Christine Wilson

Christine Louise Wilson (née Bravery; born 26 March 1958) is a British Church of England priest. She has been Dean of Lincoln since 2016. She had previously served as the Archdeacon of Chesterfield from 2010 to 2016.[1] Since April 2019, she has been taking voluntary leave of absence from the cathedral.[2][3][4]

For the Canadian physicist and astronomer, see Christine Wilson (scientist).

Early life and education

Wilson was born Christine Louise Bravery on 26 March 1958 in Brighton, Sussex, England.[5] She was educated at Margaret Hardy Secondary Modern, then an all-girls secondary school in Brighton.[5] She trained for ordination on the Southern Dioceses Ministerial Training Scheme, completing a Diploma in Theology (DipTh) in 1994.[5]

Ordained ministry

Wilson was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1997 and as a priest in 1998.[6][7] From 1997 to 2002, she served her curacy at St Peter's Church, Henfield in the Diocese of Chichester.[7] She was team vicar of Hove from 2002 until 2008; and then vicar of Goring-by-Sea until her appointment as archdeacon.

On 27 May 2016, Wilson was announced as the next Dean of Lincoln.[8] She was installed on dean on 22 October 2016.[9]

Wilson has been Senior Independent Director for Ecclesiastical Insurance since November 2017, having been on the board since 2012 when she was Archdeacon of Chesterfield. Commenting on her appointment, Wilson said "Ecclesiastical has enjoyed a long relationship with the Church of England and I am pleased to be able to continue this association."[10][11][12] Ecclesiastical received criticism from three Church of England bishops in 2017 over its "horse trade" methods in settlements of clerical abuse cases.[13][14][15][16]

In April 2018, Wilson publicly apologised to victims and survivors of child sex abuse by a former deputy head teacher at Lincoln Cathedral School. She acknowledged that some of the survivors had waited nearly fifty years for justice. The case was triggered by a new diocesan safeguarding officer carrying out a review of historic cases, which led to police setting up Operation Redstone in 2015.[17][16]

In April 2019, Lincoln Cathedral announced on Palm Sunday that Wilson would be taking a voluntary leave of absence. At this time, the Chancellor, Reverend Canon Dr Paul Overend also agreed to step away from his post. The cathedral said at the time that this was for separate reasons, connected to one issue. It was later confirmed that police outside of Lincolnshire were investigating a historical safeguarding matter reported to the Diocese of Lincoln. [18][19][20][21]

On Friday 22 November 2019, Wilson issued a statement confirming that she is seeking legal action to bring an end to the "long running saga over her absence from the cathedral". She added that on Monday 18 November 2019, the President of Tribunals made a determination that a complainant and the bishop had not followed the proper process at the outset and therefore the complaint, which led to her absence, was void and invalid. The President of Tribunals stated that this was "unfortunate" and the complainant may wish to issue another complaint. It now appears that this is likely to happen, which leaves the cathedral without their dean for a further period of time. Wilson added that she had over the last seven months respected the processes of the church throughout the inquiry and cooperated fully.[22]

In January 2020, Paul Overend appeared at Cardiff Crown Court, where he denied a charge of indecently assaulting a student at Cardiff University between April and July 1997.[23]

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References
  1. "Who's Who". derby.anglican.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. "Lincoln Cathedral dean takes leave of absence". BBC News. 16 April 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "First female Dean of Lincoln steps back after three years". The Lincolnite. 16 April 2004. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. Swerling, Gabriella (17 April 2004). "First female Dean of Lincoln Cathedral on leave amid investigation into alleged failures to protect vulnerable adults". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. "Wilson, Christine Louise". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2019 (1 December 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 27 January 2019. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  6. Crockford's online accessed 25 January 2014.
  7. "Christine Louise Wilson". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. "New Dean of Lincoln Announced". Lincoln Cathedral. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. "Special Announcement from the Bishop of Lincoln: the new Dean of Lincoln". lincoln.anglican.org. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  10. "Ecclesiastical board appoints archdeacon". South West Business. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  11. "Board of Directors". Ecclesiastical. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. "Cathedral appoints first female Dean of Lincoln". The Lincolnite. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. "Bishops challenge Ecclesiastical over 'horse trading' of survivor settlements". Church Times. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. "Bishops damn church insurers Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG) over 'horse trading' with child abuse survivors". Archbishop Cranmer. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  15. "EIG Letter from Gilo safeguarding mediation" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  16. "Police reveal SEVEN have been arrested in Lincolnshire church child abuse probe so far". Lincolnshire Live. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  17. "Dean of Lincoln 'truly sorry' that child sex abuse victims at Lincoln Cathedral School had to wait 50 years for justice". Lincolnshire Live. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  18. "Church reveals more details on why key Lincoln Cathedral figures left their jobs". Lincolnshire Live. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  19. The Lincolnite "Departure of two key Lincoln Cathedral figures linked to safeguarding probe" Check |url= value (help). The Lincolnite. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  20. "Dean and Chancellor of Lincoln 'step back' over safeguarding issue". Church Times. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  21. "First female Dean of Lincoln Cathedral on leave amid investigation into alleged failures to protect vulnerable adults". Telegraph. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  22. "Dean of Lincoln makes legal bid to return to cathedral post". Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  23. Hoe, Danielle; Day, Liz (2 January 2020). "Lincoln Cathedral chancellor to stand trial accused of indecent assault". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
David Garnett		 Archdeacon of Chesterfield
2010–2016		 Succeeded by
Carol Coslett
Preceded by
Philip Buckler		 Dean of Lincoln
2016–present		 Incumbent
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