On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:54:33 +0000, Adam Funk <
a24...@ducksburg.com>
wrote:
>On 2012-11-09, John Holmes wrote:
>
>> Lewis wrote:
>>> Adam Funk <
a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
>
>>>> ‘We felt treated like yobs. But we’ve got ex-oil executives,
>>>> business owners and a school secretary in our group.’
>>>
>>> OIL EXECUTIVES?!
>>>
>>> Get the rope.
>>
>> Be careful you don't hang the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bad karma.
>
>
>I get the impression he's a reformed oil executive.
This article in _Time_ has interesting information:
http://world.time.com/2012/11/09/as-the-next-archbishop-of-canterbury-can-justin-welby-save-the-anglican-communion/
Born in London in 1956, Welby has always had well-heeled
connections. His father, Gavin Welby, worked as a bootlegger in the
United States in the 1920s, was friendly with the Kennedys and once
dated the actress Vanessa Redgrave. His mother, Jane Portal Welby,
once worked as a secretary for Winston Churchill. Welby was educated
at Eton College, the same elite private boys school attended by
Princes William and Harry, London Mayor Boris Johnson and 19 British
Prime Ministers including the current incumbent David Cameron. He
went on to study law and economic history at Cambridge University
before starting a career in the oil industry, first on the
international finance team for a French oil company in Paris and
then as an executive for Enterprise Oil Plc in London. In 1979, he
married his wife Caroline and they started a family.
But Welby’s career path took a sharp pivot after the death of his
baby daughter Johanna, who was killed in a car accident in France in
1983. Though devastated by the loss, Welby later said, “in a strange
way it actually brought [my wife and I] closer to God.” A few years
later, Welby quit his job and enrolled at St. John’s College at
Durham University to study theology and become a priest. He quickly
climbed the ranks of the Church and was appointed the Bishop of
Durham—the fourth most senior bishop in the Church of England— in
November 2012. His appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury marks
another huge promotion—but it’s an elevation to a post that promises
to be extremely challenging.
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)