Canon John Nurser, scholarly priest who joined Lincoln Cathedral Chapter at a time of discord – obituary
Nurser was respected for his intellectual and pastoral skills but the conflict at Lincoln between Chapter and Dean became a national scandal
Canon John Nurser
Canon John Nurser, who has died aged 91, exercised a useful ministry in which intellectual and pastoral skills were generally combined. He will, however, be best remembered for his involvement in an extraordinary conflict within the leadership of Lincoln Cathedral. This became a national scandal and proved to be one of the most unhappy periods in the long history of one of Western Europe’s most beautiful buildings.