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Thomas Overington Walker (7 December 1933 - 26 May 2016) was an Anglican priest and author.[1]

Walker was educated at Keble College, Oxford and Oak Hill Theological College and ordained in 1960. After curacies in Woking and St Leonards he was Travelling Secretary of the Inter-Varsity Fellowship from 1964 until 1967;[2] Succentor at Birmingham Cathedral; and then Vicar of Harborne from 1970 until his appointment as Archdeacon.[3]

Walker has been named in connection with sexual abuse of a female church worker during his time at Harborne.[4][5]

Church of England titles[6]
Preceded by Archdeacon of Nottingham
1991–1996 		Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ Amongst others he has written "Renew Us By Your Spirit", 1982; "The Occult Web", 1987: "From Here to Heaven", 1987; and "Small Streams Big Rivers", 1991 > British Library web site accessed 17:53GMT Thursday 29 January 2015
  2. ^ ‘WALKER, Ven. Thomas Overington’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Oct 2014 accessed 29 Jan 2015
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 p849 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  4. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/05/church-england-embroiled-nda-controversy-allegedly-hushing-findings/
  5. ^ https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/14-december/news/uk/survivor-on-national-safeguarding-panel-slams-birmingham-diocese-over-redacted-report
  6. ^ http://southwell.anglican.org/venerable-thomas-overington-walker/
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