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Collegiate Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, Huron University College, Chaplain to Huron University College, and Anglican Chaplain to the University of Western Ontario. He served here for over 13 years with a vibrant outreach to undergraduate students and a busy worship life at Huron's Chapel. A regular speaker across Canada on issues facing young people and their faith he has been published in journals and periodicals especially on the topic of the needs of youth and intentional Bible study and discipleship.
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Germond announced on August 1, 2023, that the allegations were not supported by evidence, all inhibitions had been lifted, concurrence from the
Ontario house of bishops had been received, and there was no remaining impediment to Cliff's installation as the 13th bishop of the Diocese of Ontario. The result of the investigation was presented as clear and unambiguous.
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Commission of Ontario under Chief Commissioner Keith Norton. He was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario in 2003 and named Canon Precentor of the Diocese of Huron in 2009. While in the
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Trinity Church in Simcoe, Ontario (1992-1995) before moving to his first parish as Rector in Grey County at Trinity Church, Durham and St. James' Church in Hanover, Ontario (1995-1998) and then to St. John the Evangelist Strathroy with St. Ann's
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