Comper was at the time rector of St John's, Aberdeen's oldest Anglican congregation. Comper felt that the poorer areas of Aberdeen were not being reached by the Church and felt obliged to respond, firstly in 1863 by founding a convent of the Society of Saint Margaret on the Spital and then the Gallowgate church.
Comper was rector of St John's, Aberdeen's oldest Anglican congregation. He felt that the city's less affluent areas were not being reached by the Church, so he took action in 1863 by establishing a convent of the Society of Saint Margaret on Spital and then Gallowgate church.