Priest
In 2008, Slipper was ordained as a priest of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, which is a member church of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) and considered part of the international Continuing Anglican movement. He was also the chancellor of the TAC, having succeeded Michael Atkinson, but resigned from this position in August 2012.
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Famous quotes containing the word priest:
“The old priest Peter Gilligan
Was weary night and day;
For half his flock were in their beds,
Or under green sods lay.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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And not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place.”
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