LONDON — The Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on Monday became the second high-profile clergy member to step down amid anti-capitalist protests on the church’s grounds.
Graeme Knowles, 60, said that as criticism of the cathedral has mounted in the media and in public opinion, his position has become untenable.
His resignation follows that last week of Giles Fraser, a senior St. Paul’s Cathedral priest who had welcomed the anti-capitalist demonstrators to camp outside the landmark. Fraser said he resigned because he feared moves to evict the protesters could end in violence.
Senior clergy have been divided over how to handle the scores of tents, inspired by New York’s Occupy Wall Street movement, that are set up outside the iconic cathedral near the River Thames in central London.
Protesters said on the Occupy London website that while the management of St. Paul’s is “obviously deeply divided” over the protests, the movement has never called for any “scalps” from the clergy.
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