The Reverend Dr. Pearce James (PJ) Carefoote was born and raised in Toronto, and ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology in Church History from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium and a Master of Information Studies from the University of Toronto. He recently retired from a long career as the Head of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. PJ is the author of Forbidden Fruit: Banned, Censored and Challenged Books from Dante to Harry Potter and A Confusion of Printers: The Role of Print in the English Reformation. He is on loan to St. Martin’s from St. Olave’s where he is an Honorary Assistant.

The Reverend Dr. Pearce James (PJ) Carefoote Interim Priest in Charge
- 416-767-7491
- priest@stmartininthefields.ca