Peter Allan

Peter George Allan (born 1950) is a British Anglican priest and monk. From 2011 to 2019, he was principal of the College of the Resurrection, an Anglo-Catholic theological college in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. He was a monk of the Community of the Resurrection between 1985 and 2024.

Early life and education Allan was born in 1950. He studied music at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972: Then, from 1978 to 1982, he was chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford, and a curate of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.

In 1982, Allan joined the Community of the Resurrection as a novice. In 1985, he made his vows, thereby becoming a monk and a full member of the Community of the Resurrection. In September 2019, he returned to parish life and became an assistant priest of the Severn Loop Parishes in the Diocese of Lichfield. At a Chapter meeting in July 2024, upon his own request, Allan was released from the Community of the Resurrection, marking his departure from monastic life.

Views In January 2016, Allan signed an open letter addressed to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, asking for "Acknowledgement that we, the Church, have failed in our duty of care to LGBTI members of the Body of Christ around the world" and calling for "Repentance for accepting and promoting discrimination on the grounds of sexuality, and for the pain and rejection that this has caused."

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