was on ‘The response of the English churches to the Nazi Persecution of the Jews, 1933-1945.’
As a parish priest I was always concerned to build links between church and community, using initiatives such as starting a literary festival and opening a food bank with support from across the board.