“I am deeply aware of the pain caused to any victim of child abuse, esp...” — David Hope Quote

I am deeply aware of the pain caused to any victim of child abuse, especially at the hands of a trustworthy person within the church. I do encourage any person who believes they have been a victim of abuse to come forward and to inform the police.

I have always hoped that it might be possible to conclude my ministry as I had begun it, as a parish priest, and this I believe to be the call of God.

The question of whether women should be made bishops once they had been ordained is absolutely pivotal. It seems to me absolute nonsense for women to be ordained to the priesthood but not to the episcopacy because the two are inextricably linked.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

I don't differentiate between racism in football to racism in life so, therefore, as a football manager I knew that I would get racist abuse.

So many people have been abused. It's not rare; it's a very common human experience, and we survive.