Sally Hitchiner

The Rev Sally Hitchiner
Religion Christian (Anglican)
Personal
Nationality British
Born Liverpool, England
Religious career
Post
  • Curate
  • chaplain
  • broadcaster

The Rev. Sally Hitchiner (born c.1980)[1] is an English Anglican priest. She is currently Coordinating Anglican Chaplain and Interfaith Adviser at Brunel University.[2]

Career

Hitchiner studied Social Policy and Anthropology at York, then Theology at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before being ordained. She was associate chaplain at St Peters College, Oxford and at the Oxford Pastorate chaplaincy where she reinvented the Oxford University Socratic Society, debating philosophy and theology with those of different beliefs.

She served her curacy at St John's Church Ealing from 2009 to 2012, during which time she developed a role in the media, commenting on religious affairs, including the issue of women becoming bishops. She was involved in coordinating the local community response to the London riots in 2011,[3] and a year later led the call towards forgiveness and reconciliation.[4]

Views on LGBT rights

On 15 July 2014, she was accidentally outed during a live appearance on television.[5] Hitchiner opposes the Church of England's official stance against same-sex marriage and "gay-to-straight" conversion therapy, and is the founder of Diverse Church, a movement for young LGBT adults.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Butter, Susannah; Gardner, Jasmine. I am still in shock, Evening Standard 22 November 2012
  2. ↑ "Chaplains". brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Churches urge council to invest in youth work after riots - Christian News on Christian Today". christiantoday.com. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Forgive the man who killed my Dad? Never". Telegraph.co.uk. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rev Sally Hitchiner is accidentally outed on live show". Telegraph.co.uk. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Gledhill, Ruth (3 August 2014). "Former 'ex-gay' leaders publish open letter saying conversion therapy is damaging". Christian Today. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
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