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Christopher Evan Longhurst KSO (born Napier, 1968) is a New Zealand-based lay theologian. He works on the intersections of comparative theology, intercultural theology, interfaith theology, and theology and the arts. He holds a doctorate summa cum laude from the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome, popularly known as the Angelicum.
Longhurst founded and leads the New Zealand branch of the global peer support network for victims and survivors of faith-based and institutional abuse, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), Aotearoa New Zealand. He was described in the NZ Herald as "one of the most fervent and vocal critics of the responses to abuse from Catholic and other church leaders."[1] In January 2023, he accused the New Zealand Catholic Church of failing to meet with survivors and of conducting a “cover-up.”[2]
On the King's Birthday, 2025, Longhurst was awarded the New Zealand Honour of the King's Service Order (Māori: Te Tohu Whakanui Ratonga a te Kīngi), for services to survivors of abuse in care for over two decades of advocating for the redress for victims and survivors of abuse, and for the recognition of abuse in faith-based institutions.[3] His contribution to the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions helped inform the faith-based sections of the report, and culminated in a formal acknowledgement by various faith-based institutions of the abuse of children and young adults in their care. Longhurst was originally critical of how the Royal Commission was interacting with survivors at the beginning of its work.[4] He also slammed the Government's response to the Inquiry, regarding redress.[5]
He is a Fellow of the International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, KAICIID.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Burrows, Matt (16 November 2024). "After Government's abuse apology, can New Zealand churches atone for historical sins?". NZ Herald.
- ↑ "Catholic Church doing opposite of public statements on abuse safeguarding - advocate". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "King's Birthday Honours 2025 - Citations for Companions of the King's Service Order". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). 2 June 2025.
- ↑ Hall, Michael (8 April 2019). "Questions on conflict of interest in abuse inquiry 'shut down'". Radio New Zealand.
- ↑ Howie, Cherie (2 June 2025). "King's Birthday Honours 2025: Abuse survivor accepts honour, slams Government on redress". NZ Herald.
- ↑ "KAICIID".
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