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Desmond Tutu – a visionary activist who cut through to all
by LORD PETER HAIN
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DESMOND TUTU — “Arch” to his many friends and admirers — was a remarkably progressive Anglican leader.
Known globally for his uncompromising anti-apartheid campaigning, he was also well ahead of his time on other agendas.
He tried to persuade the church to ordain women, he opposed exclusion of priests from the LGBTQI+ community and, very unusually for a Christian leader of his generation — he died aged 90 — Tutu publicly favoured assisted dying.
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