His move to live in Sussex offers the newly appointed Bishop of Arundel and Brighton the chance to get into the saddle in more ways than one.Bishop Richard Moth, who has been Bishop to the Forces since 2009, became a keen rider at the age of 14 (he is now 56). When he was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Southwark he even had his own horse, which was stabled with friends out in the countryside.More recently he has been able to ride at the military academy at Sandhurst, but his move to Arundel and Brighton might bring new opportunities for riding, he says. “It’s something totally different from what I’d normally be doing, and that’s a very good thing. Riding requires a particular kind of concentration that slows your pace of life, and that’s also very posit
26 March 2015, The Tablet
Riding out to new pastures
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