William Campbell-Taylor (also known as William Taylor) is a

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vicar o
St Thomas' Church, Clapton Common
i
Hackney Deanery
in the

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. He became the first candidate standing for any political party to be elected to the Common Council of the

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, breaking the tradition of Aldermen and Councilmen in the financial capital being elected as non-party political independents, which outcome

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Newspaper described as "even more controversial than could be expected". He won the by-election i
Portsoken
for the Labour Party in March 2014 and remained a Common Councilman until the elections of March 2017, after which there were five Labour Common Councilmen. He was defeated in the Aldermanic by-election, December 2017 for Portsoken b
Prem Goyal
by a margin o
228 to 143 votes
The ''City Matters'' website states that Campbell-Taylor "was forced to defend himself against allegations of sexual abuse after becoming the target of a direct mail campaign in the Middlesex Street Estate", and he has been the subject o
safeguarding complaints
by Portsoken residents to Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally. The Editor of the

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published an article which stated that a legal complainant of clergy sexual abuse under th
Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (CDM)
had "been subjected to a campaign of harassment and bullying since he reported an indecent assault by a London clergyman" and that "he has now lodge
CDMcomplaints
against Bishop Sarah Mullally and the Rev William Campbell Taylor". In a follow-up article concerning the release by international artists of
music video
about this case, the Editor of the Church of England Newspaper further states, "My article revealed that a legal complaint of clergy abuse filed with a Clergy Discipline Measure, was shockingly leaked by a Bishop to the alleged abuser".

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