Kenneth Leech (born 1939) is an Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Leech graduated with a BA degree in 1961 from the University of London and then went to Trinity College, Oxford. After theological studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served in urban London parishes afflicted by poverty and confronted issues of racism and drug abuse.
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- Kenneth Leech (born 1939) is an Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Leech graduated with a BA degree in 1961 from the University of London and then went to Trinity College, Oxford. After theological studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served in urban London parishes afflicted by poverty and confronted issues of racism and drug abuse. He co-founded the Jubilee Group in 1974 and is an advocate of contextual theology. He founded the charity Centrepoint which became the United Kingdom's leading national charity tackling youth homelessness. He was Director of the Runnymede Trust think-tank from 1987 to 1990.
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- Kenneth Leech (born 1939) is an Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Leech graduated with a BA degree in 1961 from the University of London and then went to Trinity College, Oxford. After theological studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served in urban London parishes afflicted by poverty and confronted issues of racism and drug abuse.
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