From 1981 to 1987 he was trained for the priesthood at the Venerable English College in Rome, studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University where he obtained a bachelor's degree and a licentiate in dogmatic theology.
[1] He was first assistant pastor in the parish of Canterbury from 1987 to 1991 and then spent a year at the Catholic University of Louvain for catechetical studies.
In September 2000 he became vice rector of the Venerable English College and then served as rector from January 2004 to September 2013, when he became pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Wimbledon,[1] the parish where he was baptized and ordained.
[3] He has responsibility for the pastoral care of Central and East London, consisting of the Deaneries of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Marylebone, Tower Hamlets and Westminster.
He has oversight of the Diocese of Westminster's Agency for Evangelisation, Youth Ministry, and Justice and Peace.