Background
Rawcliffe was born in Manchester, the son of a tobacconist, on 8 July 1921, brought up in Gloucester, educated at Leeds University, and ordained in 1944.
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Derek Rawcliffe
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University of Leeds.
Career
In Scotland, where he notably gave positions to a number of gay clergy, his limited organisational ability led to difficulties for the diocese. He retired in 1991. Rawcliffe later argued for the age of consent for homosexual relations to be reduced to 14,
Rawcliffe died on 1 February 2011 at the age of 89. Rawcliff"s papers are held by SOAS.
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