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Jonathan Fletcher (born 1942) is an English Church of England clergyman who was an influential leader in the conservative evangelical movement within Anglicanism.[1][2][3] He served as vicar of Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon for thirty years.[2][4]
Life
Fletcher was born in 1942.[3] His father was Eric Fletcher, a Labour politician.[3]
Fletcher attended Repton School and then Hertford College at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1966.[5] He trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.[3]
Fletcher served curacies at Christ Church, Enfield, between 1968 and 1972, and the Round Church, Cambridge, between 1972 and 1976.[5] In 1976, he moved to St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.[5] He was vicar of Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon (a proprietary chapel) from 1982 until he retired in 2012.[6][2][5]
In 2019, after complaints of abuse had been made against Fletcher publicly,[7] an independent review commissioned by Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon found that he had engaged in harmful behaviour.[5][8][9] As a result he was banned from involvement with the Church.[10]
References
- ↑ "Sunday services". British Newspaper Archive. Bray People. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thornton, Ed (2019-06-28). "Fletcher faces allegations of naked beatings". Church Times. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Swerling, Gabriella (2019-12-26). "Jonathan Fletcher: son of a cabinet minister, village vicar, 'gifted preacher' and 'acquaintance' of abusive QC". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ Thornborough, Tim (2008-03-01). "Evangelicals then and now". The Briefing. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Swerling, Gabriella (2019-12-26). "'Victims' of Jonathan Fletcher speak out: 'I felt like a neglected and abused dog'". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ↑ May, Lauren (May 1, 2013). "Church minister welcomed to post by 350-strong congregation". Wimbledon Times. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ Swerling, Gabriella; Bird, Steve (2019-06-21). "Minister 'spiritually abused' the vulnerable". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ "Independent Lessons Learned Review (incorporating an Audit of Safeguarding Arrangements) Concerning Jonathan Fletcher and Emmanuel Church Wimbledon" (PDF). thiryone:eight. March 23, 2021.
- ↑ Petersen, Kirk (2021-05-18). "Fletcher Sex Abuse Scandal Roils C of E Evangelicals". The Living Church. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ↑ Swerling, Gabriella (April 19, 2020). "'Abusive' vicar who continued to practice after ban keeps Holy Orders despite addition to infamous 'Lambeth List'; Jonathan Fletcher was banned from his role in the church following accusations that he 'spiritually abused' vulnerable men". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
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