Fr Nick is a priest of the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh since 2014. He studied Theology at the Universty of Edinburgh before being sent to the Pontifical Scots College in Rome to study for the priesthood. There he studied Philosophy and Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University as well as completing a Licence in the Theology of Marriage and the Family at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute.

Fr Nick was curate at the Cathedral in Edinburgh for four years after ordination before being sent to Galashiels as Parish Priest. In 2020 the Bishops of Scotland appointed him Vice Rector of the Pontifical Scots College, Rome, a post he held until he returned to the Archdiocese and to Denny and Banknock in 2026.