John Sentamu's former spokesman, the Rev Arun Arora, has been appointed head of communications at Church House, the Church of England's administrative headquarters. Rev Arora, who is forty and a former solicitor, is currently leading a Christian outreach project in Wolverhampton called Pioneer Ministries. But before that he was a church press officer for almost ten years, first for the Bishop of Birmingham and then (after his ordination) for the Archbishop of York. In that position (which he called "one of the best jobs in the Church of England") he was once described as "a determined publicity-seeker for the archbishop". In February this year, though no longer working for Sentamu, Arora wrote a post on his ministry blog in defence of the archbishop's decision to write for the Sun on Sunday... ...Of course, the process for appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury is in no way connected with that for choosing a director of communications for Church House. But some might see today's news as some sort of omen. |
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