Giles Goddard
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Rector
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of St Peter's Church, Walworth
St Peter's Church, Walworth
St Peter's Church, Walworth, London is an Anglican parish church in the Woolwich Episcopal Area of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. It was built between 1823–25 and was the first church designed by Sir John Soane, in the wave of the church-building following the Napoleonic wars...
. From 2003 - 2008 he was Area Dean of Southwark
Southwark
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& Newington
Newington, London
Newington is a district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It was an ancient parish and the site of the early administration of the county of Surrey...
. In addition he is Chairman of the progressive Anglican organisation Inclusive Church and takes active part in others.
He has also appeared in a Channel 4
Channel 4
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documentary http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/gayvicars.html that considered the question of gay vicars and as a vicar in a short film called "Getting In". http://www.firebrandfilms.co.uk/index.html In October 2007, Giles was made an honorary Canon of Southwark Cathedral, along with four other clergy members from the Diocese of Southwark. His first book, Space for Grace - creating inclusive churches, was published by Canterbury Press in Nov 2008