New post for cleric who quit over protesters

The former canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral has found a new position within the Church of England five months after resigning over the handling of an anti-capitalist protest outside the landmark church.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Apr 2012, 07:00 BST

Dr Giles Fraser will be parish priest of inner city St Mary, Newington, in south London, he announced on Twitter. He added that he would be writing about his new post and charting inner city life regularly in the Guardian.

Dr Fraser, 47, quit St Paul’s in October rather than see the Occupy London protest evicted by force. The camp was finally removed at the end of February after legal action by the City of London Corporation.

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Dr Fraser told the Guardian that he was looking forward to starting work after a difficult few months.

“After I resigned there was no plan B whatsoever,” he said. “It was just a total principled decision.”