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He occasionally attacks the conservative evangelical wing of the Church in print. He has also expressed concern about the entry of Anglican priests into the [[Catholic Church]] after the [[Holy Office]] accepted the creation of [[personal ordinariate]]s for disaffected [[High Church]] traditionalists.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/georgepitcher/6578892/Its-time-for-Dr-Rowan-Williams-to-square-up-to-a-rampant-Rome.html It's time for Dr Rowan Williams to square up to a rampant Rome]</ref> |
He occasionally attacks the conservative evangelical wing of the Church in print. He has also expressed concern about the entry of Anglican priests into the [[Catholic Church]] after the [[Holy Office]] accepted the creation of [[personal ordinariate]]s for disaffected [[High Church]] traditionalists.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/georgepitcher/6578892/Its-time-for-Dr-Rowan-Williams-to-square-up-to-a-rampant-Rome.html It's time for Dr Rowan Williams to square up to a rampant Rome]</ref> |
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He has also criticised the [[National Secular Society]] on the grounds that its' website used language about "campaigning", "fighting" and that "It reads entirely like it is fighting a war to expunge religion from people’s lives, even to make it something of which to be ashamed and contemptuous." |
He has also criticised the [[National Secular Society]] on the grounds that its' website used language about "campaigning", "fighting" and that "It reads entirely like it is fighting a war to expunge religion from people’s lives, even to make it something of which to be ashamed and contemptuous."<ref>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/georgepitcher/8099537/The_secular_war_against_religion_in_schools/</ref> |
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Numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, usually on business topics and religion. In 2002, Wiley published his work ''The Death of Spin'', an indictment of the superficiality of business and politics.<ref>[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/159885/ Pendragon's Pitcher turns spin on its head]</ref> |
Numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, usually on business topics and religion. In 2002, Wiley published his work ''The Death of Spin'', an indictment of the superficiality of business and politics.<ref>[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/159885/ Pendragon's Pitcher turns spin on its head]</ref> |
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George Pitcher is a journalist, author, public relations pioneer and an Anglican priest. He was appointed Religion Editor of Telegraph Media in May 2008, covering the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs and the on-line output.
Industrial editor
He was Industrial Editor of The Observer between 1988 and 1991, during which his commentary on the high summer of Thatcherite utility privatisation led to the Industrial Society (the precursor to the Work Foundation) voting him National Newspaper Industrial Journalist of the Year in 1991.
Luther Pendragon
In 1992, he co-founded the innovative communications consultancy Luther Pendragon with Charles Stewart-Smith, the television journalist. The firm grew through the Nineties off the back of major and often controversial clients such as British Gas, Kimberly Clark, Holocaust Memorial Day and the Hinduja family.
Luther Pendragon lays claim to having developed the professional practice of issues management, but this is disputed in the PR industry. In 2006, the firm was subject to a management buy-out, said to be worth £11 million by the trade magazine PR Week.
Church of England ministry
Pitcher had undertaken training for ordained ministry in the Church of England and was ordained curate of St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London - known as The Media Church. He is now Associate Priest at St Bride's. He has proved a contentious priest, organising debates in church and a Christmas concert by Seventies supergroup Jethro Tull.
He occasionally attacks the conservative evangelical wing of the Church in print. He has also expressed concern about the entry of Anglican priests into the Catholic Church after the Holy Office accepted the creation of personal ordinariates for disaffected High Church traditionalists.[1]
He has also criticised the National Secular Society on the grounds that its' website used language about "campaigning", "fighting" and that "It reads entirely like it is fighting a war to expunge religion from people’s lives, even to make it something of which to be ashamed and contemptuous."[2]
Personal
Educated at Blundell's School[3] in Tiverton, Devon, Pitcher is married to an Italian woman with several children and lives in Sussex. One of his properties was once owned by the Harrods family (The people who founded Harrods, Knightsbridge, London).
Publications
Numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, usually on business topics and religion. In 2002, Wiley published his work The Death of Spin, an indictment of the superficiality of business and politics.[4]
References