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39: 305:, controversially breaking the tradition of Aldermen and Councilmen in the financial capital standing as non-party political independents. He stood down as a Common Councilman in March 2017 at the end of his time in office. In December 2017, Campbell-Taylor was defeated in the by-election for Alderman of Portsoken Ward by Prem Goyal with a margin of 228 to 143 votes. He previously was a councilman between 2001 and 2008. 320:(CDM) had "been subjected to a campaign of harassment and bullying since he reported an indecent assault by a London clergyman" and that "he has now lodged CDM complaints against Bishop Sarah Mullally and the Rev William Campbell-Taylor". In a follow-up article concerning the release by artists 308:
Prior to the 2017 Aldermanic by-election for Portsoken, the City Matters website reports that flyers containing an article from "orthodox anglican website" were distributed to residents of the Middlesex Street Estate "accusing the Anglican priest of grooming 'a vulnerable male'" for sex and then
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attempting "to prosecute him for speaking out". The article states, "Mr Campbell-Taylor described the allegations as 'false' and 'defamatory'", and said that he was a victim of stalking, though to date there is "no evidence" linking any individual to the flyers.
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In 2023 he revealed that most of his congregation were from Africa or the Caribbean despite two of the five original trustees of his parish being slave owners and called for further forensic investigation into the founding sources of income for said parish.
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of a music video about the case, the Editor of the Church of England Newspaper writes, "My article revealed that a legal complaint of clergy abuse filed with a Clergy Discipline Measure, was shockingly leaked by a Bishop to the alleged abuser".
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for the last two years of his life. Following the death of his father by heart attack his mother remarried the artist Charles Longbotham (1917-1999) in 1979. In 1991 whilst in training for the priesthood at
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Francis Hunter Campbell-Taylor (1915-1969) and his wife Jeanie Goodacre. He has a brother called Rod and a daughter called Harriet. His paternal grandfather was a Presbytarian minister from the north-east
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whereas his maternal grandfather Reverend John Goodacre, vicar of All Saints, Hanley and the fifth generation of Anglican priests in his family, served with the 59th division of the
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published an article which states that a legal complainant of clergy sexual abuse under the
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In 2014 he made history when he became the first ever party politician to win a seat on the
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in France and Ireland (where he met his wife) as a military chaplain, later earning the
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from 1889, and of French descent. Through his mother he claims descent from
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for his service. His maternal grandmother, Winnifred Purefoy, was born in
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councillor, currently serving as the vicar of St Thomas' Church in
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detailing his early life and journey to the priesthood.
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Index

The Reverend

Councillor
Portsoken
Councillor
Woking
UK
Labour
Alma mater
Westcott House, Cambridge
Priest
Anglican
Labour Party
Clapton Common
barrister
Scottish Highlands
North Staffordshire Regiment
Military Cross
Dublin
Chapelizod
Dublin
Matthew Young
Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Westcott House, Cambridge
Bishop of Oxford
Maurice Glasman
City of London (ward elections) Bill
House of Lords
business voting
City of London Corporation

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