Christopher Evan Longhurst
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| birth_name = Christopher Evan Longhurst
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Christopher Evan Longhurst {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KSO|size=85%}} is an international Catholic theologian and founder of the New Zealand chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.{{Cite web |date=20 June 2019 |title=New SNAP Chapter Launched in Aotearoa-New Zealand |url=https://www.snapnetwork.org/new_snap_chapter_aotearoa_new_zealand_jun19 |access-date=14 June 2025 |website=SNAP |language=en}} He currently serves as the national leader of SNAP Aotearoa, a role in which he has been one of the most fervent and vocal critics of the responses to abuse from Catholic and other church leaders and from the New Zealand Government.{{Cite web |date=2 June 2025 |title=King's Birthday Honours 2025: Abuse survivor accepts honour, slams Government on redress |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/kings-birthday-honours-2025-abuse-survivor-accepts-honour-slams-government-on-redress/24LIXHCTTBDD7DO5HYMJUFPDFM/?ref=goodoil.news#google_vignette |access-date=14 June 2025 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}
In the 2025 King's Birthday Honours, Longhurst was appointed a Companion of the King's Service Order (KSO), for services to survivors of abuse in care.{{Cite web |date=2 June 2025 |title=King's Birthday Honours 2025 - Citations for Companions of the King's Service Order |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/kb2025-kso |access-date=14 June 2025 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |language=en-NZ}}