Peter Mullen

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Not to be confused with Peter Mullan.

Mullen speaking at the Traditional Britain Group

Peter Mullen (born 11 January 1942) is a British

Anglican Chaplain to the London Stock Exchange, a largely honorific and historical post.[1]

Life and career

Mullen graduated from the University of Liverpool with the degree of BA, before obtaining a PhD from Middlesex University.

He was ordained into the

parishioner, and as a consequence had to resign from his incumbency in Yorkshire. From 1989 to 1997 he was banned from performing priestly duties. Mullen has written an article on his adultery.[2]

He became Rector of St Michael's Cornhill and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, and Chaplain to the Stock Exchange in 1998. He was made to retire, against his will, on his seventieth birthday in January 2012, but he remains chaplain to the Freedom Association.

Views

Mullen is noted for his criticism of homosexuality. Writing on his online blog, he stated that homosexuals should carry health warnings, for instance, "Sodomy may seriously damage your health". He later explained that his comments were 'satirical', and went further by saying that he has homosexual friends. Nonetheless, a spokesman for the Diocese of London made an announcement distancing the Bishop and fellow clergy from Mullen's statements, following which these comments were removed from his blog.[3] He later apologised.[4] Mullen has also called for tax-payer funded homosexual parades to be banned, describing them as "obscene".[5]

Mullen is

Muslims, saying there could be an "agreeable carnage" at the start of the annual Hajj in Mecca: "They usually manage to stampede and slaughter quite a few hundred of their co-religionists. Just imagine for a moment what a field day the BBC and the left-wing press in England would have if anything even remotely as bad as that happened in Vatican Square at Christmas or Easter". He added that Muslims "lend themselves to ridicule: sticking their arses in the air five times a day. How about a few little choruses, 'Randy Muslims when they die/Find 70 virgins in the sky'?"[5]

Mullen is a frequent contributor to the

Anglican worship.[10] Mullen has argued it should be permissible to use force against a burglar, even that resulting in death, and that burglars forfeit all their rights by their actions.[11]

References

  1. ^ Simpson, Aislinn (October 6, 2008). Homosexuals should carry warning tattoos, says chaplain. The Daily Telegraph
  2. ^ Mullen, Peter (September 25, 1996). The truth is, my sin was not very original. The Independent
  3. ^ Staff report (October 6, 2008). Tattoo gay men, clergyman writes. BBC News
  4. ^ Staff report (7 October 2008). Priest 'sorry' for gay comments. BBC News
  5. ^ a b Ruth Gledhill (October 7, 2008). Chaplain's blog calls for homosexuals to be tattooed. The Times
  6. ^ Mullen, Peter (March 2010). "UKIP Chichester - Rev.Dr.Peter Mullen". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) UK Independence Party of Chichester
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  10. ^ Mullen, Peter (July 13, 2011). Defrosting your fridge won’t save you. The Daily Telegraph
  11. ^ Mullen, Peter (October 9, 2012). The right to attack a burglar sounds like justice to me. The Telegraph

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