Exile
Following his expulsion, he remained, at the request of the synod of his diocese, "bishop-in exile," continuing to speak and write on behalf of independence for Namibia and ordaining clergy to serve there. Newspaper publisher David Astor lent Winter a building at Sutton Courtenay that originally belonged to the historic Abingdon Abbey to house the Namibia International Peace Centre.
Although he had been a conscientious objector against British National Service, Winter defended the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), an armed independence movement that later became Namibia's dominant political party.
He died of a heart attack at age 53 in London.
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