The Chancellor of St Paul's, the Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser, said he supported the right to peaceful protest but defended the move to turn visitors away.

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In opposing the commission's recommendations last year, panel member Rev Canon Dr James Woodward argued there was not a sufficient ethical, moral and social consensus behind calls for change.

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The cathedral's former canon, the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser, said he regretted being made a "poster boy" for the anti-capitalist movement.

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"Anything that reduces food miles and other carbon emissions linked to food production is normally a positive thing, " said Dr Nicola Canon, lecturer in crop sciences at the UK's Royal Agricultural College.

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But Dr Giles Fraser, canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, said it was "outrageous" to compare "something like fiddling expenses with the way people love each other".

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The Rev Dr Giles Fraser - former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral and the current parish priest at St Mary's in Newington, south London, said Bishop Welby was "the right man for the job".

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Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Canon Sugden said there were important reasons why Dr John, originally from Tonyrefail in south Wales, should not be the Bishop of Southwark.

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Their decision to begin the eviction process prompted Dr Giles Fraser to step down as canon chancellor, on Thursday.

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He was abused by Canon Peter Duffy, from County Monaghan, an uncle of the former Bishop of Clogher Dr Joseph Duffy.

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