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Paul Charles Farrer is an English Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Middlesborough. Ordained in 1994, Farrer served as parish priest of the Holy Name and Saint Thomas More, before being appointed as Rector of the Royal English College in Valladolid, Spain.

During his time as rector of the Royal English College, Paul Farrer was subject to an investigation after an Irish seminarian filed a complaint to the Bishops Conference of England and Wales.

Priesthood
Pual Farrer was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Middlesborough on 16 July 1994. He served for a time as the diocesan youth chaplain and vocations director. During this time he made an appearance on the game show The Chase, after applying whilst under the heavy influence of morphine. Farrer donated an undisclosed ammount of his winnings to charity. In honour of his work for charity, Farrer was presented with an award from the Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation.

Rector of the Royal English College
In 2017, Farrer was appointed to be the rector of the Royal English College in Valladolid in Spain. The college is used for training seminarians in their propaedeutic year. During his time as rector, Farrer was subject to a complaint lodged against him by one of his former seminarians. The Irish seminarian accused Farrer of treating him roughly and manipulating him when he was a seminarian. The complaint against Farrer was upheld and his term as rector ended in 2022.