| 1878 |
Anderson, Rev. Robert |
New York, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Forgery, arrested while fleeing. |
|
Avery, Rev. Eph. K. |
|
{ |
Tiverton, R. I. |
| Fall River, Mass. |
| Bristol, R. I. |
| Ohio. |
|
M. E. |
Seduction, adultery, and murder; married. |
| 1879 |
Allen, Rev. |
Cincinnati, O. |
M. E. |
Adultery and drunkenness; married. |
|
Araah, Rev. |
Anamosa, Iowa. |
|
Seduction; state prison. |
|
Anderson, Rev. J. S., P.E. alias J. S. Clark. |
|
{ |
Waverly, Iowa. |
| Charles City, Iowa. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of D. C. Hayes,
Esq.; elopement, deserted wife & children. |
| 1880 |
Appell, Rev. R. S. |
|
{ |
Belleman, |
Pa. |
| Reading, |
Pa.,, |
|
|
Fighting for pulpit, after being voted out;
riot in church, quelled by sheriff’s posse. |
| 1881 |
Arkills, Rev. Moses E. |
|
{ |
Fredericksburg, Iowa. |
| Rudd, Iowa. |
|
Bap. |
Swindling, cheating, lying, obtaining $6,000
under false pretenses; arrested. |
|
Atwater, Rev., W. D., P.E. |
|
{ |
River Falls, Wis. |
| Knapp, Wis. |
| Menomonee, Wis. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Kate Northrup,
caught in act; lying; arrested, church trial. |
|
Aldrich, Rev., T. E. |
Middletown, Conn. |
|
Drunkenness, beating wife; arrested. |
| 1882 |
Austin, Rev. Geo. H. |
|
{ |
Madison, Ind. |
| Dodd City, Tex. |
|
|
Forgery, $280, names of John & Perry
Cotton; fled; arrested; pleaded guilty; Penitentiary 5 years. |
|
Adams, Rev. Wm. |
Louisville, Ky. |
|
Plagiarism, literary piracy; asked to
resign. |
| 1881 |
Arwood, Rev. |
Lumpkin Co., Ga. |
|
Deserted wife and children, destitute. |
| 1876 |
Botts, Rev. Thos. B. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Louisa Younger, a
deacon’s daughter; married. |
|
Benn, Rev. B. |
Storm Lake, Iowa. |
Pres. |
Adultery, seduction of Mrs. O. W. Smith;
married, confessed. |
|
Butler, Rev. Harrison |
Chillicothe, Ky. |
|
Seduction of one of the sisters; she told.
|
| 1875 |
Beecher, Rev. H’ry W. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cong. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of T. Tilton;
married; perjury; she confessed, he too. |
| 1876 |
Bell, Rev. Frank, or Fred. |
New York and Brookl’n. |
|
Seduction of 12 sisters; penitentiary 2
yrs. |
|
Bradley, Rev. James |
Huntsville, Mo. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, and bastardy with
wife’s sister. |
| 1877 |
Buffum, Rev. F. K., or Francis E. |
Hartford, Conn. |
Cong. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy, and abortion
four times; confessed, married. |
| 1878 |
Booth, Rev. D. R. |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
|
Adultery with a “soiled dove.” |
|
Boyle, Rev. Leonidas H. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
Drunkenness and suicide. |
|
Bensinger, Rev. G. T. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Bap. |
Gross fraud; jailed. |
|
Broadwell, Rev. W. B. |
Vanceburgh, Ky. |
Chris. |
Rape on girl ten years old; expelled. |
|
Butler, Rev. Myron |
Flint, Mich. |
Ad. |
Rape on Alma Flint, ten years old;
arrested. |
|
Blackwell, Rev. Wm. |
Columbus, Tenn. |
Bap. |
Larceny, horse-thief; arrested, confessed. |
|
Brown, Rev. Henry. |
Texas. |
|
Seduction, breach of promise. |
|
Bartlett, Rev. J. S. |
Milford, Ohio. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Bottes, Rev. Rich. |
Meriden, Mass. |
|
Larceny; convicted. |
|
Berkeley, Rev. E. F. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Seduction of girl eleven years old. |
|
Butler, Rev. W. H. |
New York, N. Y. |
St. Lukes |
Immoral assault on young woman of his
congregation; resigned. |
|
Bowen, Rev. B. F. |
Cold Spring, N. Y. |
|
Malicious trespass. |
|
Burdick, Rev. A. B. |
River Point, R. I. |
|
Adultery with many “sisters;”
convicted. |
|
Bell, Rev. Fred A. |
New York |
|
Immoral assault on young woman; fled. |
|
Berry, Rev. Jos. M. |
Ashville, N. C. |
|
Adultery, drunkenness;
convicted. |
|
Burr, Rev. D. Ellington |
Ellardsville, Mo. |
|
Adultery,,,drunkenness;,,convicted.,, |
|
Bettinger, Rev. Levi S. |
Baltimore Co., Md. |
|
Seduction of a girl in his charge. |
|
Black, Rev. Prof. Wm. F. |
|
{ |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Chris. |
Seduction of Miss Corrinne E. Voss; occupied
same bed at Planter’s Hotel; pres. Christian college. |
|
Baird, Rev. E. J. |
Richmond, Va. |
Pres. |
Larceny, embezzled $22,000 cash belonging to
Pres. Pub. Co.; he was secretary. |
| 1878 |
Bowan, Rev. Willis N. |
Morrisania, N. Y. |
|
Immoral assault on a young girl, daughter of
John T. Cooper, member of church. |
|
Brooks, Rev. Wm. P. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Adultery with sister McDonald. |
|
Barnhart, Rev. |
Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of servant girl. |
|
Barker, Rev. S. P. |
Brantford, Ont. |
Cong. |
Insulting personalities from pulpit. |
|
Butler, Rev. Henry |
Hot Springs, Ark. |
|
Adultery with a “sister;” she
told. |
| 1879 |
Barry, Rev. Edward |
Wyandotte, Mich. |
|
Seduction, bastardy with Miss Lizzle Thiede; he
was arrested and held by Jus. Jones. |
|
Bowers, Rev. George |
Coonville, N. Y. |
Cong. |
Adultery, elopement with Bro. Lecroft’s
wife, deserting his own wife and children, general swindling, over
$7,000; forgery. |
|
Bayliss, Rev. E. L. Ev. |
|
{ |
Waverly, Iowa. |
| Corruna, |
Mich. |
| Maple River, |
Mich.,, |
| Ovid, |
Mich.,, |
|
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of Mr.
Phœnix; elopement with her, deserting wife and four children;
state prison in Mich; false name—assumed name of his “sweet
singer” Leeland. |
|
Berry, Rev. Ev. |
Toledo, Ohio. |
|
Adultery, seduction of Bro. Bebont’s
wife. |
|
Browning, Rev. C. H. |
Grinnell, Iowa. |
|
Larceny, stealing cattle. |
|
Braun, Rev. Caspar |
Houston, Tex. |
Luth. |
Adultery, seduction, fighting for pulpit after
he was expelled. |
|
Buck, Rev. |
New Hampton, Iowa. |
Advent. |
Inhumanly beating his little son; fled. |
| 1880 |
Bowen, Rev. |
Somersett Co., Md. |
|
Illegally marrying a man to his twelve-year old
step-daughter. |
|
Biscoe, Rev. |
Parsippany, N. J. |
|
Seduction; bastardy with Miss K. Leonard. |
|
Bridells, Rev. J., or William J, |
|
{ |
Marietta, |
Pa. |
| Philadelphia, |
Pa.,, |
|
|
Adultery, drunkenness; expelled. |
|
Bowden, Rev. |
New York. |
R. Pres. |
Quarreling in church. |
| 1880 |
Billman, Rev. Ira C. |
Jackson, Mich. |
|
Adultery, elopement with a
“sister,” deserted wife. |
|
Bohanan, Rev. A. B. |
Leavenworth, Kan. |
Chris. |
Adultery, bigamy, deserted wife, embezzlement;
fled. |
|
Banker, Rev. |
Canton, Kan. |
Bap. |
Indecent familiarities with a
“sister”; resigned. |
| 1881 |
Beekman, Rev. J. V. |
|
{ |
Armington, Ill. |
| Pekin, Ill. |
|
Chris. |
Beating wife, drunkenness; jailed. |
| 1876 |
Brittain, Rev. P. H. |
Beverly, N. J. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault on two young girls, breach of
hospitality; confessed; fled. |
|
Breese, Rev. J. T. |
Racine, Wis. |
|
Larceny, embezzlement, swindling. |
| 1881 |
Blum, Rev. Jos. |
Michigan. |
Jew. |
Eloped with a widow; arrested in Chicago. |
|
Buskirk, Rev. |
Sullivan, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of Bro Jones;
promised to marry; disc’v’d; church trial. |
|
Bowens, Rev. Jas. H. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Pres. |
Embezzlement, swindling, obtaining money
by false pretense; church trial. |
|
Bair, Rev. D. W. |
Honeytown, O. |
|
Brutal ass’ult on a lady; bound to keep
peace. |
|
Black, Rev. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
Adultery with widow on Ohio River
steamer. |
|
Boyd, Rev. Dr. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Literary piracy; plagiarism from E.
Everett. |
|
Baskerville, Rev. Thos. |
|
{ |
Bloomfield, |
Iowa, |
| Belknap, |
Iowa,,, |
| Mt. Hope, |
Iowa,,, |
| Lancashire,
Eng. |
|
Cong. |
Adultery, seduction of Lizzie Collier,
elopement with her, deserting wife and children. Inhuman cruelty to
wife and children. |
| 1882 |
|
{ |
Brooks, Rev. T. R. |
| Brooks, Rev. Jno. P. |
|
|
{ |
Bloomington, Ill. |
| Montgomery, Ala. |
|
M. E. |
Slander in his Banner of Holiness;
church trial. |
|
Bedient, Rev. J. A. |
|
{ |
Greenwood, Mo. |
| Louisville, Ky. |
|
Cong. |
Seduction of several “sisters”; dead
beat; expelled. |
|
Brown, Rev. Jas. A. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
M. E. |
Embezzlement of church funds; arrested. |
|
Brown, Rev. Lionel |
Welland, Can. |
P. E. |
Suicide; shot himself; Vicar of Welland. |
|
Burnett, Rev. C. C. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Slander. |
| 1878 |
Bradford, Rev. A. H. |
|
P. E. |
Embezzlement of several thousands. |
| 1882 |
Burt, Rev. D. E. |
St Louis, Mo. |
|
Drunkenness, lying, immoralities; convicted.
Abusing wife and child. |
|
Barnes, Rev. |
Shanon Co., Mo. |
Bap. |
Incest, adultery, seduction of his
granddaughter, aged 13; fled. |
| 1881 |
Belknap, Rev. Isaac |
Philomath, Or. |
|
Libel on Rev. Walker. |
|
Caskins, Rev. Madison |
Washington, D. C. |
Bap. |
Bigamy, gross fraud. |
| 1877 |
Crow, Rev. W. S. |
Hinsdale, Ill. |
|
Adultery with females of deacon’s family;
deposed. |
| 1878 |
Carr, Rev. Daniel |
Lawrence, Mass. |
Adv. |
Adultery, three cases; breach of promise;
convicted. |
|
Chenowitz, Rev. Jno. M. |
Illinois. |
Bap. |
Bigamy; fled; arrested; alias John Wells. |
|
Chase, Rev. Sullivan C. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
M. E. |
Rape on Miss Clara Clem, aged 13, and on other
girls; convicted. |
|
Cole. Rev. James |
Tennessee. |
Bap. |
Illicit distilling; convicted. |
|
Craig, Rev. |
El Paso, Ill. |
|
Seduction. |
|
Chabert, Rev. Joseph |
Montreal, Ont. |
Cath. |
Rape on Josephine Beaucamp, aged 15. |
|
Curtis, Rev. Ev. |
|
{ |
Blackberry, Ill. |
| Piano, Ill. |
|
|
Adultery, caught in bed with a
“sister.” |
|
Copeland, Rev. E. L. Ev. |
|
|
Bigamy, forgery, swindling; expelled. |
|
Coleman, Rev. Austin |
Janesville, Iowa. |
M. E. |
Rape on Ada A. Conner, aged 13; buggery with
her brother; adultery; 70 years old; arrested. |
|
Clark, Rev. Malcom |
Howard, Mich. |
|
Larceny, forgery. |
|
Coates, Rev. Seth B. |
Dallas City, Ill. |
|
Adultery with several sisters. |
|
Culver, Rev. A. J. |
Lisbon, Iowa. |
|
Seduction of daughter of lady who gave him
entertainment. |
|
Crawford, Rev. Geo. C. |
Brunswick, Maine. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1878 |
Chalfant, Rev. |
Marietta, Ohio. |
|
Incest, seduction of his niece; convicted. |
| 1880 |
Cole, Rev. J. W. |
Charlemont, Mass. |
M. E. |
Beating wife; after her death, married her
maid, and beat her also. |
| 1878 |
Collins, Rev. Dr. A. M. |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
Adultery; confessed; excommunicated. |
| 1879 |
Chase, Rev. H. A. |
Tully, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, caught in the act; 75 years old. |
|
Casswell, Rev. J. C. |
|
{ |
Galesburgh, Ill. |
| Batavia, N. Y. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery; fled. |
|
Cowley, Rev. Edward |
New York, N. Y. |
P. E. |
Inhuman cruelty to orphan children under his
charge in Shepherd’s Fold; convicted, and penitentiary where once
he was chaplain. |
| 1880 |
Coleman, Rev. |
Louisville, Ky. |
|
Larceny, picked lady’s pocket of
$70.00. |
|
Curtis, Rev. George |
Fort Wayne, Ind. |
M. E. |
Slander, indecent proposals to lady;
expel’d. |
| 1880 |
Caraway, Rev. Alex. |
Charlotte, N. C. |
|
Larceny; convicted. |
|
Crothers, Rev. C. L. |
Findlay, Ohio. |
|
Swindling; fled. |
|
Coats, Rev. Charles T. |
Campbell, C. H., Va. |
Bap. |
Rape on Ida Turpin, 12 years old; immoral
assault on other girls; arrested. |
|
Crude, Rev. Philip, (or Coad) |
|
{ |
Covington, Ky. |
| West Depere, Brown county, Wis. |
|
Cath. |
Seduction and elopement with Miss Zoe Allard;
arrested by her father, Joseph J. Allard. |
|
Cooley, Rev. B. F. |
Chelmsford Cen., Mass. |
M. E. |
Getting a young boy drunk; sued. |
|
Carhart, Rev. J. W., P.E. |
|
M. E. |
Perjury, lying, dishonesty, “immoral
conduct,” “unchristian conduct,” and eleven other
charges; convicted, expelled. |
|
Cunz, Rev. B. |
Millersburgh, Ohio. |
Luth. |
Beating wife and children inhumanly. |
|
Caywood, Rev. Mrs. |
Hillsboro. Ky. |
|
Adultery with J. R. Crane. |
|
Cox, Rev. |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
|
Immoral assault on wife of Mr. Hulley, who had
given him entertainment, and who kicked him out doors undressed. |
|
Carey, Rev. T. H. |
|
{ |
Farmington, Mich. |
| St. Johns, Mich. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Flora C. Gates.
|
| 1881 |
Cousins, Rev. O. M. |
|
{ |
Portland, Me. |
| Saco, Me. |
|
M. E. |
Beating and starving wife and children; she
sued for divorce, and proved charges. |
|
Cass, Rev. Columbus |
|
{ |
Somerset, Ky. |
| Hickory Ridge, Ky. |
|
M. E. |
Murdered Wm. McKinney, supt. Sunday-school,
beat head to jelly with an ax; fled. |
| 1881 |
Cousins, Rev. O. M. |
Portland, Me. |
|
Slander; tried by church court. |
|
Callaert, Rev. |
Michigan. |
Cath. |
Extortion, dishonesty, drunkenness, slander,
“a depraved wretch,” so called in report of Judiciary Com.
of Legislature. |
|
Chase, Rev. W. H. |
Medway, Mass. |
Cong. |
Swindling, obtaining money by false pretense,
lying, false personation; fled. |
|
Corry, Rev. Daniel |
|
{ |
Hudson, N. Y. |
| Stillwater, N. Y. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, and bastardy with Alice
Orton, servant girl; confessed; resigned; expelled. |
| 1882 |
Crum, Rev. Taylor |
|
{ |
Andover, N. Y. |
| West Candor, N. Y. |
| Hornellsville, N. Y. |
| Richburg, N. Y. |
|
Bap. |
Beating wife many times; arrested. Lying, vile
language; deposed. |
|
Contois, Rev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Cath. |
Embezzlement of church funds, swindling;
fled. |
| 1881 |
Copeland, Rev. A. C. alias Rev. John Williams |
|
{ |
Iowa City, Iowa. |
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
| St. Catharines, Can. |
| Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery and seduction at various places; gross
swindling, forgery, embezzlement, lying, obtaini’g money by false
pretenses; arrested; prison. |
| 1882 |
Curtis, Rev. |
|
{ |
Lowell, Mich. |
| Charlotte, Mich. |
|
|
Gambling, lying, not believed under oath. |
|
Ceregheni, Rev. John |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness, calaboose, swindling, obtaining
money by false pretense. |
| 1879 |
Chase, Rev. Hamilton |
Tully, N. W. |
Chris. |
Adultery; seduction of Miss McCarthy, aged 11;
he, 70; she told. |
| 1882 |
Curtley, Rev. |
|
{ |
Little Rock, |
Ark. |
| Perryville, |
Ark.,, |
| Dardanell, |
Ark.,, |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, drunkenness, robbery; prison. |
|
Dawson, Rev. T. M. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Pres. |
Adultery, bastardy. |
|
Davis, Rev. G. M. |
Lincoln, Ill. |
|
Adultery with Mrs. W. M. Davis; caught by his
wife; this in church. |
| 1878 |
Dowling, Rev. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
Adultery with servant girl; caught in act. |
|
Deardoff, Rev. Ev. |
Yates City, Ill. |
|
Adultery with three of the
“sisters.” |
|
Daly, Rev. John |
Montgomery, Mo. |
Cath. |
Seduction of Lizzie McDonald; abortion. |
|
Davidson, Rev. J. A. |
Pennsylvania. |
|
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct. |
|
Dunlap, Rev. Richard |
Midland, Mich. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Davis, Rev. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery with “sister” Burk. |
|
Doolittle, Rev. Aug. |
Hoosic Falls, N. Y. |
|
Adultery with deacon’s wife; false
personation, alias LeClair. |
|
Doolittle, Rev. |
Juneau Co., Wis. |
|
Incest and rape on idiotic niece, adultery with
others, 63 years old; convicted, state prison 6 years. |
|
Dow, Rev. Lorenzo, P.E. |
Kentucky. |
M. E. |
Adultery, deserting wife, elopement with
another preacher’s daughter; fled. |
|
Dixon, Rev. Simeon |
|
{ |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
| Baxtertown, N. Y. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Sarah Jane
Williams. |
| 1878 |
Davis, Rev. J. K. |
Ohio. |
M. E. |
“Unministerial” conduct;
expelled. |
| 1878 |
Dwyer, Rev. Peter Ev. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, elopement with “sister”
Melville, deserting wife and family. |
| 1879 |
Davis, Rev. A. J. |
Madelia, Minn. |
Bap. |
Assault, intent to murder J. F. Fisher;
arrested. |
|
Dixon, Rev. Dr. Jas. A. |
|
{ |
New Albany, Ind. |
| Memphis, Tenn. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction, of Miss Lizzie Kipley,
fraud, lying, attempted suicide, deserting wife and children.
|
|
Dobbs, Rev. A. S. |
|
{ |
Painesville, Ohio. |
| Meadville, Pa. |
|
M. E. |
Beating wife; “inhuman monster,”
expell’d. |
|
Demond, Rev. Charles |
Massachusetts. |
|
Embezzling church funds; arrested. |
|
Dunbrowski, Rev. A., or Dorenhoffer. |
Detroit, Mich. |
Cath. |
Seduction, bastardy with servant girl,
compounding felony; fled to Europe. |
| 1880 |
Dannehoffer, Rev. |
Morris, Ind. |
Cath. |
Inhumanly beating children; fined. |
|
Daly, Rev. |
Morrison, Ill. |
Cath. |
Murdered his child by “sister”
O’Connell; indicted. |
| 1881 |
Dorsey, Rev. Wm. |
|
M. E. |
Bigamy, adulte’y, married
“sister” Richardson while wife living, lying to her, told
her wife was dead; church trial; depos’d; fled. |
|
Davenport, Rev. Isaac |
Newark, N. J. |
Pres. |
Lying; charged by Bro. Hawkins. |
|
Duer, Rev. Henry E. |
Newburgh, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Larceny; arrested. |
| 1882 |
Dunn, Rev. J. B. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Pres. |
Adultery, seduction of “sister,”
immoral assault on women; fled. |
|
Dupont, Rev. F. L. |
|
{ |
Farrington, Ky. |
| Hopkinsville, Ky. |
| Atlanta, Ga. |
|
|
Drunkenness, attempted suicide twice;
arrested. |
|
During, Rev. John |
Toledo, O. |
|
Inhuman cruelty to his daughter; she committed
suicide; church trial; resigned. |
|
Dawe, Rev. |
Durfield, Mich. |
M. E. |
Arson; went to Europe; arrested. |
| 1878 |
Decunie, Rev. C. L., or Dunnick. |
|
{ |
Flint, Mich. |
| Big Rapids, Mich. |
| Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
Cath. |
Adultery, bastardy, with housekeeper; swindling
his sister out of her patrimony. |
| 1882 |
Dillon, Rev. S. D., or S. J. |
Cincinnati, O. |
Bap. |
Larceny, stole money from his host;
jailed. |
|
Debeste, Rev. C. |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
Luth. |
Larceny; caught; expelled; fled. |
| 1878 |
Ellis, Rev. W. T. |
Woodstock, Conn. |
Cong. |
Vile, indecent, profane language;
expell’d. |
|
Eddy, Rev. George O. |
Gloversville, N. Y. |
|
Bigamy. |
|
Edgerton, Rev. |
Gloversville, N. Y. |
|
Larceny. |
|
Eastman, Rev. A. W. |
West Cornwall, Ohio. |
|
Adultery with the “sisters;”
expelled. |
|
Echenbery, Rev. John |
Peru, Ill. |
|
Incest with two daughters and daughters-in-law,
adultery, sodomy; fled. |
|
Evans, Rev. W. H. |
Vincennes, Ind. |
Bap. |
Swindling under false pretense; fled. |
| 1881 |
Ewing, Rev. Thos. |
Leavenworth, Kan. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, and bastardy, with
“sister” Leah Barnett;
arrested. |
| 1882 |
Ellis, Rev. W. T. Ev. |
Abingdon, Ill. |
|
Fighting. |
|
Ellis, Rev. Ed. H. Ev. |
|
{ |
Neponset, Mass. |
| North Haven, Me. |
| Thomaston. |
| Rockland, Me. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery with a “sister,” wife of a
“brother;” arrested in pulpit while preaching; jumped his
bail and fled. |
| 1879 |
Esmond, Rev. |
Worcester, Mass. |
Cong. |
Embezzlement of $100,000, church funds. |
|
Fishback, Rev. Charles. |
Winchester, Ky. |
|
Assault with intent to rape a 14-years-old
colored girl; arrested. |
|
Fiske, Rev. Dr. |
|
{ |
Syracuse, N. Y. |
| Michigan. |
|
|
Adultery; indicted; pleaded guilty. |
|
Foster, Rev. H. |
Circleville, Ohio. |
|
Seduction of servant girl. |
|
Fairchild, Rev. J. H. |
|
{ |
Boston, |
Mass. |
| Exeter, |
Mass.,, |
|
|
Adultery, seduction; arrested. |
|
Fay, Rev. Dr. |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Adultery, fornication, perjury; confessed. |
|
Fink, Rev. Richard |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
Adultery with a young sister; deposed. |
|
Forham, Rev. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Embezzlement of church funds. |
|
Fitz, Rev. E. S. |
Southampton, Mass. |
|
Adultery with “several
sisters.” |
|
Foster, Rev. J. H. |
Hannibal, Mo. |
|
Adultery, bigamy, several wives, gambling;
fled. |
|
Fansette, Rev. Leaven |
Port Huron, Mich. |
|
Murder; hung. |
|
Flesher, Rev. Andw. C. |
Bridgeport, Ill. |
|
Bigamy. |
| 1879 |
Furniss, Rev. Wm. P. |
|
{ |
Ilion, N. Y. |
| Pleasantville, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Seduction, bastardy with Miss Celeste Watrous;
adultery, lying; fled to escape arrest. |
| 1880 |
Franklyn, Rev. Thos. J. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Embezzlement; assault and battery on church
warden Brown. |
|
Folger, Rev. S. W. |
Delhi, Ont. |
Bap. |
Suicide. |
|
Frazee, Rev. I. D. |
Branchville, N. J. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault on wife of A. Halsted. |
|
Fraeger, Rev. F. W. |
St. Paul, Minn. |
|
Forgery of note for $1,500. |
| 1881 |
Fifer, Rev. Henry |
Nebraska City, Neb. |
|
Larceny, stealing wood from W. H. Hammond, W.
E. Dillon, and News office. |
|
Fossett, Rev. Theo. |
Sacramento, Cal. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness; arrested. |
|
Flora, Rev. |
Furos Co., Mo. |
|
Immoral assault on a “sister;”
indicted. |
| 1882 |
Finnerty, Rev. M. |
|
{ |
Mokena, Ill. |
| Chicago, Ill. |
|
M. E. |
Assault with intent to commit rape on Miss May
Sheridan; immoral assault on women; arrested; prison. |
|
Foster, Rev. E. S. |
|
{ |
Winchester, Vt. |
| N. Adams, Mass. |
| Utica, N. Y. |
|
Univers. |
Sodomy, lying, contempt of court; jailed;
church trial. |
| 1881 |
Guiteau, Rev. Chas. J. |
|
{ |
Chicago, Ill. |
| Washington, D. C. |
|
|
Murder of Pres. Garfield; lying, adultery;
religious tramp with Moody and Sankey; convicted; executed. |
| 1876 |
Gaskins, Rev. M. |
Washington, D. C. |
Bap. |
Bigamy. |
|
Glendenning, Rev. J. S. |
|
{ |
Jersey City, N. J. |
| Henry, Ill. |
|
Pres. |
Seduction of a young sister, bastardy, lying;
she committed suicide. |
| 1877 |
Gray, Rev. William |
Lexington, Ky. |
Bap. |
Larceny, robbing contribution box. |
|
Graves, Rev. Uriel |
Baltimore, M. D. |
Luth. |
Embezzlement of missionary fund. |
| 1878 |
Gray, Rev. John A. |
Texas. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness for two years. |
|
Goddis, Rev. Maxwell P. |
|
|
Adultery, drunkenness. |
|
Goodenough, Rev. |
New York, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Embezzlement from M. E. Book Concern. |
|
Graber, Rev. Charles A. |
Meriden, Conn. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Gilbert, Rev. Alfred N. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Adultery with a grass-widow. |
| 1879 |
Green, Rev. R. T. |
Alisa Craig, Ont. |
P. E. |
Forgery; penitentiary. |
|
Gabbert, Rev. R. R. |
Pellville, Ky. |
|
Suicide. |
|
Goodnight, Rev. Ev. |
Corsicana, Texas. |
|
Adultery, bastardy with his female assistant
evangelist. |
| 1880 |
Gard, Rev. W. M. |
Newport, Ind. |
Chris. |
Immoral assault on little Cordelia
Schuman. |
|
Gallahorn, Rev. J. H. |
Hannibal, Mo. |
|
Gross immorality; expos’d by church
co’ncil. |
| 1881 |
Gray, Rev. |
Plymouth, Pa. |
M. E. |
Robbed old Mr. Albrighten, larceny, lying; gave
up the money; confessed. |
|
Gates, Rev. Shode |
|
{ |
Newberne, N. C. |
| Canada. |
|
|
Fighting for pulpit, whipped two
preachers. |
| 1882 |
Grant, Rev. C. E. Ev. alias Geo. Holmes. |
|
{ |
Austin, |
Tex. |
| Bryan, |
Tex.,, |
|
|
Larceny, deserted wife and children, adultery,
attempted bigamy; arrested. |
|
Guy, Rev. |
Maysville, La. |
Cath. |
Sodomy, unnamed crime; driven from town. |
|
Graves, Rev. |
Baltimore, Md. |
Luth. |
Swindling, fraud “indecencies;”
trial. |
|
Gallaway, Rev. H’nry N. |
|
{ |
Topeka, Kan. |
| Louisiana, Mo. |
|
|
Bigamy; arrested. |
|
Gleason, Rev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Cath. |
Adultery, seduction, bigamy; suspended. |
| 1878 |
Howell, Rev. J. J. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
|
Suicide. |
|
Heath, Rev. Henry A. |
Morrison, Ill. |
|
Adultery many times, deserted wife and
family. |
|
Harlan, Rev. Dr. |
Nebraska. |
|
Slander and vulgarity; expelled. |
|
Hopkins, Rev. Jer. D. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Cheating by false pretenses. |
|
Hoerlin, Rev. Martin |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
|
Arson, burned his house for insurance. |
|
Houghoworth, Rev. J. Ev. |
|
{ |
Liscomb, |
Iowa, |
| Gifford, |
Iowa,,, |
|
Adv. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Eva Roberts; she
was killed by her Lover, John Bell, who then committed suicide, dying
with her in his arms. |
|
Harmon, Rev. Christ. |
Greenburgh, Ind. |
|
Bigamy; prison. |
| 1879 |
Hines, Rev. H. K., P.E. |
|
{ |
La Grand, Ore. |
| Dalles, Ore. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery with Mrs. A. C. Huntington; fled.
|
| 1879 |
Hayes, Rev. James |
New York, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Inhumanly beating orphan child; indicted. |
|
Heroy, Rev. I. B. |
Hancock, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Adultery with Mrs. Lodiska Edwards, wife of A.
J. Edwards, who captured his letters; she confessed; lying; Heroy
denied. |
|
Hobson, Rev. John T. |
Bedford, Ind. |
|
Gambling, bet $150 on confidence game. |
|
Harris, Rev. |
Sherman, Tex. |
M. E. |
Embezzlement of church funds; swindling. |
|
Hauser, Rev. George |
Scipio, Ind. |
Bap. |
Illegal marrying; indicted. |
| 1880 |
Henderson, Rev. J. R. |
Van Wert, Ohio. |
M. E. |
Slander of Miss Nora Comer; she horsewhipped
him. |
|
Hafermann, Rev. Henry |
Hoboken, N. J. |
Luth. |
Kissing his servant girl for her spirit’l
good; dismissed. Assaulting immorally another woman. |
|
Hojda, Rev. Johann |
Baltimore, Md. |
Cath. |
Fornication, seduction of Miss A. Lieman. |
|
Howell, Rev. E. W. |
Baxter Springs, Kan. |
M. E. |
Adultery with a “sister,” wife of a
good citizen; confessed by both; deserted wife and seven children. |
|
Hunter, Rev. C. R. |
Hoboken, N. J. |
|
Adultery, elopement with a young
“sister,” Miss Andervelt; deserting wife and children;
confessed. |
|
Hunt, Rev. Hoyt E. |
|
{ |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
| Woodbury, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Sodomy, buggery, unnamed crime with his
step-son, Abner Jones, aged 11; prison. |
|
Hinman, Rev. S. D. |
|
P. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Indian girls at the
mission school where he was missionary; patronizing brothels in
Washington, D. C.; published by Bishop Hare, Niobrara. |
|
Hazlewood, Rev. Webst’r |
Roxsbury, Mass. |
|
Adultery; fraudulent divorce; expelled. |
|
Hendry, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Saranac, Mich. |
| Carlton, Mich. |
|
|
Forgery of Mrs. Lydy’s name to note,
etc.; fled. |
|
Haddock, Rev. F. O. |
Waupacca, Mich. |
Cong. |
Resigned under charges. “Least said the
better at present.” |
|
Huebner, Rev. |
Middleton, Ohio. |
Luth. |
Adultery with Peter Weigold’s wife, and
others. |
|
Handford, Rev. J. W. |
Toronto, Ont. |
|
Adultery with wife of Mr. Leslie, caught in
act, drunkenness. |
| 1877 |
Hopkins, Rev. E. D. |
St. Johnsbury, Vt. |
|
Forgery; state-prison; expelled. |
| 1878 |
Hayden, Rev. H. H. |
North Madison, Conn. |
M. E. |
Seduction and murder of Miss Mary E.
Stannard. |
|
Higgins, Rev. Sam. |
Shelbyville, Ind. |
M. E. |
Slander of Mrs. Jane Higgins; she cowhided
him. |
|
Hulitt, Rev. S. |
Jerico county, Ky. |
|
Adultery; arrested; suspended. |
|
Hill, Rev. Dr. Wade |
Rutherford, N. C. |
Bap. |
Dueling—shot his son-in-law, And’w
Scroggins, in a duel. |
|
Hayes, Rev. Robert |
Raleigh, N. C. |
|
Incest; penitentiary twenty years. |
|
Hudkins, Rev. Jas. A. |
Mt. Airy, Ohio. |
|
Bigamy, three wives. |
|
Huston, Rev. L. D. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Seduction of young girls ten to twelve years
old. |
|
Holt, Rev. William |
Paris, Ill. |
|
Assault and battery, whipped a poor widow with
plow lines. |
|
Hines, Rev. Archibald |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
|
Larceny. |
|
Hardy, Rev. L. T. |
Shelbyville, Ky. |
|
Adultery and elopement with a
“sister.” |
|
Hanna, Rev. J. W., P.E. |
Tennessee. |
M. E. |
Attempt to seduce Miss Parilla Naylor. |
|
Hutchison, Rev. Austin |
Vermont. |
|
Incest and bastardy with his daughter,
adultery; she told. |
|
Hutchison, Rev. John |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Swindling; house of correction 8 months. |
|
Hiram, Rev. |
Greenville, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, fornication; convicted. |
|
Humpstone, Rev. |
Malta, N. Y. |
|
Fighting and quarreling with his church. |
| 1880 |
Healey, Rev. |
Marblehead. |
Cath. |
Assault and battery on a young lady for
refusing to buy his “photo;” convicted. |
| 1880 |
Hartman, Rev. H. |
Council Bluffs, Iowa. |
|
Adultery, fornication, perjury; put up at hotel
with woman not his wife. |
| 1881 |
Hemenway, Rev. |
Massachusetts. |
M. E. |
Larceny; state-prison; convicted. |
|
Harbaugh, Rev. F. R. |
Red Bank. |
Pres. |
Irregularities; members deserted his
church. |
|
Hudgins, Rev. |
Osnabruck, Ont. |
M. E. |
Assault and battery, beating a woman;
arrested. |
|
Hargrave, Rev. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Quarreling for the pulpit with Rev. Reeve. |
|
Hammond, Rev. H. H. |
|
{ |
Solon, Iowa. |
| Center Point, Iowa. |
|
M. E. |
Swindling, lying, obtaining money by false
pretense, literary piracy; deposed. |
|
Hall, Rev. Jas. E. |
|
{ |
St Louis, Mo. |
| Roxbury, Mass. |
|
Cong. |
Bigamy, breach of promise, adultery, lying,
engaged to marry 5 of “sisters;” depos’d. |
|
Heinrich, Rev. Carl |
Woodhaven, N. Y. |
|
Adultery with wife of Deacon Crippendorf;
arrested; she told. Assault on Mr. C. |
|
Hall. Rev. Newman |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Divorced his wife to marry a new love. |
|
Hoffman, Rev. Henry O. |
|
{ |
Bloomington, Ill. |
| Holden, Ill. |
| Quincy, Ill. |
| Hillsboro, Ill. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction and bastardy with Zeletta
C. Robinson, bribery, lying about it; confessed, then denied;
fornication; dismissed. |
| 1882 |
Hall, Rev. Newman |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cong. |
Adultery, charged by his wife. |
|
Herndon, Rev. |
Richmond, Va. |
Bap. |
Murder, adultery, seduction, seduc’d a
young “sister,” murdered her to hide his crime, assault and
battery, trying to beat religion into a fellow-convict;
penitentiary. |
|
Heinrich, Rev. Carl |
|
{ |
Wisconsin. |
| Naperville, Ill. |
| Woodhaven, N. Y. |
|
Luth. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of
“Brother” Crippendorf, assault and battery; expelled. |
|
Healey, Rev. |
Lawrence, Mass. |
Cath. |
Adultery, eloped with a “sister.”
|
| 1882 |
Hamilton, Rev. Chas. |
Rondeau, Can. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with a
“brother’s” wife; deserting sick wife and children;
embezzlement of church funds; inhuman cruelty to wife. |
| 1878 |
Hockpeppel, Rev. P. W. |
Wilmington, Del. |
Cath. |
Immoral assault on a young lady; embezzlement;
sent to monastery. |
| 1879 |
Haight, Rev. Geo. L. |
Portland, Mich. |
M. E. |
Larceny, stole a lady’s silver cup on the
cars; caught hiding it; arrested. |
| 1881 |
Horville, Rev. Harry |
|
{ |
Avoca, Nebraska. |
| West Virginia. |
|
U. B. |
Stopped at hotel, Council Bluffs, and slept a
week with a strange woman, “Ollie,” as his wife; perjury in
trying to escape. |
|
Holquerst, Rev. alias McLean. |
|
{ |
Red Wing Minn. |
| Norwich, Mich. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery with wife of Rev. —— of
Mich., eloped with her to Minn.; arrested. |
|
Holyfield, Rev. |
Ellsville, Ala. |
M. E. |
Burglary, larceny, breach of hospitality;
killed while robbing store of his host, M. McLemore. |
| 1882 |
Howland, Rev. Seneca |
Waterbury, Conn. |
M. E. |
Adultery, swindling, lying,
“secularity;” churched. |
|
Hoff, Rev. Sam. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Forgery of election returns, fraud;
arrested. |
|
Hilton, Rev. Norton |
Pontiac, Mich. |
Bap. |
Adultery, “immoralities;”
expelled. |
| 1881 |
Johnson, Rev. W. L. |
|
{ |
Albany, N. Y. |
| Burlington, Vt. |
|
M. E. |
Larceny, stole goods from steamer Drew;
arrested. |
| 1882 |
Johnson, Rev. A. P. |
Lansing, Mich. |
|
Drunkenness; assault and battery; prison ninety
days. |
| 1876 |
Jones, Rev. Wm. H. |
Toronto, Ont. |
P. E. |
Embezzlement, drunkenness, falsehood,
vulgarity, and ten other charges; expelled. |
|
James. Rev. F. D. |
Somerville, Mass. |
|
Forgery, long continued, $100,000; jailed. |
|
Jones, Rev. John |
New York, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Forgery; arrested while fleeing to Europe. |
| 1878 |
Johnson, Rev. Joshua |
Bayonne, N. J. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct; arrested.
|
| 1878 |
Johnson, Rev. W. H. |
Rahway, N. J. |
|
Larceny; arrested. |
|
Johnson, Rev. |
|
|
Adultery; deposed; editor of the
Evangelist. |
|
Johnson, Rev. |
Williamson Co., Tenn. |
|
Adultery, seduction of girl 14 years old. |
|
Jones, Rev. Joseph Ev. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Suicide after embezzlement of $50,000 church
funds. |
| 1880 |
Jones, Rev. John T. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Attempted suicide, shot himself three times;
assistant editor of Daily Witness. |
| 1876 |
Kendrick, Rev. C. A. |
Columbus, Ga. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction of a girl of 13, caught in
the act in his church; adultery previously; fled; arrested; prison;
confessed. |
| 1880 |
Kirk, Rev. A. J. |
|
{ |
Ottawa, Kan. |
| Kansas City, Mo. |
|
U. B. |
Adultery, seduction, deserting wife, swindling;
fled; arrested. |
|
Kirkpatrick, Rev. |
Toronto, Ont. |
Pres. |
Fighting and quarreling in church. Riot in
church about having an organ. |
| 1881 |
Kœhler, Rev. Julius |
Chillicothe, Ohio. |
Luth. |
Adultery and drunkenness in house of
ill-fame. |
| 1879 |
Kallock, Jr., Rev. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
|
Murder of De Young, editor
Chronicle. |
| 1878 |
Knight, Rev. A. H. |
Mitchell circuit, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery with Mary Smith; suspended. |
|
Kalloch, Rev. J. S., P.E. |
|
{ |
Massachusetts. |
| San Francisco, Cal. |
| Kansas. |
|
|
Adultery at various times, slander. |
|
Kendrick, Rev. Tunis T. |
Williamsburg, N. Y. |
|
Adult’ry, drunkenness, swindling;
convict’d. |
|
Keeley, Rev. |
Madison, Wis. |
|
Adultery with Miss Clemmens. |
|
Kendreck, Rev. |
|
|
Seduction of girl of 9 years. |
|
Kristeller, Rev. |
Newbridge, N. Y. |
|
Quarreling with Rev. K. N. Wright for
pulpit. |
|
Kirby, Rev. |
Chambersburg, Ohio. |
|
Seduction. |
|
Kane, Rev. J. J. |
|
|
Inhuman treatment of wife; arrested.
|
|
Knowlton, Rev. DeWitt |
Boltonville. |
|
Adultery and bastardy with a
“sister.” |
| 1879 |
Komer, Rev. |
|
{ |
Olark’s Hill |
| Lafayette, Ind. |
|
|
Adultery; compounding felony. |
| 1880 |
Kensico, Rev. |
|
|
Immoral conduct, kissing promiscuously. |
|
Krohn, Rev. Dr. |
West Troy, N. Y. |
|
Adultery; cheating; fled. |
| 1881 |
Kirby, Rev. |
Camden, N. J. |
M. E. |
Quarreling with Rev. Shimp over ch. dues. |
|
Kellogg, Rev. |
Iowa. |
Bap. |
Adultery; seduction of a
“brothers’ ” wife; fled. |
|
Kera, Rev. E. K. |
Clermont Co., Ill. |
Bap. |
Adultery with “sister” Bontware;
tried; resigned. |
|
Knight, Rev. Henry |
Clifton, Kan. |
|
Assault and battery; church trial. |
|
Kallsnberg, Rev. |
Miamisburg, O. |
Cath. |
Immoral assault on women. |
|
Kingsley, Rev. C. S. |
Boise City, Ida. |
M. E. |
Incest, adultery, seduction of his niece, Miss
Hattie A. Parsons. |
|
Kirkus, Rev. |
|
{ |
Baltimore, Md. |
| Portland, Or. |
|
|
“Very objectionable;”
resigned. |
| 1882 |
Kochler, Rev. Julius |
Manistee. |
|
Adultery; sending obscene matter through mails;
arrested; fined $300. |
|
Kelley, Rev. |
Lewisville, Pa. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with Miss Carrie
Monroe; deserting wife and children embezzlement of church funds. |
|
Knight, Rev. A. H. |
Mitchell, Ind. |
M. E. |
Attempt to poison wife; suspend’d;
adult’y. |
| 1882 |
Lorimer, Rev. Dr. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Literary piracy, stealing Dr. Parker’s
sermon’s. |
|
Lewis, Rev. |
|
{ |
Elmira, N. Y. |
| Hartford, N. Y. |
|
M. E. Pres. |
Adultery with wife of “brother”
Kirkland. |
|
Lansing, Rev. J. A. or G. A. |
|
{ |
Newark, N. J. |
| Brooklyn, Mass. |
|
M. E. |
Swindling; obtaining $14,000 from a widow by
false pretenses; arrested, indicted, prison. |
|
Lichtenberg, Rev. |
Utica, N. Y. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness; dismissed. |
| 1882 |
Levinson, Rev. Jacob L. |
|
{ |
New York. |
| Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Jew. |
Forgery of $20,000; fled. |
|
Little, Rev. Dr. J. |
|
{ |
Irondale, Mo. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
| Poplar Bluff, Mo. |
|
M. E. |
Seduction and bastardy with Emma, a 19-year old
“yellow” girl; discovered by his letters; arrested. |
|
Lampe, Rev. |
Wheeling, W. Va. |
Luth. |
Assault with intent to rape a 12-year old
girl. |
|
Laros, Rev. Jesse |
Allentown, Pa. |
M. E. |
Rape on Ida Miller, aged 13, adultery;
arrested. |
| 1876 |
Lathrop, Rev. C. D. |
Amherst, Mass. |
Cong. |
Cruelty to family, “unchristian
conduct;” expelled. |
|
Lee, Rev. Wm. H. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
|
Beating wife many times, profanity;
arrest’d. |
| 1878 |
Lautrell, Rev. Alf. M. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Seduction of a young colored servant girl,
lying; arrested. |
|
Luxumburg, Rev. Moritz |
New York, N. Y. |
Jew. |
Desertion of wife. |
|
Lyda, Rev. Dr. |
Wheeling, W. Va. |
|
Poisoning starving children, assault with
intent to murder; arrested. |
|
Linn, Rev. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Adultery many times. |
|
Langdon, D. D., Rev. |
New York, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Embezzlement, larceny from M. E. book
concern. |
|
Lindsay, Rev. |
Medina, N. Y. |
|
Murder, whipped a little 3-year old boy to
death for incorrectly saying Lord’s Pray’r. |
|
LeClaire, Rev. Aug. |
Hoosic Falls, N. Y. |
|
Adultery with deacon’s wife, false
personation, alias Doolittle. |
|
Leak, Rev. J. F. |
Troy, Kan. |
|
Seduction, bastardy with a young
“sister.” |
|
Loring, Rev. |
Osage, Iowa. |
|
Adultery with wife of deacon Hawley, caught in
act; both confessed to many offenses. |
|
Locker, Rev. John |
Cass City, Mich. |
M. E. |
Adultery; elopement with “sister”
Bell; state prison three years. |
| 1879 |
Landers, Rev. |
Brooklyn, Mo. |
Bap. |
Fighting and quarreling for the pulpit with
Rev. Mr. Treadwell; riot in church. |
|
Long, Rev. George |
Springfield, Mo. |
Bap. |
Murder of Frank Gaddy; arrested. |
| 1882 |
Lofton, D.D., Rev. George A. |
|
{ |
St. Louis, Mo. |
| Memphis, Tenn. |
| Georgia. |
|
Bap. |
Drunkenness; immoral assault on a lady in cars;
knocked down by a passenger. Lying; church trial. |
|
Lewis, Rev. Peter |
Washington, D. C. |
Bap. |
Drunkenness; convicted; fined. |
| 1876 |
McKilvey, Rev. Alex. |
New Jersey. |
Pres. |
Improper conduct; expelled from church. |
| 1877 |
Moody, Rev. John |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Larceny, embezzlement of church funds;
prison. |
|
Moulton, Rev. DeWitt |
Boultonville, Ill. |
|
Seduction, bastardy with a
“sister;” she told; arrested. |
|
McGhee, Rev. Sam. H. |
Ashton, Ill. |
|
Murder of wife; adultery with Miss Lorrille
Paddock; state prison 14 years. |
|
McCaffery, Rev. D. M. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Immoral assault on young wife of Mr. Leavitt;
attempted seduction; arrested. |
|
McCarty, Rev. C. P. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Breach of trust; abusive language. |
| 1878 |
McCoskry, Rev. Bishop Samuel |
Detroit, Mich. |
P. E. |
Seduction; fornication, long continued, with
Miss Fannie Richards, aged 14; confessed; 75 years of age; deposed by
the house of bishops. |
|
Merrill, Rev. Dr. |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
Bap. |
Unbecoming conduct; expelled. |
|
Miller, Rev. Herbert C. |
|
{ |
Gouverneur, N. Y. |
| St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. |
|
P. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Maria B. Foster, an
invalid, bastardy with her; fled while under arrest; escape from
justice; desertion of wife and children; lying, represented himself as
unmarried, engaged to marry respectable lady. |
| 1878 |
Murray, Rev. David |
Ypsilanti, Mich. |
Pres. |
Lascivious conduct with Miss Mamie Johnson;
arrested. |
|
Manson, Rev. T. |
New York, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Adultery, at M. E. book concern. |
|
Maffitt, Rev. Jno. N. Ev. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery with many women. |
|
Mitchell, Rev. S. M. |
Savannah, Ga. |
|
Adultery, gross falsehood. |
|
Mills, Rev. Luke |
Norwich, Conn. |
M. E. |
Adultery, larceny, embezzlement. |
|
Murray, Rev. Dr. Wm. G. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Drunkenness and profanity. |
|
Magoon, Rev. Dr. |
Pres. Jonas college. |
|
“Very uncourteous conduct.” |
|
Macready, Rev. Chas. S. |
Middleboro, Mass. |
|
Suicide. |
|
May, Rev. F. W. |
Chesaning, Mich. |
|
Adultery with several
“sisters.” |
|
Morris, Rev. John H. |
Philadelphia, Pa., San Antonio, Texas. |
|
Rape on Mary Rue, his 8-year old adopted
daughter, caught by his wife, adultery for a year. |
| 1879 |
Murray, Rev. W. H. H. |
Guilford, Conn. |
|
Swindling, general recklessness. |
|
Maupin, Rev. W. T. |
Farmer City, Ill. |
Chris. |
Adultery two years with “sister”
Scott; she told. |
|
Mandeline, Rev. John |
Brooklyn, Ohio. |
|
Bigamy, 7 wives; confessed; penitentiary 5
years. |
|
McWilliams, Rev. |
Aurora, Ill. |
|
Larceny, embezzlement of his ward’s (Miss
Hill) money, assault and battery, beat her with cane and fist for
remonstrating. |
|
Martin, Rev. J. L. |
Missouri Valley, Iowa. |
Pres. |
Drunkenness in the hour of divine service. |
|
Miller, Rev. S. S. |
Brookville, Pa. |
Luth. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with his adopted
daughter; she told; convicted. |
|
McNeer, Rev. W. R. |
Prince George Co., Md. |
|
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with a young
“sister,” swindling, deserting wife and children. |
| 1880 |
Mason, Rev. Jas. M. |
Floyd C.-H., Va. |
|
Swindling; convicted; jailed; whipped.
|
|
Morgan, Rev. Henry |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Publishing obscene literature, so says the
Christian Intelligencer. |
|
Morse, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Dexter, Me. |
| Calais, Me. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery and other crimes; suspended. |
|
Mitchell, Rev. G. |
Shelbyville, Ind. |
|
Deserting wife; attempted bigamy; fled. |
|
Moulton, Rev. R. G. |
Michigan. |
Cong. |
Drunkenness, gambling, profanity; deposed. |
|
Marshall, Rev. Frank. |
Fairland, Ind. |
Bap. |
Attempted bigamy; deserting wife and
family. |
|
Miller, Rev. T. B. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Forgery; arrested. |
|
McClelland, Rev. Geo. T. |
Reynoldsville, Pa. |
Pres. |
Immoral assault on a reverend brother’s
wife, who beat him severely. |
| 1880 |
May, Rev. |
Portland, Or. |
Jew. |
Assault with intent to murder Mr.
Waldeman. |
|
May, Rev. C. S. |
Danvers, Mass. |
|
Adultery and abortion twice; adultery with
insane women under his charge. |
|
Marsland, Rev. Jno. |
Center Village, Conn. |
M. E. |
Deserted his post suspiciously. |
| 1881 |
Miller, Rev. B. C. Ev. |
Roxbury, N. Y. |
Ref. |
Kissing and hugging young wife of David
Williams; caught in act; immoral conduct; caught at it; confessed;
expelled. |
| 1876 |
McGlenn, Rev. |
Boston, Mass. |
Cath. |
Slandering Jno. Fanning and wife;
arrested. |
| 1881 |
Mitchell, Rev. D. P. |
Topeka, Kan. |
M. E. |
Bribery, illegal voting, corrupting elections,
embezzlement of church funds, larceny; convicted; expelled; candidate
for Congress. |
|
Morgan, Rev. Lloyd. |
|
{ |
Kittenning, Pa. |
| Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Bap. M. E. |
Larceny, stole books from a public library;
adultery with “sister,” convicted; forgery. |
|
Mattlack, Rev Robert. |
|
{ |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| Izard county, Ark. |
|
New Light. |
Murder repeated; bloody atonement. |
|
Mahony or Malony, Rev. |
Erie, Pa. |
Cath. |
Swindling, obtaining money by false pretense,
arrested; worked miracles for pay. |
| 1881 |
Meredith, Rev. G. F. |
|
{ |
Washington, Ill. |
| Peoria, Ill. |
| Kewanee, Ill. |
| Kansas City, Mo. |
| Soublette, Ill. |
|
|
{ |
M. E. |
| M. E. |
| M. E. |
| Pres. |
| M. E. |
|
Swindling, obtaining money under false
pretense; adultery, repeated many times in each place; seducing six
married “sisters,” drunkenness, lying, profanity; resigned;
expelled. Eloped with wife of “Bro.” O’Brien. |
|
Moore, Rev. G. W. |
|
{ |
Toledo, Ohio. |
| Chicago, Ill. |
| Maryland. |
|
|
Swindling, lying, obtaining money by false
pretense. |
|
McGill, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Weston, W. Va. |
| Toronto, Can. |
|
Cath. |
Swindling tramp; arrested. |
|
Miller, Rev. D. |
New London, Mo. |
|
Larceny; arrested; disgraced. |
|
McIntosh, Rev. Geo. |
Newton, Ill. |
M. E. |
Forgery of Mr. J. W. William’s note and
sold it. |
|
Mulford, Rev. Jacob |
Camden, N. J. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness in pulpit, drunken spree; suicide,
laudanum and whisky. |
|
Malek, Rev. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Murder of Rev. Mielcuszny; arrested. |
|
Mackey, Rev. |
Youngstown, Ohio. |
|
Adultery, seduction of wife of
“Bro.” J. T. Meal, assault with intent to kill Meal with
revolver. |
|
McCarty, Rev. |
Greenfield, Mass. |
Cath. |
Inducing wife to leave husband; shot. |
|
Mahan, Rev. I. S. |
Urbana, Ohio. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, lying, insulting ladies;
church trial. |
| 1882 |
Maynard, Rev. F. W. |
|
{ |
New York. |
| Decatur, Ill. |
|
Chris. |
Drunkenness, “immoralities,”
charges; resigned. |
|
McGill, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Toronto, Can. |
| Weston, W. Va. |
|
Cath. |
Vagrancy, swindling; arrested. |
|
Morgan, Rev. Floyd |
|
{ |
Galesburgh, Ill. |
| Logansport, Pa. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery with many sisters; seduction of many
women; dismissed; arrested; confessed. |
|
McMurdy, Rev. Robert |
|
{ |
Niles, Mich. |
| Joliet, Ill. |
|
P. E. |
Adultery with many “sisters;”
seduction. |
|
Miller, Rev. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Abortionist; arrested. |
|
Massingham, Rev. W. J. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Immoral assault on ladies; arrested,
fined. |
|
Mitchell, Rev. Frank |
Fairland, Ind. |
Bap. |
Attempt to commit bigamy; deserting wife and
children; fled. |
|
Marshall, Rev. Jonas T. |
Rossville. |
M. E. |
Guilty under Art. 10, §2, book of
Discipline. |
|
Merritt, Rev. |
Battle Creek. |
M. E. |
Inhuman cruelty to wife; she attempted
suicide. |
|
Miner, Rev. J. W. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Forgery; larceny many times; arrested. |
|
McCord, Rev. |
Rush Center, Kan. |
|
Immoral assault on Mrs. McK. |
| 1878 |
McElroy, Rev. |
White Plains, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness; immorality. |
| 1882 |
Martin, Rev. Joseph E. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
P. E. |
Inhuman cruelty to wife; held to bail,
$500. |
|
Newby, Rev. Thos. B. |
|
{ |
New York, N.Y. |
| Central City, Col. |
| Ravenswood, N. Y. |
| Lambertville, N. J. |
|
P. |
Adultery, seduction, bigamy, lying, false
pretense; adultery everywhere he went; expelled. |
| 1877 |
Noble, Rev. Mason |
Sheffield, Mass. |
Cong. |
Immoral assault on Miss Belle J. Clarke, a
pupil. |
| 1878 |
Nolan, Rev. Hamlin |
Mt. Level, Va. |
|
Seducing a lot of colored girls, aged 13 to 15;
expelled. |
|
Navin, Rev. Enoch |
Paris, Tenn. |
|
Nuisance, escaped jail, malicious mischief,
indicted. |
| 1879 |
Newell, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Lafayette, Ind. |
| Clark’s Hill, Ind. |
|
|
Adultery with Rev. Komer’s wife,
compounding a felony. |
|
Newbold, Rev. Geo. |
|
{ |
Belleville, Ont. |
| Bartonville, Ont. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, bigamy, forgery, assault and battery;
convicted, prison; elopement with warden’s wife; fled.
|
| 1881 |
O’Malley, Rev. Bryan |
|
P. E. |
Beating and kicking wife; she procured
divorce. |
|
O’Brien, Rev. |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness; arrested. |
|
O’Hanlan, Rev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Cath. |
Riot, drunkenness, assault and battery. |
| 1877 |
O’Neil, Rev. R. Moffatt, or Neil. |
|
{ |
Vermont. |
| New York. |
| New England. |
| Waverly, Iowa. |
|
|
Forgery of ordination papers, literary piracy;
expelled. Lying. Again forging ordination papers at Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Orange, N. J.; Bellerica, Mass.; Fall River, Mass.; tried and expelled.
False personation, now Neil. |
| 1878 |
Onderdonk, Rev. Bishop |
New York. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Onderdonk, Rev. Bishop |
New Jersey. |
|
Adultery. |
| 1880 |
O’Reiley, Rev. |
|
Cath. |
Adultery. |
| 1881 |
O’Reiley, Rev. |
Carondelet, Mo. |
Cath. |
Assault and battery on a mechanic. |
| 1876 |
Parker, Rev. L. D. P.-E. |
|
{ |
Catlettsburgh, |
Ky. |
| Louisa C.-H., |
Ky.,, |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with Miss Winnie
Sweetman, daughter of Rev. S. Sweetman; deserting wife and children; swindling. |
|
Pettaplace, Rev. R. M. |
Lowell, Mass. |
Adv. |
Adultery, accused by his wife; confessed;
resigned. |
|
Phillips, Rev. Darling R. |
|
{ |
Hackensack, N. J. |
| Richmond, Va. |
|
|
Immoral assault on Mrs. A. B. Foote, forgery;
expelled. |
| 1878 |
Pratt, Rev. H. L. E. |
|
{ |
Staten Island, N. Y. |
| New York, N. Y. |
|
P. E. |
Adultery with Miss Mary Clark; arrested;
expelled. |
| 1881 |
Potts, Rev. |
Orange Co., Ind. |
|
Assault and battery, beat Frank Osborn over
head with club in church. |
|
Pierson, Rev. Silas |
Greenup, Ill. |
Bap. |
Adult’ry, seduction, and elopement with
Miss Maynes, 17, deserting wife and 3 child’n. |
|
Pennell, Rev. Geo. C. |
Newark, N. J. |
P. E. |
Secret marriage; disowning his son; desertion
of wife and child; cruelty to wife and child. |
|
Parnell, D.D., Arch Dea. |
Kingston, Ont. |
P. E. |
Embezzlement of $12,000 church funds. |
| 1882 |
Pinman, Rev. J. B. |
Worcester, Mass. |
|
Criminal conduct; resigned; fled. |
|
Palmstrom, Rev. A. |
|
{ |
Hastings, Minn. |
| River Falls, Wis. |
| Red Wing, Minn. |
| Vasa, Minn. |
| Welsh, Minn. |
| Leon, Minn. |
|
Luth. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Miss Anna
Erickson; lying; deposed. |
| 1878 |
Phillips, Rev. Thor. B. or Thorn. E. |
Barnesville, Ohio. |
M. E. |
Wanton conduct with Miss Alma Fuller;
expelled. |
|
Parker, Rev. Zacharia |
Dallas, Tex. |
Bap. |
Embezzlement; arrested; bond $3,000. |
|
Pearson, Rev. R. W. |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
|
Swindling; gross fraud; arrested. |
|
Parker, Rev. Benj. |
Elkhart, Tex. |
|
Assault with intent to murder colored man named
Worth. |
|
Parry, Rev. Wm. |
|
{ |
Bristol, R. I. |
| Worcester, Mass. |
|
|
Drunkenness, long continued; expelled. |
|
Packard, Rev. E. P. W. |
|
|
Unjust confinem’t of wife in insane
asylum. |
|
Phinney, Rev. B. F. |
Westboro, Mass. |
|
Adultery with the “sisters” in the
church. |
|
Pomeroy, Rev. Dr. |
Sec. American Board of Foreign Missions. |
|
Adultery; larceny; embezzlement. |
|
Porter, Rev. J. M. |
Bethlehem, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, long continued. |
|
Porter, Rev. G. W. |
Danbyboro, Vt. |
|
Adultery, seduction of Miss Hattie Allen. |
|
Parshall, Rev. |
Oakland, Cal. |
|
Adultery with the “sisters;”
convicted. |
|
Porter, Rev. John W. |
VanSycle’s Cor., N. Y. |
|
Adultery, seduction of pupil, a mere
child. |
|
Pond, Rev. Lucius M. |
Worcester, Mass. |
|
Forgery $10,000; larceny; swindling; fled;
arrested. |
|
Parker, Rev. |
Ashland, Ky. |
|
Adultery, seduction of deacon’s daughter;
elopement; deserting wife and children. |
| 1878 |
Patterson, Rev. J. B. |
Elizabeth, N. J. |
|
Adultery, drunkenness; confessed. |
|
Phillips, Rev. N. L. |
Monticello, Iowa. |
|
Adultery, elopement with wife of Herbert
Barnes, desertion of wife and family. |
| 1879 |
Parks, Rev. W. J. |
Canton, Ohio. |
Pres. |
Adultery with sister Hicks; confessed;
suspended. |
|
Palmer, Rev. Lysander D. |
Jackson, Mich. |
Bap. |
Adultery with married woman; confessed;
resigned. |
|
Pledge, Rev. W. H. |
Atlanta, Ga. |
M. E. |
Suicide, cut his throat. |
|
Purcell, Rev. Arch-Bish. |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
Cath. |
Larceny, embezzlement of $4,000,000 deposited
with him by his confiding dupes; confess’d; causing death of 137
persons. |
|
Powis, Rev. Atherton L. |
New York, N. Y. |
P. E. |
Adultery in house of prostitution, caught by
his sons; arrested. |
| 1880 |
Paige, Rev. A. N. |
|
{ |
East Hampton, |
Conn. |
| E. Glastonbury, |
Conn.,, |
|
M.
E. |
Adultery, long continued (five years), while he
kept preaching; confessed; prison. |
|
Paul, Rev. |
New York, N. Y. |
Bap. |
“Scandalous conduct,” charged by
his wife. |
|
Ponder, Rev. Chas. |
New Albany, Ind. |
M. E. |
Suicide. |
|
Peltz, Rev. |
Jamestown, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Adultery; seduced two girls; caught in act;
fled. |
|
Perry, Rev. John A. |
Rhode Island. |
Bap. |
Arson, burnt his home for insurance;
prison. |
|
Peck, Rev. H. C. |
Hanover, Mich. |
|
Assault and great bodily harm; suspended. |
|
Pellett, Rev. |
Egerton, Mich. |
|
Swindling, “too free with sisters;”
fled. |
| 1878 |
Peck, Rev. H. P. |
|
{ |
Napa, Cal. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
|
Attempted bigamy with a woman who had a
husband, deserting wife. |
|
Quint, D. D., Rev. A. |
New England. |
|
Adultery. |
| 1876 |
Reagan, Rev. James |
Madison, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery with widow McHenry, caught in the act;
suspended. |
| 1877 |
Rublett, Rev. Albert |
Hoboken, N. J. |
|
Bigamy, adultery, drunkenness; prison.
|
| 1878 |
Rowland, Rev. D. |
|
{ |
Hackensack, N. J. |
| Richmond, Va. |
|
|
Immoral assa’lt on Mrs. A. B. Foote,
forgery. |
|
Richardson, Rev. H. C. |
Baltimore, Md. |
M. E. |
Fighting, with superintendent Johnson about
Sunday-school collections. |
|
Ross, Rev. T. S. |
Jefferson, N. C. |
|
Immoral assault and insulting proposals to Mrs.
Dan’l Idol; fled. |
|
Ribble, E. G. |
DeKalb county, Ill. |
|
Adultery, seduction of four girls, desertion of
wife and children; fled. |
|
Reed, Rev. Dr. |
Maldon, Mass. |
|
Adultery, fornication, seduction, sodomy,
“unnamed crime,” rape. |
|
Rice, Rev. Wm. |
Mason, Mich. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Rim, Rev. D. S. K. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Adult’ry, seduction of a young lady; she
told. |
|
Reedsdolph, Rev. Jas. |
Adrian, Mich. |
|
Swindling, drunkenness; prison. |
|
Reynolds, Rev. |
Muhlenburgh Co., Ky. |
|
Compelling daughter to marry against her will;
assault and battery, whipped her brutally to compel her. |
|
Rose, Rev. J. H. |
Hartford, Mich. |
|
Forgery. |
|
Rich, Rev. Chas. |
|
{ |
Boston, Mass. |
| Washington, D. C. |
|
|
“Gross immorality;” died in
disgrace. |
|
Rudder, Rev. J. J. |
|
{ |
New Milford, Pa. |
| Newark, N. J. |
|
|
Adultery, horse racing; fled. |
|
Rea, Rev. F. F. |
Durham, Conn. |
|
Drunkenness. |
|
Roberts, Rev. J. R. |
Allen, Wis. |
|
Slander, lying. |
|
Ross, Rev. H. P. |
Bennett’s Corner, N. Y. |
|
Larceny, charged by “Bro.”
Vanvauken. |
| 1879 |
Rascoe, Rev. Stephen |
Mattewan, Mich. |
Bap. |
Robbing mails as postmaster. |
|
Renforth, Rev. Jacob S. |
Lawndale, Ill. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Ellen Manny;
arrested. |
|
Rohan, Rev. Gaston de |
|
{ |
Halifax, N. S. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Cath. |
Forgery, drunkenness, penitentiary five years.
Swindling; prison at Halifax. |
|
Rice, Rev. D. (clown) Ev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Adultery, took woman to Chicago, lived with her
as his wife. |
| 1880 |
Roy, Rev. F. V. |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Bigamy; a converted Brahman. |
|
Richardson, Rev. Henry |
|
{ |
Sea Cliff, N. Y. |
| Long Island. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction, elopement with his
wife’s sister, Miss Lowther; deserting wife and children; fled;
arrested with his paramour; prison. |
|
Randall, Rev. N. B. |
Prattsburgh, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault on Viola Smith, aged 14; she
attempted suicide; expelled. |
| 1876 |
Reynolds, Rev. John N. |
Booneville, Iowa. |
|
Seduction of Miss Hattie Slater, a pupil under
his charge; penitentiary 4 years. |
| 1881 |
Reeve, Rev. B. F. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Quarreling for pulpit with Rev. Hargrave. |
|
Rogers, Rev. Dr. |
Delphi, N. Y. |
P. E. |
Irregularities; invited to resign. |
|
Ross, Rev. |
|
{ |
Geangaco, N. Y. |
| St. Johns, Mich. |
| Ovid, Mich. |
|
|
Adultery, bigamy, three wives and families;
deserting wife and children; forgery; states prison; still
preaching. |
|
Rock, Rev. R. |
Canton, Ohio. |
U. B. |
Profanity; suspended. |
|
Ryan, Rev. |
Cromwell, Conn. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness; immoralities; monastery. |
|
Rohe, Rev. Charles H. |
Detroit, Mich. |
Luth. |
Embezzlement, malfeasance, lying. |
|
Rexford, Rev. E. S. |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Turned wife out of doors; divorced. |
| 1882 |
Roeber, Rev. F. W. |
Elmhurst, Ill. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness, Sabbath breaking; resigned. |
|
Ryan, Rev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Cath. |
Assault with felonious intent; riot,
drunkenness, fighting, quarreling. |
| 1878 |
Robinson, Rev. Fred |
Putnam, Ill. |
|
Outrageous conduct; exposed. |
| 1880 |
Robinson, Rev. E. Ev. |
Binghamton, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, seduction of many sisters; perjury;
lying; desertion of wife and family; fled; kept diary of his liaisons
in Greek and Latin; assault with intent to commit murder. |
|
Roberts, Rev. J. P. |
Troy, Kan. |
M. E. |
Adult’ry, attempted elopement with a
young “sister.” |
|
Ranson, Rev. Bryant |
Mount Vernon, Ohio. |
|
Inhuman cruelty, dug out live hog’s
eyes. |
|
Ronault, Rev. Todoro |
Loretto, N. M., and Los Cruces, N. M. |
Cath. |
Seduction, bastardy, elopement with Miss
Marguerita Garcia, from convent; arrest’d. |
| 1881 |
Rork, Rev. M. V. |
|
|
“Abominable crimes.” |
| 1878 |
Skews, Rev. |
Utah. |
|
Adultery; driven from town. |
|
Smith, Rev. John R. |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Swindling. |
|
|
{ |
Skillener or |
| Shiltner, Rev. J. |
|
|
{ |
Webster county Ky. |
| W. Va. |
|
M. E. |
Rape on a daughter of Ed. Baldwin only 6 years
old, shameful breach of hospitality; prison. |
|
Steadman, Rev. C. M. |
|
{ |
Foxcraft, Me. |
| Dover, Me. |
|
|
Burglary, penitentiary six years. |
|
Simpson, Rev. John A. Simpson, Rev. Geo. A. Smith, Rev.
Geo. A. |
|
{ |
Carolina Mills, R. I. |
| Mansfield, Mass. |
| Maine. |
| E. Boston, Mass. |
|
Univ. |
Larceny various times; arrested; one man, many
aliases. |
|
Shaw, Rev. |
Flora, Ind. |
|
Adultery, incest with Mrs. Josie Shaw, his
son’s wife. |
|
Stray, Rev. Sydney M. |
|
{ |
East Lake. |
| St. George, N. Y. |
| Warrensburgh, Ohio. |
|
|
Assault with intent to murder his wife, attempt
at suicide, shot his wife then himself, adultery with many
“sisters;” deposed. Suicide. |
|
Summerlat, Rev. Franz |
Waverly, Iowa. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness, assault and battery, trying to
choke orthodoxy down Aug. Miller; convicted; fined. |
| 1879 |
Smith, Rev. N. G. |
New Castle, Ind. |
|
Adult’ry with Miss Emily Stipler or
Sheplar, subornation of perjury; arrested for both. |
|
Smith, Rev. J. H. |
Leavenworth, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, eloping with a young
“sister,” swindling; expelled. |
|
Sanes, Rev. |
Ripley county, Ind. |
Luth. |
Adultery with a “sister;” locked
out of ch. |
| 1880 |
Sparks, Rev. |
Long Island, N. Y. |
|
Immoralities; “cut off” by Bishop
Littlejohn. |
|
Summers, Rev. Mark |
Louisville, Ky. |
Bap. |
Forgery; penitentiary 6 years. |
|
Sherwood, Rev. Jas. M. |
Princeton, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Embezzlement of ward’s money; convicted.
Is editor of Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton
Review. |
|
Schneider, Rev. |
|
Pres. |
Adultery; beating his wife, assault and
battery; arrested. |
| 1877 |
Simpson, Rev. John C. |
Oregon county, Mo. |
Bap. |
Illicit distilling; convicted; penitentiary 20
years. |
| 1878 |
Smith, Rev. Frank |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cong. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Matilda Kettle; she
told; missionary of Beecher’s ch. |
|
Shaffer, Rev. W. H. |
Schoonover. Neptune, Ohio. |
U. B. |
Larceny; arrested in pulpit. |
|
Schweinfurth, Rev. Geo. |
Ann Arbor, Miss. |
M. E. |
His tenets were those of the last female he
met; too susceptible; expelled. |
|
Spencer, Rev. F. A. |
Athens, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. |
M. E. |
Adultery; immoral conduct; breach of
hospitality; expelled. |
|
Stephenson, Rev. J. W., P.E. |
Piqua, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio. |
M. E. |
Adultery, bastardy, drunkenness, immoral
assault on lady; convicted. |
|
Schon, Rev. E. W. |
Louisville, Ky. |
M. E. |
Adultery. |
|
Smith, Rev. |
Elgin, Ill. |
|
Murder of wife, held her under water. |
|
Sands, Rev. |
Hoosic, N. Y. |
|
Adultery with “sister.” |
|
Steelson, Rev. A. |
|
|
Adultery with “sister;”
confessed. |
|
Strasburgh, Rev. |
|
Pres. |
Adultery with negro woman, miscegenation;
confessed. |
|
Slang, Rev. Aug. C. |
Paterson, N. J. |
|
Rape on sister Pfennibucker. |
|
Southard, Rev. |
|
{ |
New Orleans, La. |
| New Jersey. |
|
|
Adultery, debauchery, drunkenness long
continued; died in a brothel. |
|
Stillen, Rev. Joseph |
Westchester, Pa. |
|
Seduction of Miss Sarah Hall, made her insane,
quoted scripture to convince her it was all right. |
|
Stillwell, Rev. J. K. |
Logansport Ind. |
|
Immoral assault on a “sister,”
perjury, lying—this during a revival. |
|
Speare, Rev. M. |
|
{ |
Mason, Ill. |
| Bloomington, Ill. |
|
|
Larceny, stole a roll of bills from a
bank. |
|
Schneider, Rev. R. |
Mt. Vernon, Ind. |
Luth. Ev. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with a girl of
seventeen, desertion of wife and children, embezzlement of church
funds; fled; pursued by detectives. |
|
Sluter, Rev. Geo. |
Shelbyville, Ind. |
Pres. |
Beating stepson inhumanly; arrested. |
|
Severance, Rev. I. T. |
|
{ |
Burlington, Ill. |
| Elgin, Ill. |
|
M. E. |
Forgery; arrested by constable Schoonover. |
| 1881 |
Sapp, Rev. Wm. M. |
|
{ |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
| Savannah, Mo. |
|
|
Larceny, embezzlement of $4,000 county funds;
fled. |
| 1877 |
St. Clair, Rev. P. |
Des Moines, Iowa. |
M. E. |
Fraudulent voting in conference, stuffing
ballot-box; tried, convicted, suspended. |
| 1880 |
S——, Rev. |
|
{ |
Cincinnati, Ohio, |
| North Hogan, Ind. |
|
Pres. |
Adultery, fornication with Susanna Schilling,
attempt to murder her, adultery with lewd women, swindling; arrested,
prison; deposed. |
| 1881 |
Sheldon, Rev. M. G. |
|
{ |
Harvard, Ill. |
| Marengo, Ill. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, immorality, obscenity, vulgarity,
lying; church trial. |
| 1882 |
Sherman, Rev. C. W. Ev. |
Abingdon, Ill. |
|
Fighting. |
|
Stillwell, Rev. M. |
Englishville, Mich. |
Bap. |
Adultery with “sister” Barrows; she
told. |
|
Smith, Rev. R. M. |
Indianola, Iowa. |
M. E. |
Disorderly conduct; fined. |
|
Stewart, Rev. W. H. U. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
P. E. |
Deserting wife and family. |
| 1876 |
Schueller, Rev. J. M. |
Andrew, Iowa. |
Luth. |
Seduction and adultery with a lot of little
girls at his asylum school; rape on Zetta Meeker, 8 years old;
seduction and adultery with Delia Pardee and Mary Meeker, aged 14; Rose
Shaffer, 13; Libbie Ingham and Jennie Adair, 14 years old; Bertha
Nellis, 15; and many others; confessed; resigned; fled. |
| 1881 |
Sharp, Rev. Thos. |
|
{ |
Gowanda, N. Y. |
| Hamburg, N. Y. |
| East Otto, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Assault with intent to rape sister Zuber;
lying; she told; suspended. |
|
Smith, Rev. W. L. |
|
{ |
Brunswick, N. Y. |
| Rutland, Vt. |
|
M.
E. |
Seduction and bastardy with Miss Dora Farlies;
lying; she told on child-birth deathbed. |
|
Simmons, Rev. Geo. B. |
|
Bap. |
Seduction, adultery with Miss Lillie Aiken;
expelled. |
|
Steman, Rev. |
|
|
Assault and battery on another preacher. |
| 1878 |
Smith. Rev. M. H. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Lying about what Miss Clara Morris told him.
She never told him anything. |
| 1882 |
Strongfellow, Rev. Frank |
Farmville, Va. |
P. E. |
Murder of many Union men during the war. |
| 1879 |
Schilling, Rev. Carl. |
Alleghany, Pa. |
P. E. |
Adultery; drunkenness; expelled. |
| 1881 |
Shrimp, Rev. |
Camden, N. J. |
M. E. |
Quarreling with Rev. Kirby over church
dues. |
|
Sale, Rev. S. O. |
Mason City, Iowa. |
Bap. |
Adultery with “sister” Eva Brewer,
lying; deposed; fled. Swindling. |
|
Shurtliff, Rev. |
|
{ |
Elmira, N. Y. |
| Hartford, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Slander against Rev. Lewis; fined. |
| 1881 |
Steller, Rev. |
Erie. Rich Valley, Ind. |
U. B. |
Immoral assault on Miss Beamer; fled. |
|
Stone, Rev. Dan. H. |
Queens county, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Forgery, swindling, fraud, robbing Mrs. B.
Sherman (aunt of Gen. W. T. Sherman); indicted. |
|
Smith, Rev. John L. |
Lebanon, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Mrs. E. Lovelace, 70
old, caught in act by M. M. Russell, Att’y; church trial. |
|
Swift, Rev. Carlos |
Chicago, Ill. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction of several
“sisters,” immoral assault on others; they told. |
|
Spencer, Rev. Edward. |
|
|
Immoral assault on a “sister,”
embezzlement; arrested. |
|
Stine, Rev. I. J. alias T. J. Black. |
Leavenworth, Kan. New York. |
Bap. |
Larceny, often repeated; arrested; confessed;
prison. |
|
Spargrove, Rev. J. M. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1882 |
Taylor, Rev. J. W. |
Great Bend, N. Y. Binghampton, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Adultery, bigamy; deserting wife and children;
convicted; expelled from church. |
| 1881 |
Teal, Rev. C. |
Ironton, Wis. Baraboo, Wis. |
|
Incest, seduction, adultery with his own
daughter; she is only 15, and told; arrested; prison. |
|
Thornton, Rev. Abner |
Bartholomew Co., Ind. |
|
Fighting and quarreling with Dr. Beck. |
|
Thornloe, Rev. Jas. |
Montreal, Can. |
P. E. |
Larceny, long continued; arrested. |
|
Taylor. Rev. Joseph. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Bap. |
Swindling; English convict. |
|
Tice, Rev. David. |
Stillwater, Minn. |
M. E. |
Malicious prosecution of a poor widow. |
|
Thompson, Rev. J. M. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Pres. |
Larceny, dishonesty, bribery; church
trial. |
|
Thompson, Rev. Alfred |
|
{ |
Elgin, Ill. |
| New York, N. Y. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Cobham; robbery of
his paramour; deserting wife. Said in court, “We all do such
things more or less.” State prison at Sing Sing five years. |
|
Thayer, Rev. J. A. |
Warren, Ohio. |
|
Drunkenness; arrested. |
| 1878 |
Tice, Rev. |
Newark, N. J. |
Bap. |
Seduction of several girls; expelled. |
|
Thames, Rev. Joseph |
Ashville, N. C. |
|
Seduction of Miss Laura Palm. |
|
Thompson, Rev. L. M. P. |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
Pres. |
Adultery many times. |
|
Torry, Rev. |
Western New York. |
|
Seduction. |
|
Thompson, Rev. A. T. |
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
|
Adultery, bigamy. |
|
Todd, Rev. J. H. |
Sioux City, Iowa. |
|
Adultery with a milliner, elopement with her,
deserting wife. |
|
Tresselman, Rev. T. |
Annetia, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, seduction of several girls, elopement
with wife of Mr. Hunt; bastardy. |
|
Torry, Rev. A. W. |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
|
Falsehood; tried and found guilty. |
|
Thompson, Rev. |
|
{ |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
| Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
|
Adultery many times. |
|
Taylor, Rev. Horace |
Oberlin, Ohio. |
|
Seduction many times; convicted; prison. |
|
Thompson, Rev. John J. |
Orange county, N. Y. |
|
Immoral assault on a young
“sister.” |
|
Thompson, Rev. John J. |
Washington, D. C. |
|
Immoral assault on two young girls caught
crawling into their window in his night-shirt. |
|
Thompson, Rev. Chas. |
|
|
Arson; arrested. |
| 1879 |
Treadwell, Rev. |
Brooklyn, Mo. |
|
Fighti’g, riot in church against Rev.
Landers. |
|
Talmage, Rev. T. DeWitt |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Lying, deceit, extortion, abusiveness. |
|
Thompson, Rev. J. P. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Deland of his
choir, his love-letters caught by her husband; pastor of Broadway
Tabernacle. |
|
Tabor, Rev. Lorenso |
Kansasville, Wis. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Nellie Foster;
caught in act in her bedroom by Henry Combert; arrested; bailed
$500. |
| 1880 |
Trumbrower, Rev. |
|
{ |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
| Hoboken. N. J. |
|
|
Immoral assault on servant girl, kissing her
for her spiritual welfare; fled. |
| 1881 |
Tupper, Rev. Kerr. B. |
|
{ |
Paducah, Ky. |
| Chicago, Ill. |
| Margaretta, Mich. |
|
Bap. |
Arson, burning both churches; adultery,
seduction, and bastardy with a girl; she left babe in his
woodhouse. |
| 1880 |
Towes, Rev. |
Minnesota. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1881 |
Thomas, Rev. Wm. |
Washington, D. C. |
|
Keeping gambling house. |
| 1879 |
Uttey, Rev. W. H. |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Swindling, obtaining money under false
pretenses. |
| 1882 |
VanAlstine, Rev. J. J. or J. W., alias George Ebers. |
|
{ |
Elmira, N. Y. |
| Bradford, Pa. |
| Richburg, Pa. |
| Corry, Pa. |
| Buffalo, N. Y. |
| Ohio. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery and seduction many times; seduced wife
of a “brother” in Elmira; broke up the family; seduced wife
of another brother in Buffalo; deserted her, seduced her daughter,
lived with her in Richburg; deserted his wife and children; false
personation; elopement with women. |
|
Vanderborn, Rev. |
Saginaw, Mich. |
Cath. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of W. Colford, who
shot at him. Mrs. C. confessed. |
| 1881 |
Veterling, Rev. |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Drunkenness; immoral assault on women;
arrested. |
| 1876 |
VanOrden, Rev. M. |
Missionary to Brazil. |
Pres. |
Slaveholder; deposed. |
| 1878 |
Vossburg, Rev. Geo. B. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
Bap. |
Assault with intent to murder wife;
indicted. |
|
Veal, Rev. W. G., P.E. |
Wasatchie, Tex. |
M. E. |
Rape of Mrs. John Griffin; arrested, convicted;
expelled. |
|
Valentine, Rev. Paul T., D.D., Ph. D., LL. D. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Rape on many little girls under his charge in
College for Homeless Children; sodomy, buggery, unnamed crime on little
boys under his charge; penitentiary ten years. |
| 1879 |
Vine, Rev. J. Thos. Ev. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Deserting wife after squandering all her money.
|
| 1880 |
Van der Bone, E., or Van Der Born. |
Saginaw, Mich. |
Cath. |
Adultery with parishioner’s wife, caught
in the act by Catherine Burk. |
| 1881 |
Vandeusen, Rev. G. H. |
|
{ |
Troy |
| W. Amsterdam, N. Y. |
|
|
Forgery of pension-papers; indicted. |
| 1876 |
Watson, Rev. Arthur |
Kinman. |
Prot. |
Murdered his wife. |
| 1877 |
|
{ |
Warren, Rev. A. J. |
| Warner, Rev. A. J. |
| Warren, Rev. A. S. |
|
North Vernon, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery, elopement with “sister”
Stanton, embezzlement of church funds, lying, desertion of wife and
four children; one person, three names. |
|
Weizerbeck, Rev. Rudol. |
Bloomingdale. |
Luth. |
Forgery, swindling, fraud; arrested. |
|
Whittemore, Rev. Jos. |
Mitchell, Iowa. |
Bap. |
Immoral assault and insult on wife of deacon
Geo. Cummings; convicted, fined. |
|
Wiswall, Rev. Alvah |
Rochester, N. Y. |
P. E. |
Fraudulent bankruptcy, swindling, perjury. |
|
|
{ |
Wells, Rev. T. M. |
| Wells, Rev. John M. |
| Chenowitz, Rev. T. M. |
|
|
{ |
Lebanon, Ohio. |
| Bangor, Me. |
| Illinois. |
|
Bap. Dunk. |
Adultery, bigamy; arrested while fleeing to
Europe; convicted; one man, 3 names. |
|
White, Rev. Reuben |
Little Rock, Ark. |
|
Adultery, seduction of Miss Bush. |
|
Wheeler, Rev. Charles |
Mansfield, Ohio. |
|
Larceny, arrested. |
|
Waters, Rev. Edward |
Pantego, N. C. |
Bap. |
Assault and battery on Miss Fanny
Worland—held her while wife put red pepper in her eyes. |
|
Wray, Rev. |
New Brunswick, N. S. |
|
Suicide, because arrested for drunkenness while
in New York. |
|
Wesley, Rev. |
Geneseo, Ill. |
|
Adultery, seduction. |
|
Wood, Rev. M. D. |
Decatur, Ill. |
|
Seduction. |
|
Wilcox, Rev. |
Illinois. |
|
Adultery, seduction, bastardy four times in one
neighborhood. |
| 1878 |
Warren, Rev. |
Bussett Hills, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, bigamy; four living wives.
|
| 1878 |
Welsh, Rev. Wash’n W. |
Holly, Mich. |
|
Rape on Mrs. Louisa Green, wife of another
minister. |
|
Washburn, Rev. Geo. |
Alleghany county, N. Y. |
|
Engaged to marry several ladies at the same
time, lying. |
|
Williamson, Rev. R. H. |
Wilksbarre, Pa. |
|
Adultery in house of ill-fame. |
|
Wright, Rev. K. N. |
New Bridge, N. Y. |
|
Quarr’ling for pulpit against Rev.
Kristettar. |
|
White, Rev. D. M. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Larceny; penitentiary two years. |
|
Watson, Rev. John S. |
Kansas. |
|
Murdered his wife. |
|
Whipple, Rev. E. |
Hillsdale college, Mich. |
|
Adultery, seduction of deacon’s
wife. |
|
White, Rev. |
Washington, Pa. |
|
Adultery, seduction. |
|
Wilson, Rev. Sam. B. |
Louisville, Ky. |
|
“Immoral conduct;” deposed. |
|
Wright, Rev. Ableman or Ambleman. |
Whitestown, N. Y. |
|
Adultery, seduction of a girl 12 years old; an
old man with married children. |
|
Winslow, Rev. E. D. |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Forgery, swindling, $500,000; fled. |
|
Wolfe, Rev. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Beating his wife; arrested. |
|
Wimberly, Rev. P. P. |
Atchinson, Pa. |
|
Larceny, embezzlement of church funds. |
|
Williams, Rev. G. R. |
Griggstown, N. Y. |
|
Attempt to commit bigamy, wife appeared, and he
fled. |
|
Wells, Rev. J. M. |
Springfield, Ill. |
|
Adultery, bigamy; convicted. |
| 1879 |
Waugh, Rev. J. L. |
Brasher’s Falls, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Beating wife, lying from pulpit; expelled. |
|
Wiseman, Rev. D. M. |
Somerset, Ohio. |
Luth. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Miss Hesse:
convicted; expelled; confessed. |
|
Wayman, Rev. F. H. |
New York, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Larceny, embezzlement of $1,000 deposited with
him by two women; arrested. |
|
Waite, Rev. Peter |
Madisonville, Ohio. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Agnes Murray, a young
“sister.” He was over 60; entered house where she worked,
in the night, and was killed by a watchman on the lookout for
burglars. |
|
Williams, Rev. Geo. |
Lanesboro, Minn. |
Pres. |
Rape on girl 15 years old; indicted. |
|
Willey, Rev. J. H. |
Delaware. |
M. E. |
Adultery with a “sister.”
|
| 1879 |
Wood, Rev. John |
Cedar Falls, Iowa. |
Pres. |
Adultery, seduction of two young girls of 14
and 16; unministerial conduct, unchaste conduct; confessed the two
last. |
|
Woodry, Rev. Henry |
Knox county, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Mary Shoaf;
arrest’d. |
| 1880 |
Willson, Rev. J. A. |
Jewell City, Kan. |
|
Adultery with a “sister;”
expelled. |
|
Walker, Rev. C. E. |
Somerset, Mass. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy, abortion, with
Miss Moriss; arrested. |
|
Woolpert, Rev. J. M. |
Fort Wayne, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery many times. |
|
Williams, Rev. John |
New York. |
M. E. |
Inhuman cruelty to wife; convicted in divorce
proceedings. |
|
Woodside, Rev. Nevin |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Quarreling for the possession of pulpit. |
|
Walker, Rev. W. E. |
|
|
Adultery; drunkenness; deposed. |
|
Willson, Rev. Chas. A. B. |
|
{ |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| New Baltimore, Ohio. |
|
M. E. |
Larceny; arrested. |
| 1881 |
Willson, Rev. David D. |
Henrietta, Tex. |
|
Breach of hospitality; rape and adultery upon
Mrs. Hickman; fled. |
|
Winslow, Rev. Ed. C. |
New Haven, Conn. |
Cong. |
Inhuman cruelty to Louisa Rogers, 8 years old,
his adopted child. |
| 1876 |
Wittrup, Rev. Julius |
Winfield, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault on his niece, a young girl of
16, showed his privates. |
| 1881 |
Widdows, Rev. |
Kircardine, Can. |
M. E. |
Assault with intent to kill; disturbing
meeting. |
|
Wolchencraft, Rev. Chas. |
|
|
Larceny; arrested with stolen watch. |
|
Wright, Rev. Henry N. |
Northville, N. Y. |
Cong. |
Lying; gross immorality; dishonesty;
arson. |
|
Webb, Rev. J. W. |
Bloomington, Ill. |
M. E. |
Slander, foul, false, and unchristian. |
|
Whitcher, Rev. W. T. |
Providence, R. I. |
M. E. |
Larceny, lying; caught in act, arrested, fined,
confessed, resigned. |
|
Way, Rev. Jesse |
Wabash, Ind. |
|
Incest, adultery, eloped with
daughter-in-law. |
|
Willson, Rev. |
Davenport, Iowa. |
Bap. |
Assault with intent to rape
“sister” Bush. |
|
Witt, Rev. Chas. |
Sheldon, Ill. |
|
Immoral assault on women; crawled under depot
platform and peeked up through cracks under the ladies; arrested,
fined. |
|
Williams, Rev. |
La Plata, Mo. |
|
Adultery. Says the Lord commanded him “to
desert wife and children for this woman.” |
|
Washington, Rev. |
Topeka, Kan. |
|
Swindling, obtaining money by false
pretense. |
|
Weaver, Rev. |
Wayne county, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault on lady; dismissed. |
|
Willard, Rev. Wylie J. |
|
{ |
Boise City, Idaho. |
| Walla Walla, Wash. T. |
|
M. E. |
Swindling, embezzlement; cruelty to wife,
desertion of wife. |
|
Waite, Rev. Arthur A. Ev. |
Lynn, Mass. |
|
Swindling, obtaining money by false
pretense. |
|
Webber, Rev. Chas. |
Saco, Me. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduct’n, eloped with young
sister. |
|
Wetherwax, Rev. |
Berien Springs, Mich. |
Luth. |
Ejected from church for immoralities. |
| 1882 |
Williams, Rev. Dr. R. H. |
|
{ |
Pennsylvania. |
| Milwaukee, Wis. |
|
P. E. |
Adultery in brothel; attempt at suicide. |
|
Williams, Rev. Jno. alias Rev. A. C. Copeland. |
|
{ |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
| St. Catharines, Can. |
| Terre Haute, Ind. |
| Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction; embezzlement; obtaining
money under false pretense; arrested; prison. |
|
Wardner, Rev. Morton or Wardness. |
|
{ |
Little Genesee. |
| Milton, Wis. |
|
Adv. |
Adultery, seduction of a lot of young girls;
lying; fled; church trial. |
|
Walsh, Rev. A. C. |
|
{ |
Montreal, Can. |
| Port Royal, Iowa. |
|
P. E. |
Fighting and riot for church; expelled. |
|
Wright, Rev. Prince |
Chillicothe, Mo. |
M. E. |
Adultery; immorality, oft repeated; whipped by
a mob; deposed. |
| 1881 |
White, Rev. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
|
Murder, adultery, seduction of a young girl,
attempted an abortion; killed the girl. Her father shot at him four
times, but he escaped and fled. |
| 1878 |
White, Rev. Reuben |
|
|
Adultery, seduction of Miss Bush; attempt at
abortion; she told and died; manslaughter; arrested. |
|
Willson, Rev. Reuben E. |
|
{ |
Harrisburg, Pa. |
| Mifflintown, Pa. |
|
M. E. |
Drunkenness; obscenity; jailed. |
| 1879 |
Wolf, Rev. Wm. |
New York, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Assault and battery; arrested. |
| 1881 |
Walker, Rev. Prof. |
Philomath, Or. |
|
Adultery, seduction; lying—so says Rev.
Isaac Belknap. |
| 1880 |
Young, Rev. G. B. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
|
“Lewdness,” swindling; church
trial. |
|
Yates, Rev. H. C. |
|
Bap. |
Immoral assault on many ladies, immoral
conduct, lechery, lying, adultery, drunkenness, seduction. |
| 1878 |
Zuner, Rev. Jonathan |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Larceny, embezzlement from Mr. Meyer;
arrested. |
| ADDITIONS FOR
THIRD EDITION. |
| 1882 |
Allison, Rev. John |
|
{ |
Jessup, Iowa. |
| Milwaukee, Wis. |
|
Pres. |
Immoral assault, and indecent proposals to Mrs.
Alice Moffitt; expelled. |
|
Allen, Rev. Wm. |
Osgoode, Ont. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy with Eliza Hume;
got her married. |
| 1875 |
Ackerman, Rev. G. E. |
|
{ |
Blue Mountain, Idaho. |
| Boise City. |
|
M. E. |
Embezzlement of $3,000, church funds: a dead
beat. |
| 1882 |
Ahern, Rev. John C. |
Denver, Col. |
Cath. |
Adultery, immoral assault on women, insulting
ladies, lying: removed. |
|
Ahern, Rev. Jere. |
Denver, Col. |
Cath. |
Immoral assault on Mrs. Miller; Mr. Miller
accused him. Bribery; the priest paid him hush money. Drunkenness; says
he was in liquor at time. Lying about Rev. John C. Ahern. |
|
Brooks, Rev. Wm. R. |
Hampstead, R. I. |
|
Adultery, bigamy—three wives. |
|
Bartlett, Rev. Jos. |
Gorham, Me. |
Cong. |
Suicide; 70 years of age. |
|
Billson, Rev. F. G. |
Kansas City, Mo. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness oft repeated; arrested, jailed,
confessed, fined. |
| 1876 |
Boyd, Rev. T. B. |
|
{ |
Kittaning, Pa. |
| West Virginia. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction, immoral assaults on many
“sisters,” and wife of “Brother Cook;”
confessed; jailed. |
| 1881 |
Browning, Rev. Wm. G. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Swindling, $10,000; convicted. |
| 1878 |
Blanchard, Rev. |
Wheaton, Ill. |
Cong. |
Embezzlement of $3,000, college funds; lying,
slander; so say Rev. Chapman and Rev. Prof. Webster. |
| 1882 |
Balky, Rev. Geo. |
Chilicothe, Mo. |
|
Forgery; drew a note and signed his
father’s and Andrew McCroskin’s names to it; arrested,
escaped, fled. |
|
Brisbee, Rev. John N. |
Madison, Tenn. |
Pres. |
Horse racing, gambling; church trial. |
|
Bentley, Rev. Chas., Ev., |
E. Baltimore, Md. |
|
Seduction of Miss Emma Martin, a
“sister;” bastardy; kept evangelizing very successfully,
until presented with an heir; confessed, expelled. |
|
Bedall, Rev. W. |
|
{ |
Barnesville, O. |
| Beallsville, O. |
| Ozark, O. |
| Wheeling, W. Va. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Rosa Arnold, aged 15;
elopement with her, deserting wife and three children, penniless;
embezzlement of $400, church funds: expelled. |
| 1882 |
Brand, Rev. |
Oberlin, O. |
|
Slander from pulpit; sued by Bronson. |
|
Brand, Rev. G. F. |
|
{ |
Wintersett, Iowa. |
| Guthrie Center, Iowa. |
|
M. E. |
Indecent exposure of person; church trial,
expelled. |
|
Bush, Rev., Ev. |
|
{ |
Covington, Ky. |
| Cynthiana, Ky. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction of “sister”
Sarah Sherman; elopement with her. |
| 1883 |
Beattie, Rev. T. R. or F. R. |
Brantford, Ont. |
Pres. |
Immoral assault; slandering Miss Sershman;
arrested; bail $4,000; sued for $10,000, slander. |
|
Brown, Rev. W. H., Ev. |
Sioux City, Iowa. |
|
Drunkenness; fined. |
|
Ball, Rev. H. |
|
{ |
Burg Hill, O. |
| Wayne, O. |
|
Bap. |
Drunkenness, lying; got gloriously drunk,
denied it; expelled. |
|
Bowen, Rev. |
|
{ |
Randolph, N. Y. |
| Ohio, |
| N. Jersey, |
| Wisconsin. Michigan. |
|
Bap. |
Assault and battery on a “brother;”
lying, swindling, making debts everywhere, never paying; fled. |
| 1878 |
Chapman, Rev. |
Wheaton, Ill. |
Cong. |
Lying, slander, so says Rev. Blanchard. |
| 1882 |
Christian, Rev. J. T. |
|
{ |
Quincy, Ill. |
| Hannibal, Mo. |
|
|
Bigamy, adultery, lying, swindling;
arrested. |
|
Canary, Rev. Andrew |
New York, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Larceny, stealing horse, drunkenness;
arrested. |
|
Chapman, Rev. Richard |
Pine Bluff Spa, Tex. |
Bap. |
Murder of John Turner; stabbed him three
times. |
|
Colfelt, Rev. |
New York. |
Pres. |
Literary piracy; church trial. |
| 1879 |
Clapp, Rev. |
Lowell, Mich. |
Bap. |
Swindling; prison. |
| 1882 |
Cook Rev. Alvin O. |
|
{ |
Eugene, Or. |
| Springfield, Or. |
|
Chris. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of
Rix, deserting wife and children; temperance lecturer. |
| 1882 |
Cleniheim, Rev. |
|
{ |
Cincinnati, O. |
| Avondale, O. |
|
Pres. |
Fighting with one of his elders; got whipped;
elder’s name, Robert Hood. |
| 1883 |
Cobb, Rev. R. H. |
Taunton, Mass. |
M. E. |
Deserting wife, leaving her penniless and sick
in bed; investigated; resigned. |
|
Corken, Rev. |
|
{ |
Salisbury P’t, Mass. |
| Lynn, Mass. |
|
Cong. |
Literary piracy; preached Wilberforce’s
sermons; quack doctor; sued for malpractice; deposed. |
|
Cox, Rev. Henry, D.D., (“Hallelujah
Cox”). |
San Francisco, Cal. |
|
Gross swindling U. S. pension agent; robbed a
blind and helpless soldier of $7,278, pension; swindled a widow out of
$2,535. |
| 1883 |
Chambers, Rev. A. I. |
New Haven, Conn. |
M. E. |
Misappropriating church funds; sued. |
|
Comstock, Rev. I. |
|
{ |
Tonganoxie, Kan. |
| Reno, Kan. |
|
Ad. |
Rape, adultery, on 13-year-old daughter of Mr.
Anderson; arrested; prison at Leavenworth. |
|
Cook, Rev. Jo. |
Boston, Mass. |
|
Lying generally. |
|
Copeland, Rev. Frasier |
Walhalla, S. C. |
|
Murder of W. J. Hunnicritt; confessed;
hanged. |
| 1878 |
Clark, Rev. W. J. |
Lisbon, N. Y. |
Pres. |
“Immoral conduct;” suspended. |
| 1879 |
Curr, Rev. Alan |
|
{ |
Dubuque, Iowa. |
| Leavenworth, Kan. |
|
Bap. |
Larceny, deserting wife, drunkenness, gross
fraud, lying, cheating. |
| 1882 |
Dye, Rev. J. H., P.E. |
Searcy, Ark. |
M. E. |
Assault and battery; knocked Capt. McCaulley
down and pounded him. |
|
Denton, Rev. J. L. or J. W. |
Fayetteville, Ark. |
|
Suicide, charged with embezzlement. |
|
Driver, Rev. S. M. |
Baker City, Idaho. |
M. E. |
Adultery with “sisters;” buried six
wives. |
|
Davis, Rev. Geo. |
|
{ |
Cleveland, O. |
| Fort Wayne, Ind. |
|
|
Deserting wife and children; proposing marriage
to several ladies; arrested. |
|
Draper, Rev. Frank |
|
{ |
Youngstown, O. |
| Riverside, O. |
|
M. E. |
Robbery of his friend and room-mate;
drunkenness; fled; spent the cash; his friend died; confessed.
|
| 1883 |
Davis, Rev. Geo., Ev., |
|
{ |
Logansport, Ind. |
| Fort Wayne, Ind. |
|
|
In prison. |
|
DePuy, Rev. Dr. |
|
M. E. |
Swindling in connection with “Isabella
mine;” editor Christian Advocate, resigned. |
|
Davis, Rev. |
Madison, Ind. |
M. E. |
Seduction, bastardy, with “sister”
Jennie Williams; prosecuted. |
| 1880 |
Deems, Rev. Dr. |
New York. |
|
Lying, so says Rev. Dr. Mackie. |
| 1882 |
Dollman, Rev. W. |
Erie, Pa. |
M. E. |
Assault with intent to murder his wife and
family, with poison and “cold steel;” arrested;
prison. |
|
Dowd, Rev. W. W. |
Portchester, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Swindling; would not pay bills. |
|
Dollard, Rev. |
Wilmington, Del. |
Cath. |
Indecent proposals to Miss Lizzie Jordan;
slandered her and her family from the pulpit; sued by her brother
Charley Jordan. |
|
Dufresne, Rev. |
Holyoke, Mass. |
Cath. |
Slander of P. Hackman; fined $3,400; selling
liquor in his church and school; fled to Canada. |
| 1880 |
Dugan, Rev. Thos. |
|
{ |
Delavan, Ill. |
| Mason City, Ill. |
|
Cath. |
Rape upon his young housekeeper; she complained
to Bishop Spaulding. |
| 1878 |
Dale, Rev., Ev., |
New Castle, Ill. |
|
Immoral assault on two girls, one 12, other 14;
fled. |
|
Daley, Rev. John |
New York, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness, habitual; workhouse. |
| 1879 |
Esmon, Rev. Albert |
Alabama. |
|
Illicit distilling; two stills destroyed by
U.S. officials; fled. |
| 1882 |
Ellis, Rev. Wm. T. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Nuisance; arrested, fined. |
| 1882 |
Ellis, Rev. Edwd. H., Ev. |
Thomaston, Me. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, and elopement with Mrs.
John E. Rose; arrested, fined $400, jailed at St. John’s, N.
B. |
|
Eastman, Rev. Chas. A., Geo. E. Hindley, C. B. Merrill. |
|
{ |
Roxb’ry, Lewist’n, Me.; |
| Potterville, Whitehall, |
| Kendall, Alamo, |
| Mich.; Plainwell. |
|
Cong. |
Adultery, bigamy, lying, false personation,
deserting wife and family; first married Miss Emma Keyes, of Lewiston,
Me.; second marriage with a Miss Piper, of Alamo; broke jail at
Kalamazoo; sent to Michigan penitentiary; very religious. |
| 1879 |
Eagan, Rev. D. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Cath. |
Adultery with “sisters.” |
|
Edmonson, Rev. Nathan |
Schollsville, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Suicide; hung himself. |
| 1882 |
Farmer, Rev. G. W. |
Tamaroa, Ill. |
M. E. |
Assault and battery; beat Deacon Johnson over
the head with a chair for saying “Good-morning.” |
|
Fern, Rev. Thomas, or Fernly, Rev. Thos. A. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
M. E. |
Libel on William Entriken; arrested; most
popular preacher in the city. |
|
Fulton, Rev. Dr. T. D. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Libel upon Rev. T. B. Conway; sued for $40,000;
fighting. |
|
Fleming, Rev. N. |
Cleveland, O. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness, visiting house of ill-fame; riot,
arrested, jailed, confessed, fined. |
| 1883 |
Fleming, Rev. |
Boston, Mass. |
Cath. |
Assault and battery on a little girl; tore some
pictures away from her; she went into convulsions; sued for damages by
her father; fined; riot with 1,000 Irish against the father. |
| 1882 |
Garry, Rev. M. M. |
Cincinnati, O. |
Bap. |
Burglary, immoral assault; shot, badly wounded,
while scaling back wall of yard at midnight, by Roger Pearson. |
|
Gilmour, Rev. Bish. |
Ohio. |
|
Slander; sued by E. Cowlee, of the
Leader. |
|
Gray, Rev. J. A. |
Portland, Or. |
Bap. |
Drunkenness, confessed, resigned. |
| 1882 |
Green, Rev. Abijah |
|
{ |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Atlantic City, N. J. |
|
Bap. |
Larceny, stealing books; fighting at church
trial with Rev. Wallace and others. |
|
Gleason, Rev. P. J. |
|
{ |
St. Louis, Mo. |
| Louisiana, Mo. |
|
Cath. |
Seduction, bastardy, with Mary Proctor,
née Ryan; confessed, subsequently
denied; after her marriage adultery and bastardy with her again; first
child named John Patrick Gleason, second Richard Gleason Ryan;
suspended from priesthood by Bishop Kenrick. |
| 1883 |
Green, Rev. |
Mt. Gilead, O. |
|
Seduction, elopement with a 13-year-old
daughter of a “brother.” |
|
Gibbons, Rev. James—Archbishop. |
Baltimore, Md. |
Cath. |
Swindling Mrs. Simpson, while dying, out of her
property; sued. |
| 1879 |
Gaines, Rev. G. W. |
|
{ |
Columbia, Mo. |
| Centralia, Ill. |
| Louisiana, Mo. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of Miss Maria Delly; took
her to conference with him; slept with her at hotel. |
| 1882 |
Henderson, Rev. John |
Mexico, Mo. |
|
Larceny of cattle and hogs, notorious thief;
prison. |
|
Hyde, Rev. F. S. |
New Haven, Conn. |
|
Insulted Mrs. Foster; demanded her removal from
hotel table because she was an actress. |
|
Higgins, Rev. A. C. |
Hackettstown, N. J. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, with wife of Mr. Hoff;
writing her to leave her husband and live with him; detected, fled, deserting
wife and children. |
|
Higbee, Rev. Jesse |
Drakeville, Iowa. |
|
Medical quack; ruined lady’s nose; sued.
|
| 1883 |
Hooper, Rev. J. F. |
Petaluma, Cal. |
Cong. |
Breach of promise; engaged to three ladies;
fled to escape tar and feathers. |
|
Henselman, Rev. C. D. |
Canton, O. |
Chris. |
Immoral assault on three married
“sisters.” |
|
Healy, Rev. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Cath. |
Immoral assault on “sister” Maggie
Kinney; bounced with a black eye by Mike Dunphey. |
| 1882 |
Huderdault, Rev. |
Canada. |
Cath. |
Slandering Leon Lanson and Mathilde St. Jean;
sued. |
|
Huber, Rev. F. X. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Defrauding dying man out of $90,600; gross
swindling; compelled by courts to disgorge. |
| 1883 |
Hull, Rev. M. S. |
Pelican Rapids, Minn. |
|
Slandering his hired girl, because she told of
his swearing, “God damn it!” |
|
Haddock, Rev. |
Oshkosh, Wis. |
M. E. |
“Beecherism,” charged by Dr
Carhart. |
| 1880 |
Hertzberger, Rev. H. A. |
|
{ |
Honesdale, Pa. |
| Port Jervis, N. Y. |
|
Luth. |
Drunkenness, lying, false personation; claimed
to be a French count; quarreling for the pulpit. |
|
Hicks, Rev. Henry H. |
|
{ |
Camden, Mo. |
| San Francisco, Cal. |
|
M. E. |
Larceny, stole $310 from Neil Smith; fled. |
| 1876 |
Hanks, Rev. G. |
|
{ |
Litchfield, Ill. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery; drunkenness in a brothel at St.
Louis; arrested. |
| 1882 |
Hyde, Rev. Dr. W. A. |
|
{ |
Leadville, Col. |
| Portland, Or. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with a
“sister,” deserting wife and children; arrested by his own
son; forgery of recommendation. |
| 1876 |
Irwin, Rev. G. A., Ev., |
St. Louis, Mo. |
P. E. |
Adultery, drunkenness, beating wife, profanity,
lying, assault to murder; arrested, prison. |
| 1876 |
Johnson, Rev. W. J. |
Eureka, Ill. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with wife of
John S. Brayman, leaving her children; Johnson is single, and a great
revivalist. |
| 1879 |
Johnson, Rev. W. A. |
|
{ |
Lindsay, Pa. |
| Barre, Pa. |
|
Pres. |
Gross swindling of widow and orphan children:
arrested. |
| 1882 |
Jeffries, Rev. M. |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
M. E. |
Robbing mails a long time; prison. |
|
Jamison, Rev. |
Geneva, O. |
M. E. |
Embezzlement of church funds. |
|
Keiser, Rev. Alex. S. |
|
{ |
Womelsdorf, Pa. |
| Pottsville, Pa. |
|
Luth. |
Seduction, bastardy, breach of promise;
arrested; seduced Miss Lizzie Miller; she supported him while studying
theology; he married another; expelled; confessed on trial. |
|
Kuhns, Rev. S. F. |
|
{ |
Lewisburg, O. |
| New Paris, O. |
| Dayton, O. |
|
U. B. |
Adultery, seduction of wife of
“Brother” Hinkle; confessed; said he “couldn’t
help it;” married. |
| 1883 |
Kruel, Rev. |
Kankakee, Ill. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness, breach of promise, left the
church; promised to marry “Sister” Angela; took her to
hotel, staid with her several days, then deserted her, and returned to
priesthood. |
| 1882 |
Lanritsen, Rev. |
Port Huron, Mich. |
Luth. |
Assault and battery; arrested; fighting for
pulpit. |
|
Lane, Rev. |
Greenpoint, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Embezzling $174,000, church funds. |
|
Loughlin, Rev. Bishop |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Swindling Catholic church at Greenpoint out of
church property to amount of about $200,000; threatens excommunication
if they “kick;” obstructing
legal process; defying the law. |
| 1878 |
Lloyd. |
New York. |
Luth. |
Slander, drunkenness. |
| 1882 |
Mesaros, Rev. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Pres. |
Quarreling, threatening to fight in
church. |
|
Morgan, Rev. L. |
|
{ |
Leechburgh, Pa. |
| Kentucky. |
| Apollo, Pa. |
| Monongahela, Pa. |
| Ludwick, Pa. |
|
Bap. |
Adultery both in Kentucky and Pennsylvania;
marries a wife but retains an old “flame” as mistress;
forgery of letters of recommendation; lying; church trial. |
| 1880 |
Mackie, Rev. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Lying and libel, so says Dr. Deems. |
| 1876 |
Murray, Rev. I. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Fighting for the pulpit. |
| 1882 |
Martin, Rev. Jos. E. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
P. E. |
Inhuman cruelty to wife; arrested, bailed;
adultery, fled. |
|
Miller, Rev. J. H. |
Point Chautauqua, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Embezzlement of $10,000, church funds. |
| 1883 |
Morgan, Rev. R. C. |
Connellsville, Pa. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction of a “sister,”
wife of R. E. Booth; married, large family; editor Baptist
Messenger. |
|
McGill, Rev., alias M. F. Devlin. |
|
{ |
Cleveland, O. |
| Columbus, O. |
| Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
Cath. |
Drunkenness oft repeated; fined often; often in
workhouse; sent up for sixty days, and $25 fine. |
|
McCosker, Rev. |
Rahway, N. J. |
Cath. |
Disturbing school; drove teachers and scholars
out of doors, and would not let them return; brutal assault on women
and children. |
|
Martin, Rev. Joseph E. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
|
Inhuman cruelty to wife and children; divorced
by court. |
|
Mongin, Rev. John |
|
{ |
New Albany, Ind. |
| Louisville, Ky. |
|
Cath. |
Adultery, fornication, visiting house of
ill-fame in Louisville; drunkenness, assault and battery; arrested,
fined; lying about it. |
| 1882 |
Miller, Rev. T. B.; also Major, Rev. Major |
Chicago, Ill. |
M. E. |
“Miller” as dean, and
“Major” as secretary of the medical college; gross
swindling, gross fraud; allowed a paper reporter to register as a
student, and then for $25 gave him a diploma as M.D.; Miller expelled,
Major suspended. |
| 1879 |
Munson, Rev. Henry J. |
Fitchburg, Mass. |
Ad. |
Lewd and lascivious conduct; convicted;
fraudulent divorce. |
| 1878 |
Milligan, Rev. Parker |
Kansas City, Mo. |
|
Adultery, lechery, deserting wife, fled. |
| 1883 |
Nicum, Rev. John |
Syracuse. |
Luth. |
Fighting for pulpit, lying. |
| 1882 |
Nistor, Rev. Bishop |
St. Michaels, Alaska |
|
Suicide, leaped from steamer St. Paul. |
|
Neal, Rev. W. H. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
F. M. |
“Immoral character;” dismissed;
sodomy and unnamed crime with young “brothers” of his
flock, too vile to print. |
|
O’Niel, Rev. Peter |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Adultery, seduction of Mrs. Robert Hawks;
caught by her husband locked in her bedroom at night, at 273
Thirty-first street, New York; she the mother of several children;
arrested. |
|
O’Connell, Rev. Timothy |
|
{ |
Freemont, Neb. |
| Cornellsville, Pa. |
| Huntington, N. Y. |
| Nebraska City. |
|
P. E. |
Seduction, adultery with Mary Rogers, deserting
wife; illegal divorce; beating wife, lying, perjury, drunkenness, and
delirium tremens; threatening to kill Bishop Kerwood and wife. |
|
O’Donoghue, Rev. |
Morrow, O. |
Cath. |
Slander of Mrs. Green; Mr. Green killed
him. |
|
Parks, Rev. Noah |
Winston, Miss. |
|
Larceny, lynched, and nearly killed.
|
| 1882 |
Palmer, Rev. J. R. |
Mountain Peak, Tex. |
Chris. |
Indecent exposure of person to a lot of little
girls, pupils under his care; immoral assault on Miss Ida Scott;
failing in this, slandered her. |
|
Philips, Rev. |
Shiloh, O. |
|
Assault and battery upon parishioner; pounded
Sunday law into him. |
|
Parshall, Rev. R. F. |
Oakland, Cal. |
Bap. |
Immoral assault on many ladies and young
“sisters;” expelled ignominiously. |
|
Penn, Rev. |
Texas. |
|
Prayed for the death of two men at church; one
died next day. |
|
Podd, Rev. Jas. D. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Bap. |
Adultery, seduction, bastardy, with Cora
Wheeler. |
|
Pringle, Rev. Paul |
Mansfield, La. |
|
Murder of Alfred Smith; hanged. |
|
Posey, Rev. Dr. |
|
{ |
Oakland, Cal. |
| Dutch Flat, Cal. |
|
|
Swindling, obtaining money under false
pretense. |
| 1879 |
Plunkett, Rev. |
Warren Springs, N. C. |
Pres. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with Miss Kate
Ashton, daughter of a wealthy “brother,” deserting wife and
children. |
|
Pennington, Rev. |
Scott county, Iowa. |
Bap. |
Incest, adultery, seduction, elopement with
wife’s niece, writing to his wife not to expect him back;
deserting wife and children. |
| 1880 |
Rossvalley, Rev. Dr., Ev., |
|
{ |
Sing Sing, N. Y. |
| Plainfield, N. J. |
| Doylestown, Pa. |
| Auburn, N. Y. |
|
|
Larceny in Germany; drummed out as rebel
surgeon; counterfeiting, state prison; literary piracy, stole
Ingersoll’s temperance speech. |
|
Ross, Rev. Wm. J. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Murder, convicted, penitentiary. |
|
Rockwell, Rev. J. B.; or Rev. J. H. Harvey. |
|
{ |
De Witt, Neb. |
| Wilber, Neb. |
|
Cong. |
Gross swindling, illegal use of mails;
arrested, prison. |
|
Rope, Rev. Andrew, Ev., |
Taylorville, Ill. |
M. E. |
Rape, indicted, fled. |
| 1882 |
Rope, Rev. Andrew J. |
Texas. |
|
Married Miss Gessner; forgery, signed a
man’s name to note who could not write; discovered, fled,
arrested. |
|
Reeder, Rev. J. J. |
|
M. E. |
Gross swindling, made great debts and ran away;
immorality. |
| 1876 |
Robinson, Rev. |
Kansas City, Mo. |
|
Adultery; arrested in a brothel. |
| 1882 |
Richardson, Rev. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
“Moral wreck;” expelled. |
|
Roe, Rev. Frank F. |
|
{ |
Scotland. |
| Athens, N. Y. |
| Morenci, Mich. |
| Oakwood, Mich. |
| Lapeer, Mich. |
| Pontiac, Mich. |
|
Various denominations. |
Drunkenness; expelled at Athens from Baptist
church; went to Michigan, became a Congregational preacher, expelled;
goes to Oakwood, finally to Lapeer, where he changes to Baptist again;
pastor at Pontiac, again expelled, but continues to preach; popular
preacher. |
|
Stearns, Rev. Harvey |
Fort Worth, Texas. |
Bap. |
Murder of Jeff. Wood; prison. |
|
Sedwick, Rev. T. B. |
Dakota. |
|
Adultery with Indian women; carried off and
supposed murdered by them; he was missionary among the Crows. |
|
Sheppard, Rev. T. J. |
Mt. Olivet, Mo. |
M. E. |
Adultery with “Sister” Wells, wife
of Rev. M. F. Wells,
who is blind; caught by a neighbor; church trial. |
|
Sullivan, Rev. J. C. |
Salem, O. |
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction of “sister,”
wife of A. L. Halwick; she told; Sullivan married. |
| 1879 |
Saxon, Rev. |
Lowell, Mich. |
Bap. |
Swindling Deacon Post; prison. |
| 1882 |
Saunders, Rev. Mother |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Lewd woman; arrested in house of ill-fame; was
a captain in Salvation Army. |
| 1882 |
Sklorzik, Rev. |
Bay City, Mich. |
Cath. |
Assault with intent to murder the organist John
Richards; arrested; Richards died of the injuries; slander from pulpit;
sued by Daniels for $10,000; judgment against him. |
|
Sentenac, Rev. |
Roxton Falls, Can. |
Cath. |
Slander from pulpit of Dr. Desgrobois; sued;
compromised, paying $1,000. |
|
Slater, Rev. Ira |
Cherry Valley, Ill. |
Bap. |
Larceny, stealing horse; arrested. |
| 1883 |
Sherin, Rev. A., alias A. Sheridan, or A. Sherdin,
or A. Sherdian. |
|
{ |
Pierre, Dak. |
| Huron, Dak. |
| Flandran, Dak. |
| Big Stone City, Minn. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, false personation;
occupied same room at Dakota House, Huron, with Miss Rice; registered
as “A. Sheridan and wife;” introduced her as “Miss
Rice, my wife’s niece;” preached next day at Flandran,
“Miss Rice, a cousin,” still with him; married, and family:
confessed registering “A. Sheridan and wife,” and occupying
same room, “merely to protect from harm a modest, timid,
warm-hearted woman, of generous impulses.” |
|
Shurtleff, Rev. |
Fabius, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Immoral assault, went into Miss Clark’s
bedroom twice and tried to seduce her, while his wife was sick;
sued. |
|
Smith, Rev. J. Hyatt |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Borrowed $1,128 for election expenses;
wouldn’t pay, sued. |
|
Spencer, Rev. Geo. T. |
|
{ |
Corinth, N. Y. |
| South Corinth, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Outrageous conduct, expelled; fled to escape
tar and feathers; adultery, seduction, bastardy, with wife’s
sister, aged 16; confessed. |
| 1883 |
Seguin, Rev. |
New York, N. Y. |
F. R. |
Brutal assault on a woman, sent to
workhouse. |
|
Satterfield, Rev. Jno. W. |
Brownsville, Pa. |
|
Drunkenness, beating wife very often; church
trial. |
|
Starr, Rev. James |
Peru, Ind. |
|
Rape on a little five-year-old girl; caught in
the act, and arrested. |
|
Smith, Rev. Silas |
|
{ |
Mexico, Mo. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
Bap. |
Arson; burnt, with help of some
“sisters,” two churches; arrested, prison. |
| 1879 |
Surnley, Rev. John |
|
|
Begging while getting $1,400 a year; lying
generally. |
| 1883 |
Stoddard, Rev. E. L. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
P. E. |
Criminal carelessness—or worse; killed
his wife accidentally(?) with a revolver. |
| 1882 |
Tryston, Rev. C. F. W. |
|
{ |
Newark, N. J. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
|
P. E. |
Beating wife; arrested, prison; robbing his
wife of money. |
|
Victorian, Rev. |
Vicksburg, Miss. |
Cath. |
Unnamed crime with boys under his charge at
Brotherhood College; caught in act, expelled, fled, arrested, prison; a
most beastly wretch; he was principal of the college. |
|
Van Dersall, Rev. S. S. |
Forest Grove, Or. |
M. E. and Cong. |
Immoral assault on Widow Marsh; slander and
libel; read a paper before college trustees, alleging that she tried to
seduce him, and was a bad woman with others; lying; expelled; perjury
on slander trial; a most infamous scoundrel; convicted by a jury.
|
| 1878 |
Webster, Rev. Prof. |
Wheaton, Ill. |
Cong. |
Slander, lying; so says Rev. Blanchard,
president of the “parson factory.” |
| 1882 |
Willoughby, Rev. N. R. |
|
{ |
Yorkville, Can. |
| Brompton, Can. |
|
M. E. |
Immoral assault on Miss Graham; church trial;
lying. |
|
Waite, Rev. A. A. |
|
{ |
North Adams, Mass. |
| St. Louis, Mo. |
| Troy, N. Y. |
|
|
Adultery, seduction, incest, with Lena Capron,
his twenty-year-old niece; deserting wife and three children; beating
wife; paramour confessed; he was arrested; he “exposed
Spiritualism.” |
|
Whipple, Rev. |
Madison, O. |
|
Rape on girl 11 years old, he 70; arrested,
jailed. |
|
Wharton, Rev. Henry |
|
{ |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Eufaula, La. |
|
Bap. |
Drunkenness oft repeated; church trial,
suspended. |
|
Whipple, Rev. Henry |
Evanston, Ill. |
|
Grossly swindling a brother preacher, Rev. John
McComber, of Minnesota; gross fraud, sued. |
| 1879 |
Webster, Rev. |
Lowell, Mich. |
Bap. |
Counterfeiting, prison. |
| 1882 |
Waggoner, Rev. James |
Waverly, Tenn. |
Chris. |
Swindling creditors, fled. |
|
Wharton, Rev. J. G., or J. W. Wharton, alias J. D.
Hill. |
|
{ |
Carthage, Mo. |
| Elizabethtown, Ky. |
|
M. E. |
Adultery, seduction, elopement with organist,
wife of J. R. McGill; forgery for $2,600; deserting wife and 15
children; stole $2,600 from his wife; Mrs. McGill deserting three
children; embezzlement; arrested, indicted. |
|
Woodruff, Rev. R. H. |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
Robbing mail; pleaded guilty, fined. |
|
Wallace, Rev. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Bap. |
Fighting in pulpit with Rev. Green, threatening
to kill him. |
| 1883 |
Waldron, Rev. Thomas, alias “Brother
Frank.” |
|
{ |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
| La Salle, Ill. |
| New York, N. Y. |
|
Cath. |
Rape on Hattie Carr, aged 7 years, a pupil;
arrested, state prison five years; principal of St. Joseph’s
College; formerly; principal of De la Salle (Catholic) Institute, New
York. |
| 1882 |
Walsh, Rev. |
South Natick, Mass. |
Cath. |
Embezzlement of $8,000, church funds. |
| 1883 |
Woodworth, Rev. A. M. |
|
{ |
Otisville, N. Y. |
| Port Jervis, N. Y. |
|
M. E. |
Drunkenness for a week, gambling in a
saloon. |
|
Walk, Rev. David |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Chris. |
Egotism, puffing himself in the papers. |
|
Worthen, Rev. H. W. |
|
{ |
Northfield, Vt. |
| Burlington, Vt. |
|
M. E. |
Rape on Mrs. S. F. Gibbs, by means of opiates;
sued. |
|
Wright, Rev. Prince |
Chillicothe, Mo. |
M. E. |
Adultery, expelled; an old man. |
|
Walker, Rev. J. B. R. |
East Hartford, Conn. |
|
Adultery, inhuman cruelty to wife; lying,
charged by wife in divorce suit. |
| 1873 |
Weeks, Rev. Thos. J. |
New York. |
Bap. |
Larceny; prison two years. |
| ADDITIONS FOR
FOURTH EDITION. |
|
Abernethy, Rev. J. T. |
Snow Hill, N. C. |
M. E. |
Kissing Mrs. Grimsley; shot by Mr. Grimsley,
resigned. |
|
Anderson, Rev. J. T. |
Owsley Co., Ky. |
Pres. |
Because Wilson family deferred one year
marriage of their daughter to him, drove nail through foot of their
horse, necessitating killing, put petroleum in their well, terrorized
them with forged warnings to leave, put powder in Wilson’s forge;
escaped. |
|
Andrews, Rev. Henry |
Marienfield, Tex. |
Cath. |
Murder (see under Peters, Rev. J. H.) |
|
Andrews, Rev. Geo. |
Essex, Mass. |
|
Arson to obtain insurance. |
|
Anderson, Rev. S. P. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Bap. |
Theft and forgery; sentenced to five
years’ imprisonment. |
|
Adams, Rev. C. G. |
Lockport, N. Y. |
Epis. |
Charged with accepting bribes and
embezzling. |
|
Ali, Rev. Jos. |
Newark, N. J. |
Cath. |
Charged with assaulting nine-year-old
girl. |
|
Arnold, Rev. John |
Wellington, O. |
U. B. |
Charged with murdering wife. |
|
Ahlfeldt, Rev. Carl |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness; imprisoned. |
|
Booth, Rev. James |
Coulton, O. |
|
Raping deaf and dumb girl. |
|
Bonsack, Rev. David |
Westminster, Md. |
Dunk. |
Suicide. |
|
Bowles, Rev. Marion |
Omaha, Neb. |
Chris. |
Raping parishioner’s wife. |
|
Bacon, Rev. Mr. |
Norwich, Conn. |
|
Obscene language. |
|
Baxter, Rev. Geo. W. |
Des Moines, Ia. |
Pres. |
Sporting tendencies; engaged to two women at
once. |
|
Barrows, Rev. C. D. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Cong. |
Immorality. |
|
Booth, Rev. C. M. |
Springfield, Mass. |
Bap. |
Forgery. |
|
Bristor, Rev. Geo. R. |
Spring Valley. |
M. E. |
Seduction of sixteen-year-old ward.
|
|
Butler, Rev. Father |
Jersey City, N. J. |
Cath. |
Elopement. |
|
Bennett, Rev. J. R. |
Morgantown, Ky. |
Meth. |
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
|
Benjamin, Rev. H. D. |
Portsmouth, O. |
|
Suicide. |
|
Butler, Rev. Mr. |
Raleigh, N. C. |
Bap. |
Elopement. |
| 1892 |
Best, Rev. Ed. |
Hamilton, Ont. |
|
Cursing his neighbor and praying the Lord to
destroy him; this in a disorderly manner and at open window; fined
$10. |
|
Browne, Rev. Robert |
New York. |
Bap. |
Drunkenness. |
| 1890 |
Bickley, Rev. F. D. T. |
Covington, Ky. |
M. E. |
Charged with immorality; lying;
maladministration; profanity. |
| 1889 |
Bohannon, Rev. Chas. |
Louisville, Ky. |
Bap. |
Elopement. |
| 1889 |
Boyle, Rev. J. J. |
|
{ |
Raleigh, N. C. |
| Winchester, Ill. |
|
Cath. |
In North Carolina, assault with intent to
commit rape; at Winchester, going to St. Louis on a spree and
attempting to shoot woman in a disorderly house. |
|
Bloom, Rev. Jos. |
Oswego, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Charged with theft of horse and sleigh. |
|
Brom, Rev. Dr. B. |
Central City, Neb. |
Pres. |
Theft of $1,500; forgery. |
|
Black, Rev. Mr. |
Springfield, O. |
|
Arrested on charge of slander. |
| 1891 |
Bowers, Rev. E. T. |
Kansas City, Mo. |
Pres. |
Adultery. |
|
Brushingham, Rev. J. P. |
Chicago. |
Meth. |
Charged with bastardy. (Was fond of abusing
Roscoe Conkling and other Freethinkers for Infidelity and
immorality.) |
| 1891 |
Buck, Rev. Mr. |
Yankton, S. D. |
Faith Cure. |
Swindling by alleged cures; starving and
freezing his children; fled on suspicion of having murdered his
boy. |
| 1892 |
Best, Rev. Jos. |
Hamilton, Can. |
|
Assault on wife. |
|
Blanton, Rev. Mr. |
Cave Springs, Ga. |
Meth. |
Writing letter to mulattress to assign immoral
meeting; expelled. |
|
Barr, Rev. D. A. |
Allentown, Pa. |
|
Slander; expelled. |
|
Brown, Rev. Geo. |
Portland, N. Y. |
|
Bigamy. |
|
Butler, Rev. Jas. |
Dunlap, Tenn. |
M. E. |
Elopement and horse-stealing. |
|
Brown, Rev. Wesley |
Bedford, Ia. |
Chris. |
Breach of promise (engaged to five girls at
once). |
|
Boone, Rev. Wm. |
Calhoun, Ga. |
|
Poisoning a family. |
|
Buchanan, Rev. S. H. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
|
Charged with embezzlement of $5,000. |
|
Bair, Rev. Mr. |
Royal Center, Ind. |
|
Charged with adultery. |
|
Baxter, Rev. |
|
|
Charged by church committee with lying and
wholesale love-making. |
|
Bowman, Rev. A. S. G. |
Reading, Pa. |
|
Arrested for breaking into church. |
|
Broad, Rev. T. P. |
Topeka, Kan. |
Cong. |
Charged with criminal libel. |
|
Burdette, Rev. Robt. (“Bob Burdette.”) |
St. Louis, Mo. |
Bap. |
Charged with continuous drunkenness which
caused him to disappoint several audiences for lectures. |
| 1890 |
Carter, Rev. T. C., DD. |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
Meth. |
Charged with adultery and suborning
witnesses. |
| 1890 |
Cruchet, Rev. A. B. |
Montreal, Can. |
Pres. |
Seduction. |
|
Crocker, Rev. Sim. |
Sweettown, I. T. |
Bap. |
Murder of a preacher. |
|
Conyer, Rev. J. F. |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
|
Attempted murder. |
|
Campbell, Rev. Jas. |
Columbus, Ind. |
Meth. |
Practicing abortion. |
|
Clark, Rev. J. |
Dayton, O. |
|
Charged with murder. |
|
Corder, Rev. Willis |
Marion, Ill. |
Bap. |
Drunkenness. |
|
Canterbury, Rev. J. C. |
Redlands, Cal. |
|
Embezzlement. |
|
Calvin, Rev. John |
Green Co., Ala. |
Meth. |
Murder. |
|
Carter, Rev. H. R. O. |
Baltimore. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Campbell, Rev. W. H. |
Akron, O. |
|
Intoxication and disorderly conduct. |
|
Cave, Rev. W. A. |
Wooster. |
|
Theft. |
|
Copper, Rev. E. K. |
Rochester, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Drunkenness. |
|
Dobbs, Rev. A. S. |
|
{ |
Franklin, |
Wash. |
| Seattle, |
Wash.,, |
| Cameron, Mo. |
|
|
Cruelty to wife, forcing her to black his boots
before church and rewarding her with an insult; she became insane,
recovered, got divorce; embezzlement at
Cameron, Mo. |
|
Dale, Rev. Walker R. |
Atlanta, Ga. |
Bap. |
Charged with bigamy. |
|
Danks, Rev. John A. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
M. E. |
Threatening life; slander; convicted and
suspended. |
|
Duncan, Rev. Henry |
Birmingham, Ga. |
|
Poisoned wife and eloped; hanged. |
|
Dempsey, Rev. Thos. |
Highland, Wis. |
Cath. |
Made improper visits to Mr. Grace’s wife;
on Grace’s charging criminality eleven parishioners dragged him
to the priest’s house amid cries of “Lynch him!” when
the priest beat him in the face, the party forced him to his knees, and
he retracted to save his life; Grace sues for $15,000. |
|
Doelling, Rev. Adolph |
Gr’nd R’pids, Mich. |
|
Theft of watch and $2 from preacher; imprisoned
one year. |
|
Dudley, Rev. Mr. |
Gibbon, Neb. |
Meth. |
Seduction; abuse and desertion of the seduced
girl after marriage. |
|
De Ford, Rev. A. M. |
Hortonville, Wis. |
|
Counterfeiting. |
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Durant, Rev. A. H. |
Sumter, S. C. |
|
Murder. |
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Dyer, Rev. Ross |
Macomb, Ill. |
Bap. |
Elopement with a married woman, deserting wife
and children. |
|
Davis, Rev. Geo. E. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Bigamy. |
|
Downs, Rev. Mr. |
Boston, Mass. |
Bap. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
Dill, Rev. A. C. |
Sterling, N. J. |
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Indecent familiarities with women. |
|
Dawson, Rev. G. E. |
Wheeling, W. Va. |
M. E. |
Lying, robbery, fraud. |
|
Dumont, Rev. Wm. |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
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Swindling. |
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Dubs, Bishop. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
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Charged with circulating obscene
literature. |
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Dittke, Rev. Herman |
Shawano Co., Wis. |
Luth. |
Charged with cruelty to children. |
|
Donnelly, Rev. Father |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
Cath. |
Desertion of wife. |
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Derepentencigny, Rev. Father |
Montreal, Can. |
Cath. |
Illicit distilling. |
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Dunbar, Rev. Edw. |
Oxford, Ga. |
Meth. |
Bigamy. |
|
Davie, Rev. Mr. |
New Haven, Mich. |
|
Charged with drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. |
|
Dobbin. Rev. John |
Wacousta, Mich. |
|
Gross immorality. |
|
Edgell, Rev. Mr. |
Parkersburg, W. V. |
Meth. |
Forgery of pension affidavits for purpose of
sale. |
|
Early, Rev. Father |
Pou’keepsie, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Assault on a parishioner during services. |
|
Edward, Rev. W. M. |
Portland, N. D. |
|
Charged with immorality with women; fled,
deserting family. |
|
Eastman, Rev. Jas. M. |
Olmsted Falls, O. |
M. E. |
Seduction. |
|
Flory, Rev. B. F. |
Pawnee City, Neb. |
|
Forgery. |
|
Fritch, Rev. M. L. |
Shillington, Pa. |
Ref. |
Long course of theft. |
|
Fitzgerald, Rev. Mr. |
Charlot, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Beating and choking a lady; fined $50. |
|
Fleming, Rev, S. J. |
Monte Vista, Cal. |
M. E. |
Swindle of $6,000. |
|
Finnerty, Rev. Mr. |
Dayton, O. |
Cath. |
Adultery. |
|
Flaherty, Rev. Chas. |
Rochester, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Rape. |
|
Fleming, Rev. Jas. |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Cruelty to wife. |
|
Farrington. Rev. F’r. |
Louisville, Ky. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct. |
|
Guihot, Rev. Father |
Montreal, Can. |
Cath. |
Adultery. |
|
Griffis, Rev. J. K. |
Waconda, Ill. |
Bap. |
Eloped with young parishioner, taking all
wife’s money and jewelry. |
|
Garland, Rev. J. B. |
Vermillion, S. D. |
Epis. |
Charged with embezzlement of $14,000. |
|
Gordon, Rev. C. B. W. |
Petersburg, Va. |
Bap. |
Charged with selling vote and influence; asked
to resign. |
|
George, Rev. Harry |
Fishkill, N. Y. |
|
Seduction, and abettal of an abortion which
proved fatal. |
|
Garrett, Rev. Mr. |
Pa. |
|
Forgery, accessoriness to; expelled. |
|
Goine, Rev. C. C. |
Fort Scott, Kan. |
Bap. |
Seduction; fled. |
|
Gates, Rev. Geo. N. |
Savanna, Ill. |
Bap. |
Seduction; expelled. |
|
George, Rev. A. |
Leeds, N. Y. |
|
Charged with seduction of his stepdaughter,
which resulted in her death. |
|
Gordon, Rev. Frank |
South Solon, O. |
Disc. |
Seduction. |
|
Gardner, Rev. C. M. |
Toledo, O. |
|
While married, writing love-letters to girls;
expelled. |
|
Gurr, Rev. Henry |
Oakland, Cal. |
Epis. |
Cruelty to wife. |
|
Gentle, Rev. George |
Washington, O. |
|
Attempted rape of ten-year-old girl. |
|
Griesen, Rev. Mr. |
Chicago. |
|
Charged with slander. |
|
Gifford, Rev. Wm. C. |
|
Meth. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
Garrett, Rev. Philip |
Reading, Pa. |
U. B. |
Obtaining money on false pretenses. |
|
Gratza, Rev. Father |
Hillsboro, Ill. |
Cath. |
Charged with circulating obscene pictures. |
|
Gilford, Rev. W. E. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Meth. |
Immorality. |
|
Hendricks, Rev. R. O. |
|
Meth. |
Assault with deadly weapon. |
|
Hoddy, Rev. Carroll N. |
Decatur, Ill. |
Chris. |
Drunkenness. |
|
Hayden, Rev. Francis |
|
|
Drunkenness and frequenting brothel. |
|
Henderson, Rev. T. R. |
Lima, O. |
Meth. |
Charged with seduction. |
|
Hoffman, Rev. John |
Waukesha, Mich. |
Meth. |
Charged with cruelty to wife. |
|
Hall, Rev. C. J. |
New London, Wis. |
|
Bigamy. |
|
Heininger, Rev. |
Elkhart, Ind. |
|
Falsehood and slander. |
|
Hembree, Rev. C. C. |
Guthrie, Okla. |
|
Threatening with revolver new claimant of
pulpit, from which Hembree had been deposed for disreputable conduct;
arrested. |
|
Hennessey, Rev. E. M. |
Dungannon, O. |
Cath. |
Assault and battery of a woman; fined $700 and
imprisoned ninety days. |
|
Hogfin, Rev. A. O. |
Sabetha, Kan. |
|
Charged with criminal libel. |
|
Hughes, Rev. Chas. S. |
Sedalia, Mo. |
|
Charged with forgery. |
|
Holmes, Rev. Mr. |
Dubuque, Ill. |
|
Counterfeiting. |
|
Healy, Rev. Mr. |
Pierce City, Mo. |
Cath. |
Arrested for criminal libel. |
|
Holted, Rev. Nicholas |
Louisville, Ky. |
Cath. |
Charged with immorality with a young lady;
forced to resign. |
|
Hooper, John F. |
|
{ |
Kingston, N, Y. |
| Mott Haven, N. Y. |
|
Pres. |
Cruelty to wife at Kingston; elopement at Mott
Haven. |
|
Hildreth. Rev. T. F. |
Chicago, Ill. |
M. E. |
Charged with scandalous immorality. |
|
Henry, Rev. Mr. |
Odessa, Mo. |
|
Charged with seduction. |
|
Hammond, Rev. Wm. |
|
{ |
Montreal, Can. |
| Yreka, Cal. |
| Franklin F’ls, Ill. |
| Indiana. |
| Georgia. |
|
Bap. |
Extensive swindling; arrested for attempt to
poison a lady whom he had married for her money. |
|
Helmick, Rev. D. M. |
Neola, Ia. |
Meth. |
Unprovoked murder of a man whom he had failed
to intimidate from marrying a lady loved by both. |
|
Hinsman, Rev. Z. K. |
Asotin, Wash. |
Meth. |
Elopement and wife desertion. |
|
Hale, Rev. John |
Dayton, O. |
|
Fraudulent dealings. |
|
Hibler, Rev. Sidney |
Saradia, Miss. |
Meth. |
Adultery; killed by husband. |
|
Harrison, Rev. G. |
Cannon, Tex. |
Meth. |
Murder and suicide. |
|
Holohan, Rev. John J. |
Hinsdale, N. H. |
Cath. |
Charged with lewdness. |
|
Hallman, Rev. S. T. |
Concord, N. C. |
|
Seduction. |
| 1892 |
Hallinger, Rev. Edw. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
Bap. |
Murder; hanged. |
|
Hagins, Rev. Mr. |
Oswego, N. Y. |
|
Desertion of wife and children for another
woman. |
|
Harris, Rev. Andrew |
Clinton, Miss. |
Bap. |
Murder. |
|
Irvine, Rev. Ingram |
Braddock, Pa. |
Cong. |
Adultery; swindling. |
|
Johnson, Rev. W. W. |
Laurel, Del. |
M. E. |
Attempt to elope and leave family. |
|
Jones, Rev. Thomas R. |
Albion, Mich. |
Bap. |
Forgery. |
| 1890 |
Johnson, Rev. H. E. |
Greenville, Pa. |
M. E. |
Charged on twenty-three counts with indecent
conduct with young ladies. |
|
Jones, Rev. Geo. W. |
Long Branch, N. J. |
|
Embezzlement of church collections.
|
|
Jealicka, Father J. J. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Insulting little girls. |
|
Johnson, Rev. H. R. J. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Threatening life of rival evangelist; held in
bonds to keep peace. |
|
Jennings, Rev. J. B. |
Newark, N. J. |
|
Charged with wife-desertion, drunkenness, and
lying. |
|
Kolasinski, Rev. Fath’r |
Toledo, O. |
Cath. |
Charged with rape of eleven-year-old girl. |
|
Knauf, Rev. George |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
|
Charged with abetting murder. |
|
Kuhlman, Rev. Chas. |
Marshall Ill. |
Cath. |
Immoral conduct. |
|
Koehler, Rev. A. N. |
Farmer’s Retreat, Ind. |
Luth. |
Indecent familiarities with women. |
|
Kohn, Rev. Horace |
Bucyrus, O. |
|
Attempted seduction. |
|
Kelsey, Rev. Joel S. |
McCook, Neb. |
Cong. |
Seduction of girls; fled to escape
lynching. |
|
King, Rev. T. |
Oakland, Cal. |
|
Drunkenness. |
|
Knight, Rev. David |
Caldwell Co., N. C. |
Bap. |
Desertion of wife and twelve children to elope
with mother-in-law. |
|
Kimball, Rev. O. D. |
|
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Newton, |
Mass. |
| Leominster, |
Mass.,, |
|
Bap. |
Sodomy with boys; seduction of little girls;
dismissed; confessed. |
|
Kelly, Rev. Alfred B. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Theft; confessed. |
|
Kroeger, Rev. Father |
Elkhart, Ind. |
Cath. |
Swindling in the amount of $17,000. |
|
Kertly, Rev. F. S. |
Franklin, Ind. |
Chris. |
Forgery. |
|
Kisler, Rev. J. B. |
Seneca City, Ga. |
Hol. |
Burglary. |
|
Koesalsko, Rev. Jos. |
Hazelton, Pa. |
Cath. |
Libel; embezzlement. |
|
Lord, Rev. William |
West Creek, N. J. |
Bap. |
Charged with seduction. |
| 1899 |
Lightfoot, Rev. Mr. |
Newport, Ark. |
Bap. |
Swindling congregation; shot dead by them. |
|
Lerch, Rev. Fred. |
Syracuse, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Indecent liberties with eight-year-old girl;
sentenced to penitentiary. |
|
Lindler, Rev. George |
Nashville, Tenn. |
|
Swindling. |
|
Laird, Rev. G. M. |
Gillespie, Mo. |
|
Attempt to blackmail. |
|
Lennax, Ernest |
Chicago, Ill. |
Meth. |
Charged with embezzlement. |
|
McArthur, Rev. Julius |
Dover, N. H. |
Bap. |
Horse-stealing and murder. |
|
Moore, Rev. Henry C. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
|
Charged with passing counterfeit money.
|
|
Morse, Rev. Wm. F. |
Big Rapids, Mich. |
Wes. |
Elopement and desertion of family. |
|
Mastin, Rev. J. J. |
St. Elmo, Tenn. |
Bap. |
Writing love letters to several ladies with
whom he had no acquaintance. |
| 1889 |
McCready, Rev. R. H. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Pres. |
Charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses; arrested. |
|
Marquis, Rev. Mr. |
Osage City, Kan. |
Pres. |
Charged with immodest conduct with young
ladies; forced to resign. |
|
Mowbray, Rev. Mr. |
Springfield. |
Bap. |
Adultery. |
|
McIntosh, Rev. Mr. |
St. Louis, Mo. |
M. E. |
Charged with bigamy, and using obscene
language. |
|
Mertz, Rev. Matthew |
Columbus, Ind. |
Luth. |
Adultery. |
|
McNeeley, Rev. Oscar |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Chris. |
Charged with forgery. |
|
Mitterling, Rev. D. J. |
Lucas, O. |
Luth. |
Gross immorality. |
|
Murphy, Rev. Coniff |
Sioux City. |
Cath. |
Intoxication and disorderliness. |
|
Martin, Rev. L. |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Fornication. |
|
Mayes, Rev. Jas. |
Arcola, Ill. |
M. E. |
Selling liquor without license. |
|
Mailluchette, Rev. L. |
Detroit, Mich. |
Cath. |
Adultery. |
|
Meyer, Rev. H. |
Lincoln, Ill. |
Luth. |
Charged with speculation and falsehood. |
|
McBride, Rev. M. J. |
Harrisburg, Pa. |
Cath. |
Compelled dying man to will him his
estate. |
|
Michanowski, Rev. A. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
Cath. |
Embezzlement of church funds. |
|
Miracle, Rev. Geo. W. |
Grove, Kan. |
Meth. |
Elopement with married woman, deserting wife
and four children. |
|
McCready, Rev. R. H. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Cong. |
Charged with theft of $319. |
|
McManus, Rev. Wm. |
N. Springfield, Pa. |
Chris. |
Elopement with a parishioner’s wife. |
|
Meynardie, Rev. J. S. |
Atlanta, Ga. |
|
Immorality; expelled. |
|
Mitchell, Rev. N. W. |
Fort Worth, Tex. |
Pres. |
Heavy forgeries; fled. |
|
Moysant, Rev. J. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Seduction of and elopement with the wife of the
famous politician McDonald, who says:
“She became a fanatic in religion, and the brute brought a
tremendous religious influence to bear on her. Under his powerful
leverage, the church, he made her an easy prey. To think that he lived
on me, blessed my food, took my children on his knee and blessed
them!” |
|
Mower, Rev. Mr. |
Pa. |
U. B. |
Immorality and forgery. |
|
McFarland, Rev. A. B. |
Pittsburgh Pa. |
|
Assault and terrible cruelty to wife; divorce
given her. |
|
Mills, Rev. Michael |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Arrested for seduction and many immoralities
with women. |
|
Martin, Rev. N. H. |
Chatham, Ont. |
Epis. |
Breach of promise (engaged to three girls);
fled. |
| 1891 |
Moore, Rev. Geo. |
Louisville, Ky. |
Bap. |
Theft of Bible and other property. |
|
Marshall, Rev. W. F. |
Kinderhook, N. Y. |
|
Seduction under promise of marriage, and
desertion. |
|
Moore, Rev. H. H. |
Warren, Pa. |
|
Charged with immoralities. |
|
Mayer, Rev. Mr. |
Erie, Pa. |
|
Wantonness; tarred and feathered. |
|
Moore, Rev. Lewis |
Nashville, Tenn. |
|
Incest. |
|
Matlock, Rev. Robt. |
Izard Co., Ark. |
|
Murder. |
|
Martin, Rev. R. L. |
Evansville, Wis. |
|
Drunkenness. |
|
Maczynski, Rev. Father |
|
Cath. |
Charged with embezzlement of $3,700. |
|
McArthur, Rev. Julius |
Dover, N. H. |
Bap. |
Horse-stealing and murder. |
|
Moore, Rev. Henry C. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
|
Charged with passing counterfeit money. |
|
Nailand, Rev. Jas. |
Springfield, Mo. |
|
Theft; imprisoned ten days. |
|
Norto, Rev. L. L. |
Macon City, Ga. |
|
Charged with theft. |
|
Nutting, Rev. W. W. |
Lisbon, N. D. |
|
Elopement. |
|
Nelson, Rev. Walter |
Port Burwell, Ont. |
|
Elopement and wife-desertion. |
|
Orne, Rev. A. L. |
Haverhill, Mass. |
Faith Cure. |
Allowing child to die without medical
service. |
|
O’Donnell, Rev. Father |
Sedamsville, O. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness. |
|
Orvis, Rev. Wm. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Cong. |
Medical swindling. |
|
Oftedal, Rev. Gus. |
Wahpeton, N. D. |
Luth. |
Charged with whipping his servant-girl for her
spiritual discipline. |
|
O’Riordan, Rev. M. V. |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness; forgery; consorting with lewd
women; embezzling church money. |
|
Owen, Rev. Thos. |
Vernon, Ala. |
Bap. |
Insulting ladies who would not attend his
meeting; mobbed out of the neighborhood; convicted. |
|
Overton, Rev. W. A. |
Greene Co., Ga. |
Bap. |
Suicide. |
|
O’Sullivan, Rev. John |
Camillus, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Charged with seduction and deposed. |
|
Orbach, Rev. C. L. |
Sauk Rapids, Minn. |
Luth. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
O’Connor, Rev. Father |
Wilmington, Del. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness. |
|
O’Connor, Rev. Father |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Criminal intercourse with girl under
fourteen. |
|
Otis, Rev. Father |
Calumet, Mich. |
Cath. |
Charged with seduction. |
|
Phillips, Rev. R. D. |
Elmira, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Forgery. |
|
Payne, Rev. J. H. |
Columbus, O. |
|
Theft. |
|
Prouty, Rev. Enoch |
Beloit, Wis. |
Bap. |
Dishonesty, lying, wife-desertion,
adultery. |
|
Percival, Rev. Harold |
Detroit. |
Bap. |
Sodomy. |
|
Powell, Rev. Wm. |
Macon. Ga. |
|
Perjury. |
|
Parsons, Rev. M. |
Perry, Ia. |
Bap. |
Charged with embezzlement. |
|
Pierce, Rev. Geo. J. |
|
{ |
Salem, Mass. |
| Philipston, Mass. |
| Bangor, Me. |
| Danbury, |
N. H. |
| Portsmouth, |
N.,,H.,, |
|
Cong. |
Charged with many immoralities. |
|
Parker. Rev. F. |
Sherman, Tex. |
Meth. |
Charged with forgery. |
|
Parrault, Rev. Father |
Dickinson. N. D. |
|
Charged with forgery. |
| 1889 |
Packard, Rev. J. |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
Hol. |
Ran up board bill until landlady became
embarrassed for money; suggested that he pawn her watch for her, and
did so and absconded with the proceeds. |
| 1891 |
Peters, Rev. J. H. |
Marienfeld, Tex. |
Cath. |
With Father Andrews governed a convent of boys;
one escaped and revealed that the two priests had killed a student,
telling the escaped one that priests had a right to murder; Andrews,
with the justice of peace who held inquest, and, being a strong
Catholic and under the priest’s control, returned verdict of
suicide, arrested; Peters missing. |
|
Pettit, Rev. Mr. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
|
Arrested for wife-poisoning. |
|
Perry, Rev. Spurgeon |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Horse-stealing. |
|
Prather, Rev. E. L. |
Lincoln, Ill. |
Pres. |
Charged with many seductions; deposed. |
|
Pistor, Rev. Mr. |
Albuquerque, N. M. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness and embezzlement of church funds;
deposed. |
|
Phillips, Rev. J. W. |
Joliet, Ill. |
|
Adultery. |
|
Petty, Rev. W. P. |
Maysville, Tex. |
Meth. |
Charged with indecencies with girls. |
|
Paul, Rev. Mr. |
Heraldsburg, Cal. |
Meth. |
Libel. |
|
Poole, Rev. Pedro |
Vera Cruz. |
Cath. |
Murder. |
|
Price, Rev. J. W. |
Ottumwa, Ia. |
Bap. |
Criminal connection. |
|
Quinn, Rev. Father |
Spokane Falls, Wash. |
Cath. |
Indecent liberties with little girls; under
assumed character of John Smith sentenced to ninety days in workhouse,
whereupon revealed true profession and was but fined $100. |
|
Quay, Rev. Father |
Snohomish, Wash. |
Cath. |
Sodomy. |
|
Reynolds, Rev. Allen |
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. |
|
Adultery. |
| 1892 |
Robinson, Rev. Mr. |
Detroit, Mich. |
Meth. |
Criminal connection. |
|
Ransford, Rev. Edw. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Assault with intent to rape. |
|
Roe, Rev. John F. |
Wooster, O. |
|
Theft. |
|
Roberts, Rev. R. M. |
Graham Co., N. C. |
|
Elopement with another man’s wife,
deserting his own. |
|
Rymarsky, Rev. Louis |
Carlstadt, N. J. |
Pres. |
Assaults on girls between twelve and fifteen
with intent to rape. |
|
Rheinhart, Rev. J. P. |
Norwood. |
Evan. |
Theft of a theological work and other
books. |
|
Ryan, Rev. Francis |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Cath. |
Theft. |
|
Robinson, Rev. E. |
Girard, Ga. |
Meth. |
Charged with theft; fined for fighting in
church. |
|
Rollins, Rev. J. M. |
Bonne Terre, Mo. |
Meth. |
Adultery, confessed; charged with sodomy. |
|
Ray, Rev. John S. |
Wooster, O. |
Meth. |
Burglary. |
|
Rodgers, Rev. Mr. |
Colton, Cal. |
Hol. |
Indecent conduct with women. |
|
Riley, Rev. J. T. |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
M. E. |
Indecent conduct with women. |
|
Roberts, Rev. G. W. |
Toronto. |
|
Gross immorality. |
|
Robertson, Rev. J. D. |
Savannah, Ga. |
Pres. |
Immoralities. |
| 1890 |
Ryan, Rev. Peter |
Lowville, N. J. |
Cath. |
Struck lady in face with prayer-book and used
indecent language to her, because she refused share of assessment
demanded; deposed. |
|
Richards, Rev. W. L. |
Stockton, Minn. |
M. E. |
Charged with embezzlement. |
|
Ross, Rev. Orville |
Lockford, Cal. |
Cong. |
Killed wife, son, and self because wife would
not support him. |
| 1889 |
Rogers, Rev. Euclid B. |
Franklin, Pa. |
Bap. |
Cruelty to wife; expelled; wife got
divorce. |
| 1888 |
Riley, Rev. John |
Council Grove, Kan. |
Adv. |
Sending to wife of a parishioner, with whom he
maintained a liaison, a love-letter such that he was
arrested for mailing obscene matter. |
|
Reed, Rev. J. C. |
Grand Island, Neb. |
Bap. |
Elopement. |
|
Rodden, Rabbi Max. |
Trenton, N. J. |
Heb. |
Fighting in church; arrested. |
|
Roberts, Rev. Peter |
Scranton, Pa. |
Cong. |
Breach of promise; $3,000 damages. |
|
Richardson, Rev. J. W. |
Marshfield, Mo. |
Chris. |
Elopement with fourteen-year-old girl,
deserting family. |
|
Robinson, Rev. Mr. |
Clarkston, Mich. |
M. E. |
Charged with indecent conduct with young
ladies, and proposing adultery to married. |
|
Rogers, Rev. E. B. |
Burlington, Ia. |
|
Charged with deliberately planning the
cruelties that forced his wife to get divorce, so he could marry
another woman. |
| 1890 |
Smith, Rev. D. A. |
Clam Falls, Minn. |
|
Elopement with a parishioner’s wife. |
|
Sanborn, Rev. Geo. M. |
Eureka, Cal. |
Cong. |
Elopement with a parishioner’s wife. |
|
Stone, Rev. Saml. G. |
Cowan, Ont., Can. |
Meth. |
Improper relations with a parishioner’s
wife. |
|
Sims, Rev. G. P. |
Atwood, Ill. |
|
Immorality; deposed; threatened to kill church
officers; arrested for carrying concealed weapons. |
|
Steffens, Rev. Aloysius. |
L’g Isl’d City, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Slander; $1,000 damages given. |
|
Schaberhorn, Rev. A. A. |
|
{ |
Clarkstown, |
N. Y. |
| Nyack, |
N.,,Y.,, |
|
Pres. |
Drunkenness; using lewd language to women;
desertion of wife and children. |
|
Smedley, Rev. Mr. |
Des Moines, Ia. |
Meth. |
Charged with lying. |
| 1889 |
Sutton, Rev. D. G. |
Boone, Ia. |
|
Blackmail. |
|
Savage, Rev. Samuel |
Celina, Tenn. |
Bap. |
Twice running away with woman for a short time;
finally absconding with one altogether and leaving wife in want. |
|
Smith, Rev. Wm. A. |
Boston, Mass. |
Bap. |
Immorality, drunkenness; expelled. |
|
Shelton, Rev. T. J. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
Chris. |
Non-support of wife; divorce granted her;
arrested for intoxication. |
|
Stewart, Rev. Wm. J. |
Port Norris, N. J. |
M. E. |
Accused of seduction. |
|
Simmons, Rev. W. H. |
Springfield, O. |
Meth. |
Charged with indecent conduct to married lady;
her husband and others dragged him from the pulpit and stopped his
preaching. |
|
Samuels, Rev. A. |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Swindling. |
|
Sherwood, Rev. Dr. |
South Om’ha, Neb. |
|
Cruelty to boys. |
|
Squire, Rev. S. R. |
New Portage, O. |
|
Immoralities. |
|
Stevens, Rev. L. G. |
St. John. N. B. |
Epis. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
Schmotz, Rev. Carl |
Challicoon, N. Y. |
Ref. |
Intoxication and indecent liberties. |
|
Seals, Rev. C. B. |
E. Lynn, Ill. |
|
Elopement. |
|
Smith, Rev. Father |
Delavan, Wis. |
Cath. |
Conducting lottery at church fair;
arrested. |
|
Scott, Rev. Monroe |
W. Baton Rouge, La. |
|
Attempted bigamy; murder and suicide. |
|
Simmons, Rev. W. H. |
Springfield, O. |
M. E. |
Indecent liberties. |
|
Snowden, Rev. Frank |
Chicago, Ill. |
Chris. |
Assault and battery. |
|
Small, Rev. Sam. |
|
|
Charged with swindling in the sum of $1,000 by
a clergyman of Newton Lower Falls, Mass. |
|
Souderstom, Rev. H. M. |
Burlington, Ia. |
Meth. |
Fraud; lying; suspended. |
|
Saddlier, Rev. R. A. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Meth. |
Drunkenness, habitual; expelled. |
|
Spencer, Rev. Joel F. |
Richmond, Mo. |
Chris. |
Borrowed $350 and left, leaving note that he
should commit suicide. |
|
Stone, Rev. S. C. |
Tenn., Miss. & Ark. |
|
Murder. |
|
Stratton, Rev. Mr. |
Oakland, Cal. |
|
Charged with hugging and kissing one of his
female teachers after she had retired for the night. |
|
Smith, Rev. John |
St. Johns, N. B. |
|
Swindling hotel. |
|
Shibrow, Rev. Mr. |
Ono, Wis. |
|
Indecent conduct. |
|
Squier, Rev. E. A. |
Taylorville, Ill. |
Meth. |
Charged with slander and lying. |
|
Smith, Rev. R. M. |
Sterling, Ill. |
Meth. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
Schwabe, Rev. F. B. |
Rock Island, Ill. |
Pres. |
Intoxicated; arrested. |
|
Staunton, Rev. Benj. |
Fort Green, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Adulteries, and cruelty to wife. |
|
Slusser, Rev. Jas. G. |
Stark Co., O. |
|
Charged with adultery. |
|
Spurlock, Rev. M. |
Geneseo, Ill. |
|
Lying; immorality; adultery. |
|
Shelter, Rev. John |
McClure, O. |
U. B. |
Selling liquor without license. |
|
Smith, Rev. W. R. |
Hastings, Neb. |
|
Forgery; libel; embezzlement; opening
others’ letters; false entries. |
|
Serche, Rev. F. J. |
Syracuse, N. Y. |
R. C. |
Indecent assault on eight-year-old girl. |
|
Staples, Rev. Alfred |
Amherst, N. S. |
Bap. |
Swindling; engaged to many girls at once;
fled. |
|
Stevens, Rev. W. L. |
Santa Cruz, Cal. |
M. E. |
Improper liberties with women; gambling;
drunkenness; expelled. |
|
Schoonover, Rev. Mr. |
New Haven, Mich. |
Bap. |
Charged with drunkenness. |
|
Seymour, Rev. D. |
Janesville, Minn. |
M. E. |
Elopement with Mrs. Henry; taking with him
missionary funds; leaving wife and five children destitute; she leaving
husband and two children. |
|
Stone, Rev. Mr. |
Tacoma, Wash. |
Meth. |
Charged with desertion of wife for Mrs.
McIntyre, upon the latter’s receiving $6,000 insurance
money. |
| 1891 |
Shaffer, Rev. A. H. |
Des Moines, Ia. |
M. E. |
Cruelty to wife; adultery; falsehood. |
|
Seeley, Rev. Father |
Granville, Wis. |
Cath. |
Indecent liberties with little girls at
parochial school; fled from tar and feathers. |
|
Stevenson, Rev. Mr. |
Des Moines, Ia. |
Meth. |
Desertion of wife for other women. |
|
Smith, Rev. C. Hudson |
Boston, Mass. |
Cong. |
Desertion of wife; liaison with prostitute;
return and redesertion of wife for same prostitute. |
|
Schrieves, Rev. S. R. |
Moss Run, O. |
|
Desertion of wife and children; evangelizing
accompanied by another woman as pretended wife. |
|
Turner, Rev. R. G. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
M. E. |
Swindles aggregating several thousand dollars;
his conference in a warning circular describes him as “a good
preacher—can talk and cry a man into believing him a
saint.” |
|
Tipton, Rev. John C. |
W. Va. |
|
Forgery; two murders; threefold bigamy; theft;
arrested in pulpit at close of sermon. |
|
Tatum, Rev. Jos. |
Camden, Ark. |
|
Murder of wife; hanged. |
|
Trunnell, Rev. Evan |
Marion, Ind. |
|
Arrested on charge of burning church to get
insurance. |
|
Triffit, Rev. J. F. |
Columbus, O. |
|
Adulteries. |
|
Taylor, Rev. J. H. |
Jefferson City, Mo. |
Bap. |
Bigamy. |
|
Thayer, Rev. O. B. |
Clinton, Ill. |
Pres. |
Swindling. |
| 1892 |
Temple, Rev. John |
Evansville, Ind. |
|
Charged with murder. |
|
Turrell, Rev. C. W. |
Wyandotte, Mich. |
Meth. |
Adultery. |
|
Tighe, Rev. R. H. |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Charged with adultery and libel. |
|
Tupper, Rev. C. T. |
Leavenworth, Kan. |
Epis. |
Charged with adultery. |
|
Tevis, Rev. A. H. |
Kansas City, Mo. |
Meth. |
Charged with lying; suspended. |
|
Trager, Rev. W. A. |
Washington, Ind. |
|
Charged with horse-stealing. |
|
Vanetten, Rev. J. P. |
Youngstown, O. |
Meth. |
Embezzlement of $1,200 from a widow. |
|
Van Buskirk, Rev. Dr. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Chris. |
Adultery with parishioner’s wife. |
|
Vedder, Rev. A. A. |
New York, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Seduction. |
|
Vancil, Rev. George W. |
Duquoin, Ill. |
|
Counterfeiting. |
|
Vest, Rev. E. B. |
Martinsville, Ind. |
|
Immodest conduct with a young lady; forced to
resign. |
|
Van Horn, Rev. David |
Athens Co., N. Y. |
|
Forgery. |
| 1889 |
Williams, Rev. G. W. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Grand larceny—renting a furnished house
and selling the furniture; was found in Buffalo living with a mulatto
girl. |
|
Woodward, Rev. J. H. |
Greenbush, Wis. |
Meth. |
Charged with “scandalous
conduct.” |
|
Wharton, Rev. F. L. |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
M. E. |
Arrested on charge of slander. |
|
White, Rev. J. H. |
Gonzales, Tex. |
M. E. |
Indecent language and letters; suspended one
year. |
|
Whitman, Rev. Edw. |
Joliet, Ill. |
Bap. |
Thefts and improper conduct with girl. |
|
Wood, Rev. D. C. |
Tama City, Ia. |
U. B. |
Elopement, leaving wife and seven
children. |
|
Woodruff, Rev. Chas. |
Boyleston, Ind. |
U. B. |
Elopement with Mrs. Covert, she taking
considerable of her husband’s money. |
|
West, Rev. Wm. T. A. |
Chesterton, Ind. |
Meth. |
Seduction and murder by poison of Susie Beck.
|
|
Wilson, Rev. Wm. |
Waco, Tex. |
Chris. |
Horse-stealing. |
| 1893 |
Webster, Rev. S. E. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
|
Charged with forgery. |
|
Wood, Rev. D. W. |
Sioux City, Ia. |
|
Obtaining $17,000 under false pretenses. |
|
Wilbur, Rev. Sidney |
Susp. Bridge, N. Y. |
P. E. |
Immorality. |
|
Weih, Rev. John N. |
Hudson Co., N. J. |
|
Robbery of six churches. |
|
Wright, Rev. J. N. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Meth. |
Suicide. |
|
Watkins, Rev. M. |
Pleasant Plains, Ill. |
|
Rape. |
|
Wood, Rev. C. F. |
Tulare, Cal. |
Cong. |
Indecent proposals to fifteen-year-old
girl. |
|
Worden, Rev. Jarvis |
New York, N. Y. |
|
Dishonesty; lying; suspended. |
|
Ward, Rev. W. M. |
Portland, N. D. |
Meth. |
Criminal connection; fled, deserting wife and
family. |
|
Welton, Rev. Sidney |
St. John, N. B. |
Bap. |
Charged with swindling. |
|
Watson, Rev. W. L. |
Little Black, Wis. |
Epis. |
Charged with illegal liquor-selling. |
|
Woolford, Rev. N. D. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
U. B. |
Charged with coercing a weak-minded woman into
giving $20,000 to an institution of his. |
|
Widemar, Rev. Howard |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Epis. |
According to charges, persuaded wife to live
apart from him, and used this absence as ground for divorce; obtained
bishop’s consent to remarry by saying ground was adultery. |
|
Wood, Rev. Andrew |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
U. B. |
According to charges paid improper attention to
Mrs. Bell; kicked wife out of bed because she would not receive Mrs.
Bell; threatened to put her in jail; made her kneel and swear to obey
him in all things as the Bible commands, and consent to his courting
Mrs. Bell; arrested. |
|
Washington, Rev. W. H. |
Marysville. |
|
Adultery with W. Dyer’s wife; murder of
Dyer. |
|
Wilson, Rev. J. T. C. |
Beresford, Ia. |
Meth. |
Arrested on charge of rape of a
thirteen-year-old girl. |
|
Waters, Rev. G. L. |
Cortland, N. Y. |
|
Desertion of family; immoralities with female
parishioners in Canada. |
|
Watkins, Rev. W. F. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Charged with sodomy with boys. |
|
Yodyzus, Rev. Math. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Assaults, drunkenness, embezzlement;
deposed. |
|
Young, Rev. John |
Butte, Mont. |
Pres. |
Habitual drunkenness. |
|
Young, Rev. Conrad |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Charged with embezzlement. |
|
Zyla, Rev. John |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Assault and battery. |
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Accoursine, Father |
Pierre, S. D. |
Cath. |
Drunkenness; violent assault on a butcher. |
| 1894 |
Ackerman, Rev. Elmer |
|
Pres. |
Felonious assault on wife of elder. Accused;
arrested. |
|
Agnew, Rev. T. H. |
Auburn, Ill. |
M. E. |
Violation of postal law; called brother
minister names on a card. Fined. |
| 1893 |
Alford, Rev. Mr. |
Salem, O. |
Col. |
Malversation of funds; left town with
camp-meeting gate receipts. Accused. |
| 1894 |
Anderson, Rev. Pierce |
Hermann, Mo. |
Bap. |
Horse stealing; confessed; 4 years in
penitentiary. |
| 1894 |
Armstrong, Rev. Cal. |
Kokomo, Ind. |
|
Embezzlement, as county treasurer, 3
years. |
| 1894 |
Barnett, Rev. James |
Columbus, O. |
Bap. |
Drunkenness; arrested for disturbing the
peace. |
|
Barrett, Rev. Dr. |
Banks Co., Ga. |
Bap. |
Illicit distilling; arrested; bound over. |
|
Bartsch, Rev. Bernard |
Sutter, Ill. |
G.
Evan. |
Abortion, charged with attempting to procure.
Arrested. |
| 1894 |
Bates, Rev. W. H. |
Johnstown, Pa. |
Ref. |
Immorality, with disorderly woman; suspended by
church. |
|
Baullauff, Rev. Paul |
East New York, N. Y. |
|
Desertion; also accused of bigamy and
perjury. |
| 1894 |
Beardsley, Rev. E. H. |
Pratt City, Ala. |
Meth. |
Grand larceny; pleaded guilty; to
penitentiary. |
| 1893 |
Bennett, Rev. Hampton D. |
Lebanon, O. |
|
Slander; sued for $10,000 by Pres. Long,
Antioch College. |
| 1893 |
Bennetts, Rev. J. J. |
Meaderville, Mont. |
M. E. |
Accused of breaking up home of William
Hay. |
| 1894 |
Berry, Rev. B. F. |
Postville, Iowa. |
M. E. |
Lying; fraudulent dealings; immoral conduct.
Expelled from church. |
|
Berry, Rev. John M. |
White Co., Ga. |
|
Robbery of co-operative store. In jail awaiting
trial; made saws of his wife’s corset steels. Escaped with five
other prisoners. Says jailer: “He was the most religious man I
ever saw. He prayed night and day.” |
| 1892 |
Blanton, Rev. T. M. |
Florence, Ala. |
|
Wrote insulting note to a lady; drunkard, opium
eater, threatened the life of another minister. Whipped by citizens and
run out of town. |
| 1893 |
Bolton, Rev. R. H. |
Findlay, O. |
C. of G. |
Improper proposal to Mrs. Samuel Cole. She
knocked him down twice and swore out warrant for his arrest Church
revoked his license. |
|
Bonewell, Rev. Benj. A. |
Madisonburg, O. |
U. B. |
Illicit relations with several members of the
church. Confessed, in substance, in meeting. |
| 1892 |
Bonsack, Elder D. D. |
Carroll Co., Md. |
Dunk. |
Adultery; eloped with a married woman. Carried
away others’ funds. |
| 1894 |
Bowe, Rev. James F. |
Edgerton, Wis. |
Cath. |
Slander; verdict, $5,000. |
| 1894 |
Bowman, Rev. W. T. |
Mississippi. |
|
Pension frauds. Sentenced 3 years. |
| 1893 |
Boyer, Rev. T. F. |
Eureka, Ill. |
|
Deception; concealed his marriage when at
Chillicothe, Mo., and made love to girls. Suspended by the church. |
| 1893 |
Bragg, Rev. Charles M. |
Baltimore, Md. |
M. E. S. |
Adultery; eloped with organist, aged 17. Left
wife and five children. |
|
Briger, Rev. E. |
Jennings, La. |
Cong. |
Slanderous talk about women; whipped in the
pulpit. |
| 1893 |
Britton, Rev. G. W. |
Lancaster, O. |
Meth. |
Drunk and disorderly; arrested. |
| 1893 |
Brown, Rev. I. J. |
Waupan, Wis. |
Meth. |
Burglary; arrested at St. Joseph, Mo.
Confessed. |
| 1893 |
Buchanan, Rev. S. H. |
Little Rock, Ark. |
C. of P. |
Embezzlement, while treasurer of the state
insane asylum. Indicted, arrested, confessed. |
| 1894 |
Buck, Rev. Solomon T. |
Baltimore, Md. |
E. As. |
Receiving money under false pretenses. Had an
independent income from copyright on illus. edition of Lord’s
Prayer and Ten Commandments. 3 yrs in pen. |
| 1890 |
Burns, Rev. R. T. |
Kingston, Ont. |
C. E. |
Defaulter, as ass’t postmaster. Arrested,
confessed. |
| 1893 |
Chase, Rev. E. B. |
Evanston, Ill. |
A. M. E. |
Assault on a letter carrier. |
| 1892 |
Chadbourne, Rev. G. S. |
Boston, Mass. |
M. E. |
Swindling; accused, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Chenowith, Rev. J. F. |
Wheeling, W. Va. |
M. E. |
Adultery; church trial; charges sustained. |
| 1894 |
Clancy, Rev. Charles |
Frontier, Mich. |
M. E. |
Improper conduct; accused; tarred and
feathered. |
| 1890 |
Collins, Rev. S. A. |
Ashland, Wis. |
Meth. |
Immorality and misappropriation of funds. Found
guilty. |
| 1894 |
Connolly, Rev. James E. |
Two Harbors, Minn. |
Cath. |
Rape; 20 years and 3 months. Attempted
abortion, also. While at Crookston was suspended from church for
alleged improper relations with married woman. |
| 1893 |
Cook, Rev. Edward |
Tecumseh, Neb. |
|
Horse stealing; accused; arrested. A traveling
evangelist and said to be mixed up in other crookedness. |
| 1894 |
Cox, Rev. Daniel |
Peru, Ind. |
Dunk. |
Murder, the victim having made charges
reflecting on Cox’s daughter. |
| 1895 |
Crummett, Rev. Benj. |
Leavenworth Co., Kan. |
M. E. |
Rape and bastardy; accused, arrested. |
| 1891 |
Culpepper, Rev. Mr. |
Atlanta, Ga. |
|
Vulgarity and obscenity in pulpit.
Accused. |
| 1893 |
De Castries, L’Abbe de la Croix. |
Tacoma, Wash. |
Cath. |
Smuggling; accused; arrested; prosecuting
attorney failed to act. Jumped bail. |
| 1893 |
Deener, Rev. R. S. |
Batesville, Ark. |
Meth. |
Forgery and immorality. Lived a double life.
Accused. Arrested. |
| 1893 |
Dent, Rev. Joshua L. |
Cincinnati, O. |
A. Bap. |
Bigamy and perjury. Accused. Arrested. |
| 1894 |
Dingleday, Rev. John |
Richmond, Ind. |
|
Cruelty, to inmates of Orphans’ Home.
Heavily fined. |
| 1893 |
Disney, Rev. Mr. |
Brazil, Ind. |
|
Violent assault on a young man. Fined. |
| 1894 |
Dixon, Rev. J. K. |
Portsmouth, O. |
M. P. |
Fighting with Salvation Army worker. |
| 1893 |
Dixon, Rev. Thomas |
New York City. |
Bap. |
Violation of law for protection of song birds.
Fined. |
| 1893 |
Donnocker, Rev. Delbert G. |
Brockton, Mass. |
F. W. B. |
Rape and bastardy. Accused; indicted;
arrested. |
| 1894 |
Donnell, Rev. R. J. |
Vicksburg, Miss. |
|
Pension frauds. 3 years penitentiary. |
|
Dozier, Rev. R. F. |
Arkansas. |
|
Rape. Accused; arrested. |
|
Drew, Rev. W. P. |
Williamsbridge, N. Y. |
Bap. |
Forgery; pleaded guilty. |
| 1894 |
Driver, Rev. Samuel M. |
Placerville, Cal. |
M. E. |
Adultery; embezzlement; eloped. |
| 1890 |
Duncan, Rev. Henry |
Ozark, Ala. |
F. W. B. |
Adultery, murder; hanged. |
| 1894 |
Dunlap, Evangelist |
Nyack, N. Y. |
|
Forgery, embezzlement, wife desertion,
adultery. Accused, arrested. |
| 1894 |
Duvall, Rev. C. H. |
New Castle, Pa. |
Bap. |
Adultery with 14 year old girl. Accused;
arrested. |
| 1893 |
Edwards, Rev. Rodney |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Epis. |
Embezzlement. Accused, indicted. |
| 1891 |
Ellis, Rev. John W. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Pres. |
Malversation of funds and false statement of
account. Promised to make good the loss, and presbytery censured him.
|
| 1894 |
Englebrecht, Rev. E. J. |
Luverne, Minn. |
Cath. |
Criminal assault Accused, indicted. Brought
counter actions for slander. |
| 1894 |
Feldman, Rev. Mr. |
Goshen, Ind. |
Luth. |
“Contracting debts without intention to
pay.” Intoxication. Accused; left town. |
|
Fordinsky, Rabbi Harris |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Jew |
Struck a child; fined. |
|
Fritch, Rev. Martin L. |
Reading, Pa. |
|
Larceny; accused; confessed; arrested. |
| 1890 |
Garrett, Rev. P. H. |
The Gap, Pa. |
U. B. |
Embezzlement, perjury, forgery, theft. Accused,
arrested. |
| 1894 |
Gelvin, Rev. Mr. |
Patriot, Ind. |
M. E. |
Adultery; eloped with wife of another minister.
Sold his father’s horse and buggy, after borrowing them. |
| 1894 |
Grayville, Rev. Mr. |
Washington, Ind. |
M. E. |
Assault and battery; went into neighbor’s
house to break up dance; fined; refused to pay; jailed. |
| 1892 |
Guenthner, Rev. Nelson A. |
Portland, Me. |
|
Assault; accused, arrested. |
| 1892 |
Haines, Rev. J. H. |
New Hampshire. |
Meth. |
Falsehood; convicted; deposed. |
| 1893 |
Hall, Rev. J. R. |
Van Wert, O. |
Meth. |
Obtaining money under false pretenses;
arrested; suspended from ministry. |
| 1892 |
Hamilton, Rev. James W. |
Winfield, N. Y. |
|
Murder; electrocuted. |
|
Hammond, Rev. Dr. |
Victoria, B. C. |
|
Bigamy, embezzlement, accused. |
| 1894 |
Haney, Rev. Conrad |
Chicago, Ill. |
Meth. |
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1891 |
Hanks, Rev. Robert T. |
Dallas, Tex. |
Bap. |
Criminal libel growing out of newspaper
controversy; indicted. |
| 1890 |
Hanna, Rev. Thomas, D.D. |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
|
Swindler and dead beat; fled. |
| 1891 |
Harris, Rev. Mr. |
Boston, Mass. |
Bap. |
Immorality, accused. |
| 1890 |
Heath, Rev. W. Ray, jr. |
Bucksport, Me. |
Meth. |
Betrayal; arrested. |
| 1893 |
Heddie, Rev. Thomas E. |
Highland, Mich. |
|
Seduction; 2 years. |
| 1894 |
Henderson, Rev. I. R. |
Lima, O. |
M. E. |
Attempted immorality; at 70 tried to make
appointments with young girls. Suspended. Once at Van Wert, O.,
cowhided for slandering women of congregation. |
| 1894 |
Henderson, Rev. Thomas |
Morristown, N. J. |
A. M. E. |
Immoral assault; accused, arrested. |
|
Hickey, Rev. Michael J. |
Jersey City, N. J. |
Cath. |
Adultery; accused. |
| 1895 |
Hicks, Rev. Charles W. |
Wantagh, L. I., N. Y. |
|
Larceny; accused, arrested. |
|
Hicks, Rev. Henry S. |
Roundout, N. Y. |
A. M. E. |
Malversation of funds; accused. |
| 1895 |
Hinshaw, Rev. William E. |
Belleville, Ind. |
Meth. |
Murder; accused, indicted, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Hoerl, Rev. Lewis |
Sabina, O. |
Bap. |
Theft; accused, arrested. |
|
Hoffman, Rev. A. F. |
Pierce City, Mo. |
Chris. |
Immorality; accused, whipped by husband. |
| 1894 |
Hoffman, Rev. Wm. |
La Porte, Ind. |
|
Horse stealing; in 13 state
penitentiaries. |
| 1894 |
Howard, Rev. G. B. |
Many states. |
|
All-round swindler. 9 years, from Jackson,
Tenn., to Columbus, O., for fraud. |
| 1894 |
Howard, Rev. Geo. S. V. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Meth. |
Forgery and obtaining money under false
pretenses. Accused, arrested. |
| 1889 |
Howard, Rev. Wm. E. |
New York City. |
|
Swindling; 9 years and 6 months in Sing
Sing. |
| 1889 |
Hunt, Rev. Buck |
Mississippi. |
S. Meth. |
Murder of minister who had supplanted him; shot
him as he was preaching. Penitentiary for life; escaped 5 years later
arrested at East Birmingham, Ala., where he had preached for 3 years as
W. W. Thompson. |
|
Hutchinson, Rev. George |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Bigamy; arrested. |
| 1895 |
Irvine, Rev. Alex. F. |
New York & Omaha. |
|
Deserted wife; made false charges to get
divorce. |
| 1893 |
Johnson, Rev. Charles |
Midville, Ga. |
|
Murder of another preacher; executed. |
|
Johnson, Rev. Robert I. |
New York City. |
|
Swindling; begging; 6 months. |
| 1893 |
Johnson, Rev. Wm. H. |
Parkerford, Pa. |
|
Stealing chickens; fled. |
| 1890 |
Keeler, Rev. A. S. |
Mechanicstown, O. |
M. E. |
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1894 |
Kepler, Rev. Charles O. |
Boston, Mass. |
Meth. |
Unfaithfulness and desertion. Was sued for
divorce, which was granted by default. |
|
Koehler, Rev. Henry |
Cincinnati, O. |
Cath. |
Theft; stealing silver candlesticks from Cath.
churches; accused, arrested. |
| 1894 |
Lando, Rev. Stephen |
Guthrie, O. T. |
Jew & Chris. |
Fraud; arrested. Victimized Christians in many
places. |
| 1893 |
Latham, Rev. James |
Fenton, Mich. |
Meth. |
Adultery; eloped to Canada, arrested, pleaded
guilty. |
| 1895 |
Lee, Rev. W. J. |
Benton, Mo. |
Pres. |
Adultery; accused. |
|
Le Count, Rev. George |
Camden, N. J. |
|
Larceny; sentenced to jail, but sentence
changed to fine that he might preach at camp meeting. |
| 1895 |
Lepore, Rev. Mariano |
North Denver, Col. |
Cath. |
Immorality and dishonesty. Accused, deposed by
bishop, arrested. |
| 1890 |
Lesser, Rev. J. Henry |
York, Pa. |
Luth. |
Seduction; accused, arrested. |
| 1894 |
Lewis, Rev. C. W. |
Chattanooga, Tenn. |
|
Pension frauds; accused, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Lightner, Rev. John A. |
Marietta, O. |
|
Adultery, eloped; arrested. |
|
Loomis, Rev. S. P. |
Shelton, Neb. |
Meth. |
Slandered doctor; cowhided by latter. |
| 1891 |
Lowery, Rev. John A. |
Monroeville, Ala. |
Bap. |
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1895 |
Mabry, Rev. W. D. |
Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Bap. |
Adultery; accused, arrested. |
| 1890 |
Marshall, Rev. A. J. |
Winnebago City, Minn. |
Bap. |
Bastardy; accused, expelled from presidency of
North-western Baptist College. |
| 1895 |
McAuley, Rev. Alex. G. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Pres. |
Immorality, visited low resorts for 5 years. 75
years old. Dismissal recommended. |
|
McChesney, Rev. Samuel |
Amsterdam, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Malversation of funds; accused, held for grand
jury. |
| 1890 |
McEllery, Rev. J. C. |
Calera, Ala. |
Bap. |
Attempted fraud; accused, resignation
demanded. |
| 1894 |
McGuire, Father |
Lexington, Ky. |
Cath. |
Immorality; in the evening awarded medals at
Catholic colored school, and spent the night in debauch with colored
women; next day drunk on street. |
|
McKinney, Rev. G. R. |
Orlando, O. T. |
|
Pension frauds in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Arrested. |
| 1894 |
McKinnis, Rev. R. C. |
Marion, Ill. |
Bap. |
Leader of mob. Arrested. |
|
Meinarezy, or Mlynarzyak, Rev. Father |
Menominee, Mich. |
Cath. |
Slander; accused, arrested. |
|
Michael, “Prince.” |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Seduction and adultery; many times;
arrested. |
| 1891 |
Morris, Rev. W. H. |
Greenville, Ala. |
|
Misappropriation of school funds; 13
months. |
| 1890 |
Nations, Rev. J. Logan |
Little Rock, Ark. |
M. Prot. |
Adultery; accused. |
| 1893 |
Nickelson, Rev. Joseph |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
Cruelty to prisoners, farmed out to him by
government. |
|
Nicoll, Rev. M. H. |
Seattle, Wash. |
M. E. |
Criminal libel of his presiding elder;
convicted. |
| 1894 |
Noonan, Rev. Joseph |
Los Angeles, Cal. |
Cath. |
Immorality; consorted with the frail; superiors
imposed 2 years penance. |
| 1895 |
O’Connell, Rev. Timothy |
New York City. |
Bap. or Epis. |
Attempted assault on a little girl. Accused,
arrested. Also drunkenness. |
| 1894 |
O’Grady, Rev. Dominick |
Cincinnati, O. |
Cath. |
Murder of Mary Gilmartin; attempted suicide,
confessed. |
| 1893 |
Palmer, Rev. S. S. |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
Pres. |
False representations; suspended from ministry.
Had before tried to take child from his wife; fined. |
| 1894 |
Parker, Rev. Zachariah |
Paris, Tex. |
Meth. |
Forgery and pension fraud; for 18 years drew
pension in name of widow of former slave; woman had been dead 15 years.
18 months’ imprisonment. |
|
Parkman, Rev. T. C. |
Denver, Col. |
Meth. |
Larceny as bailee of money belonging to
insurance companies of which he was agent. Accused, arrested. |
| 1894 |
Paxton, Rev. Dr. John R. |
New York City. |
Pres. |
Unlawful conduct; failed to report marriage of
W. C. P. Breckinridge in time prescribed by law; fined. |
| 1895 |
Penrod, Rev. Lemuel |
Vanceburg, Ky. |
Dis. |
Assault with pistol and dirk on a member of his
congregation in a dispute over infant baptism. Then went to his church
and preached eloquent sermon. |
|
Pettit, Rev. L. C. |
Cohoes, N. Y. |
M. E. |
Adultery; eloped. Accused. Wife took him
back. |
|
Petty, Rev. Jason |
Atlanta, Ga. |
Meth. |
Bigamy. Accused, arrested. Admitted, but
thought he had conclusive evidence of first wife’s death. |
|
Pieffer, Father |
Duelm, Mich. |
Cath. |
Violent assault on a parishioner. |
|
Porter, Rev. J. W. |
Liberty Center, Ind. |
Bap. |
False representation. Expelled from
ministry. |
| 1893 |
Potter, Rev. Dr. D. C. |
New York City. |
Bap. |
Falsification, intemperance, intent to defraud,
embezzlement, immorality, etc., all charged by his assistant, Rev. J.
W. Putnam. |
|
Preyer, Rev. Charles D. |
Kearny, N. J. |
Pres. |
Slander; sued. |
|
Price, Rev. A. A. |
Connersville, Ind. |
A. M. E. |
Assault with intent to kill his wife. Arrested.
Tried twice to commit suicide. |
| 1893 |
Putnam, Rev. J. W. |
New York City. |
Bap. |
Libel, growing out of the Potter-Putnam quarrel
(see Potter, Rev. D. C.). Indicted. |
| 1893 |
Reams, Rev. A. R. |
Merced, Cal. |
M. E. S. |
Adultery; eloped with his organist Arrested in
B. C. |
| 1894 |
Ridenour, Rev. A. M. |
Ironton, O. |
|
Adultery. Pleaded guilty. |
|
Sadlier, Rev. H. |
Hailey, Idaho. |
Meth. |
Drunkenness; visiting house of ill-fame.
Expelled from ministry by unanimous vote of conference. |
|
Sagebeer, Rev. Joseph E. |
Flemington, N. J. |
Meth. |
Libel; refused to retract. Prosecuted. |
|
Sample, Rev. S. W. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
|
Cruel and inhuman treatment of his wife. She
sued for divorce. |
| 1894 |
Savage, Rev. M. H. |
Perris Indian School, Cal. |
|
Systematic defrauding of government as
superintendent. Accused by General Armstrong. Fled. |
| 1892 |
Singer, Rev. Robert H. |
Somerset, Pa. |
Dis. |
Assault and battery. Fined and imprisoned;
judge told him evidence would have convicted him of the more serious
charge of attempted criminal assault. |
| 1894 |
Schreffler, Rev. John A. |
West Salem, O. |
U. B., Cong., & Ref. |
Incest with his daughters. Expelled from
ministry; indicted; arrested. |
| 1895 |
Sheldrake, Rev. Geo. H. |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
Pres. |
Adultery. Accused in Presbytery. |
| 1894 |
Shinn, Rev. W. E. |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
A. P. A. leader. |
Abused wife and children. Accused;
resigned pastorate. |
| 1890 |
Smith, Rev. James |
Parkersburg, W. Va. |
|
“Sensational and highly improper conduct
with several ladies.” So accused by his wife in suit for
divorce. |
|
Smith, Rev. Oscar A. |
Baker City, Or. |
M. E. |
Defamation of character. Accused;
suspended. |
|
Smith, Rev. W. B. |
Danville, Ky. |
Bap. |
Embezzlement. Penitentiary one year. |
| 1892 |
Smoot, Rev. J. E. |
Midland City, Ala. |
Mis., Bap. |
Attempted rape of little girl. Arrested; held
to await action of grand jury. |
| 1895 |
Spalding, Rev. E. L. |
Butte, Mont |
S. A. ldr. |
Counterfeiting. Accused; arrested. |
| 1894 |
Stanley, Rev. D. T. |
Monmouth, Or. |
Dis. |
Adultery. Accused; expelled from membership in
ministerial association after he started the “Amer.
Patriot.” |
| 1894 |
Stephenson, Rev. J. G. |
Milton, Ill. |
Chris. |
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1894 |
Stiles, Rev. F. J. |
Genessee Co., N. Y. |
Epis. |
Petit larceny; passing checks on banks in which
he had no funds. Arrested. |
| 1893 |
Strickland, Rev. H. L. |
Hatchville, Mass. |
Cong. |
Bigamy. Confessed; dismissed from
pastorate. |
| 1894 |
Swartzher, Rev. B. B. |
Chatanooga, Tenn. |
|
Murder. Accused, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Talbot, Rev. Louis B. |
Lewiston, Me. |
Bap. |
Incest with daughter. Accused, arrested. |
| 1890 |
Taylor, Rev. G. W. |
Defiance, O. |
|
Bastardy. Accused, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Taymar, or Waymer, Rev. J. |
Milaca, Minn. |
Meth. |
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1894 |
Thomas, Rev. W. D. |
LaCrosse, Wis. |
Pres. |
Violation of postal law; sent cards dunning
another minister and accusations against him to the minister and the
sessions. Pleaded guilty and fined. |
|
Thompson, Rev. N. B. |
Brockton, Mass. |
Cong. |
Adultery and lying. Charges sustained by church
and fellowship withdrawn, 116 to 59. |
| 1893 |
Timmis, Rev. George |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
|
Extreme cruelty to child, a boy of seven. Fined
$500 with alternative of 6 months in jail, the full penalty. |
| 1894 |
Todd, Rev. Ebenezer |
Wichita, Kan. |
Bap. |
Rape of 16 year old girl; by threats kept her
silent for months until concealment was no longer possible. Arrested;
jailed. |
| 1894 |
Todd, Rev. William |
Ironton, O. |
|
Larceny of cow. In jail in default of
bail. |
| 1894 |
Tolliver, Rev. Peter |
Parkersburg, W. Va. |
Meth. |
Bastardy. Accused, arrested. |
| 1893 |
Totheroh, Rev. W. N. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Pres. |
Lying, improper conduct, adultery; charges
sustained by presbytery. Suspended from the church. |
|
Tucker, Rev. Willis J. |
South Windham, Me. |
Fr. Bap. |
Improper propositions to a woman. Held guilty
by council and ordination papers surrendered. |
| 1893 |
Vanderveen, Rev. Mr. |
New Whatcom, Wash. |
|
Extreme cruelty, wife beating; alleged in
divorce proceedings by wife. |
| 1893 |
Van Horn, Rev. Daniel M. |
Athens Co., O. |
Meth. |
Forgery. Penitentiary; died in prison. |
| 1893 |
Vernon, Rev. Leigh |
Joplin, Mo. |
|
Adultery; eloped. |
| 1892 |
Vail, Rev. W. G. |
Waxahatchie, Tex. |
Meth. |
Adultery; attempt to seduce a young woman whom
he had just baptised. Expelled from church. |
|
Von Kohn, Rev. H. F. |
Grenada Co., Miss. |
Bap. |
Terrible cruelty to his wife. When wife was
dying. |
|
Walker, Rev. Geo. F. |
Wymore, Neb. |
Bap. |
Bastardy. Charge brought by his divorced wife,
at whose hotel he stopped after divorce was allowed. F’d
guilty. |
|
Webster, Rev. H. D. |
Hart, Mich. |
Bap. |
Seduction. Suspended from the ministry. |
|
Webster, Rev. Samuel E. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Forgery, of name of a minister to an order for
goods. Arrested. |
|
Weisswasser, Rev. C. L. |
Scranton, Pa. |
Pres. |
Adultery; eloped; had crusaded bitterly against
amusements. |
| 1894 |
Whismont, Rev. Q. O. |
Pana, Ill. |
M.E. So. |
Seduction of girl of 16. Forced to marry her;
expelled from church. |
| 1893 |
Wiard, Rev. O. O. |
Erie, Pa. |
U. B. |
Attempted rape. Accused; arrested. |
| 1890 |
Williamson, Rev. Thomas |
Markham, Ont. |
Meth. |
Forgery. Accused; absconded. |
| 1891 |
Williford, Rev. Silas |
Geneva Co., Ala. |
Bap. |
Adultery; eloped with lewd woman. |
|
Willison, Rev. Mr. |
Portland, Or. |
|
Forgery. Eighteen years in penitentiary. |
| 1894 |
Wilson, Rev. C. P. |
New York city. |
Epis. |
Drunk and disorderly. Fined. |
| 1894 |
Wilson, Rev. J. C. |
Beresford, S. D. |
Meth. |
Rape of 13-year-old daughter of one of his
parishioners. |
| 1893 |
Wilson, Rev. Nathan F. |
New Brunswick, N. J. |
M. E. |
Assault of girl of 16; accused; arrested. |
| 1890 |
Winfrey, Rev. William |
Hawkins, Co., Tenn. |
Meth. |
Forgery. Accused; fled. |
| 1895 |
Witt, Rev. Mr. |
Gainesville, Tex. |
Bap. |
Assault with deadly weapon. Surrendered. |
| 1889 |
Wood, Rev. John D. |
Port Allegheny, Pa. |
M. E. |
Bigamy. Expelled from church and ministry. |
|
Woods, Rev. J. D. |
Wichita, Kan. |
|
Misappropriation of funds of Law and Order
League of which he was president. |
| 1894 |
World, Rev. Richard |
Vicksburg, Miss. |
|
Pension frauds. Penitentiary, 3 years. |
| 1894 |
Yates, Rev. Mr. |
Water Valley, Ky. |
|
Fought a duel with knives. |
| 1893 |
Yoder, Rev. C. M. |
Wooster, O. |
|
Criminal libel. Arrested on complaint of young
woman parishioner. |
|
Young, Rev. Richard N. |
Indiana. |
U. B. |
Cruelty, and adultery with lewd women, alleged
by wife in suit for divorce. |
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| 1898 |
Andrews, Rev. Geo. A. |
B’zard’s B’y, Mass. |
|
Jailed for spending on himself money collected
for sick soldiers. |
| 1898 |
Ararosky, Rabbi D. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Jew. |
Plucking live chickens. Sent to jail. |
| 1898 |
Arthur, Rev. C. W. |
Connecticut. |
Cong. |
Abused his wife so she got a divorce; liar,
fomenter of discord, slanderous, obscene, said the ecclesiastical court
that deposed him. |
|
Armstrong, Rev. J. Z. |
Kansas City. |
|
Expelled from ministry for alleged
immorality. |
| 1898 |
Aston, Rev. Henry |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Meth. |
Improper conduct, cruelty to wife;
deposed. |
|
Averill, Rev. G. W. |
|
Adv. |
Charged with improper conduct toward girl of
nine years. |
|
Avery, Rev. J. H. |
Fort Dodge, Ia. |
Meth. |
Adultery; gave up his position as
minister. |
| 1898 |
Avis, Rev. F. C. |
Minnesota. |
Meth. |
Expelled from church for immoral conduct. |
| 1896 |
Bailey, Rev. Samuel |
West Chester, Pa. |
|
Charged with murder of his wife. Her body found
in pond near their house. A short time before she ran to a
neighbor’s, saying Bailey had attacked her with a knife. |
| 1896 |
Bailey, Rev. William |
North Platte, Neb. |
|
Attempting to imitate the Holy Ghost, husband
ejected him and mob gave him coat of tar and feathers. Was a faith-cure
miracle-worker, and was stopping in house of a believer. |
| 1898 |
Baldwin, Rev. Ralph |
Saginaw, Mich. |
|
Improper conduct. Eloped with young woman to
Detroit, where they lived a while. |
| 1897 |
Barnaby, Rev. George |
Anaconda, Mont. |
Chris. |
Immorality. Wife sues for a divorce; says she
picked him out of the gutter when he was a gambler and boozer.
|
| 1897 |
Bates, Rev. W. C. |
Toronto, Ont. |
Epis. |
Charged with theft of goods from a department
store; goods found on his person. |
|
Belleville, Rev. Mr. |
Letohatchie, Ala. |
Bap. |
Assault, on another minister, in religious
quarrel. |
| 1897 |
Berry, Rev. Charles L. |
Pawnee, Okla. |
Pres. |
Bank-wrecker; was convicted; was president and
cashier of bank. |
| 1897 |
Boley, Rev. Adam |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Luth. |
Suicide. |
| 1896 |
Booth, Rev. Oliver J. |
New York. |
Epis. |
Alcoholism, said doctors at Bellevue
hospital. |
| 1896 |
Bridges, Rev. William |
Rome, Ga. |
Bap. |
Defalcation; was county school commissioner;
short $5,000; suspended from office; fled. |
| 1897 |
Brittain, Rev. M. C. |
Leavittsburg, O. |
Meth. |
“Drank too much” on a trip to
Niles; suspended from ministry. |
| 1897 |
Brown, Rev. C. O. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Cong. |
Adultery, perjury, slander, lying. Long church
trial later, confessed, and dropped from ministry. |
| 1897 |
Brown, Rev. Leonidas |
St. Paul, Minn. |
Meth. |
Charged with rape of girl of fourteen; arrested
in church; admitted to bail; disappeared during trial. |
| 1898 |
Budlong, Rev. O. J. |
Providence, R. I. |
|
Sending obscene matter through the mails;
jailed. |
| 1897 |
Burdine, Rev. J. L. |
Pickens co., S. C. |
Bap. |
Murder. Shot his wife and then himself. |
| 1897 |
Burns, Rev. Charles E. |
Milford, Conn. |
Cath. |
Charged with embezzlement as administrator of
an estate; compromise, friends paying $1,300, the amount of alleged
defalcation. |
| 1896 |
Caywood, Rev. James |
Maysville, Ky. |
Meth. |
Suicide. |
|
Chase, Rev. H. E. |
Bird Island, Minn. |
Meth. |
Accused of indecent assault on 10-year-old
girl. Arrested. |
| 1896 |
Chase, Rev. J. C. |
Fitzwilliam, N. H. |
Bap. |
Fornication; sent one girl away when about to
become a mother; ran away with another. |
| 1895 |
Chubb, Rev. S. H. |
Norristown, Pa. |
Evan. |
Seduction. Convicted. |
| 1898 |
Clark, Rev. William |
Hoboken, N. J. |
|
Grand larceny; to penitentiary; has record for
forgery, blackmail, horse theft, intimidation, bigamy, assault,
obtaining money under false pretenses, and robbery of a child.
|
| 1896 |
Colburn, Rev. M. F. |
San Francisco, Cal. |
Meth. |
Sodomy. |
|
Colby, Rev. Mr. |
Lacy, Ia. |
Meth. |
Gross immorality. Expelled from ministry. |
| 1896 |
Conniff, Rev. Father |
Omaha, Neb. |
Cath. |
Rape and seduction; absconded when grand jury
indicted him. |
| 1898 |
Cook, Rev. Leslie |
Virginia. |
Bapt. |
Arrested for forgery; said also to have two
wives. |
| 1896 |
Cooper, Rev. Thomas |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
Meth. |
Gross immorality, slander, and profanity;
church committee recommended expulsion from church. |
| 1896 |
Covert, Rev. Harry M. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Adultery; left wife and eloped with a
widow. |
| 1896 |
Craft, Rev. Washingt’n |
Clay co.,
Ky. |
Bapt. |
Murder of two men. |
| 1897 |
Cumming, Rev. F. H. |
Geneseo, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Improper relations, with two young women. |
| 1897 |
Davis, Rev. A. C. |
Billings. Mont. |
Meth. |
Unnatural crime; fled to escape tar and
feathers. |
| 1890 |
Decker, Rev. E. D. |
Newark, N. J. |
Meth. |
Conduct unbecoming a clergyman; dropped from
ministry; wrote love letters and kissed the sisters. |
| 1898 |
Doyle, Rev. Gregory |
Munfordville, Ky. |
Bapt. |
Seduction, abortion, murder. |
| 1898 |
Dreischler, Rev. Gus. |
Newburg, N. Y. |
Luth. |
Suicide. |
| 1898 |
Du Hamel, Rev. Wm. |
New York. |
Epis. |
Extreme cruelty; so wife alleged in divorce
suit. |
| 1896 |
Duncan, Rev. J. W. |
Indiana. |
Meth. |
Illegal voting; arrested on charge of. |
| 1896 |
Dwyer, Rev. Joseph |
Denver, Col. |
|
Disorderly conduct; arrested in New York. |
| 1898 |
Eldridge, Rev. E. Olin |
Washington, D. C. |
Meth. |
Adultery; corespondent in divorce suit. |
| 1898 |
Embree, Rev. E. S. |
Topeka, Kan. |
Meth. |
Charged with seduction of colored servant,
acquitted by his church although his attorney had paid the girl $200.
She died under abortion. At Leavenworth Embree was fined for shooting a
valuable bird dog. |
| 1898 |
Emerson, Rev. Mr. |
Nevada, Mo. |
|
Theft; accused. |
| 1897 |
Emery, Rev. John |
Leavenworth, Kan. |
|
Suicide. |
|
Evans Rev. C. M. |
Bloomfield, Ia. |
Meth. |
Undue intimacy; expelled from ministry.
|
| 1897 |
Farrar, Rev. Dr. H. C. |
Albany, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Gross immorality confessed; expelled from
ministry and church. |
| 1897 |
Finley, Rev. David |
New York. |
|
Intoxication. |
| 1897 |
Fisher, Rev. C. M. |
Toronto, Ont. |
Epis. |
Untruthfulness and deceit; asked to resign or
stand charges. |
| 1896 |
Fisher, Rev. M. R. |
Waco, Tex. |
|
Immoral conduct; left Waco under those
charges. |
| 1897 |
Fitzgerald, Rev. J. M. |
Rochester, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Wanted for extortion and swindling. Under
conviction for burning a schoolhouse in Charlotte. |
| 1896 |
Fitzgerald, Rev. Mr. |
Masontown, Pa. |
|
Adultery; accused and arrested. |
| 1895 |
Flaherty, Rev. Chas. |
Geneseo, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Assault on 16 year old girl. Convicted; 7
years. |
| 1897 |
Flint, Rev. D. W. H. |
Metamora, Mich. |
|
Interference, causing divorce proceedings and
his whipping by the husband. |
| 1897 |
Ford, Rev. W. T. |
Everett, Wash. |
Meth. |
Seduction of 15-year-old girl; convicted. |
|
Fort, Rev. W. C. |
Louisville, Ky. |
|
Quarreling. |
|
Francis, Rev. D. R. |
Trinidad, Col. |
Cong. |
Adultery; confessed; expelled by
congregation. |
| 1896 |
Frankin, Rev. Mr. |
Newark, N. J. |
|
Robbery; missing goods from department store
found in his house. |
| 1898 |
Freeman, Rev T. F. |
Chaplain in navy. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1897 |
Fridow, Rev. Ernest |
Woodhaven, N. H. |
|
Misappropriating property of his church;
arrested. |
| 1898 |
Fuller, Rev. Henry R. |
New York. |
|
Relations with woman not his wife; wife secured
divorce. |
| 1897 |
Furber, Rev. H. G. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
Assault and battery; arrested at Old Orchard,
Me., on that charge. |
| 1897 |
Garrison, Rev. J. H. |
Missouri. |
Meth. |
Libel—so says another
minister—wants $10,000. |
| 1898 |
Gary, Rev. R. W. |
Maroa, Ill. |
|
Forgery; confessed. |
|
Gensike, Rev. John |
Winneconne, Wis. |
Luth. |
Cruel and inhuman treatment, and drunkenness;
alleged in wife’s suit for divorce. |
| 1897 |
Gibson, Rev. Philip S. |
Plainfield, N. J. |
Bapt. |
Arrested on charge of bastardy. |
|
Gibson, Rev. J. T. |
Georgia. |
Meth. |
“Coveting neighbor’s wife;”
expelled. |
| 1896 |
Gilpin, Rev. John |
Oakview, Ky. |
Meth. |
Charged with forcibly detaining a woman;
arrested; jumped bail; rearrested. |
| 1898 |
Gill, Rev. John H. |
Aspen, Col. |
Meth. |
Illicit relations with servant girl of weak
mind; expelled from the ministry. |
| 1898 |
Golding, Rev. W. E. |
Cal. and Nev. |
|
Unnatural crime. |
| 1897 |
Goodwin, Rev. Chas. |
Buffalo, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Attempted rape of girl of eighteen;
arrested. |
| 1897 |
Goodwin, Rev. M. M. |
Chaplain in navy. |
|
Drunkenness. Resigned to escape court
martial. |
|
Green, Rev. William |
Arkansas. |
Bapt. |
Indicted by grand jury for stealing hog from
convict farm. |
| 1898 |
Gurschke, Rev. A. W. |
Hoboken, N. J. |
Luth. |
“Chased by a mob for making an insulting
proposition to a respectable girl on the street.” |
| 1897 |
Halst, Rev. Father |
L’g Isl’d City, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Malversation of funds entrusted by a widow for
two infants; in reply, said most was used for masses for souls of woman
and her husband. |
| 1897 |
Hambly, Rev. Mr. |
Middleton, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Fraud, immorality in speech and behavior,
drunkenness, and profanity; said the presbytery. |
| 1898 |
Hammond, Rev. E. N. |
Newark V’y, N. Y. |
Bapt. |
Attempting crim. assault; sued by young
woman. |
| 1897 |
Hampton, Rev. M. A. |
Charleston, Ill. |
|
Abduction of girl; convicted. |
| 1897 |
Hand, Rev. J. Howard |
New York. |
Meth. |
Violation of game laws; arrested. |
|
Harwell, Rev. J. H. |
Cambr’ge C’y, Ind. |
Meth. |
Forgery, passing worthless checks. |
|
Hayden, Rev. J. W. |
Iowa co., Ia. |
|
Charged with embezzlement. |
| 1896 |
Hazen, Rev. W. W. |
Iowa. |
Cong. |
Swindling; sentenced for six months. |
| 1897 |
Hess, Rev. Henry |
Pennsylvania. |
|
Bastardy; girl of sixteen asks him to
acknowledge paternity of child. |
|
Hepp, Rev. B. P. |
Racine, Wis. |
Meth. |
Charged with criminal neglect of girl when in
delicate condition. Arrested. |
|
Hermann, Rev. F. |
Salt Lake City, U. |
Meth. |
Charged with murder of two girls; remains in
furnace of church; he disappears; warrant issued. |
| 1898 |
Hilgard, Rev. Myron |
South Dakota. |
|
Robbery. |
| 1898 |
Hill, Rev. Palmer W. |
Muskegon, Mich. |
|
Polygamy. |
| 1897 |
Holden, Rev. Edward |
New York. |
Cath. |
Intoxication. |
|
Hoover, Rev. Geo. K. |
Chicago, Ill. |
Meth. |
Charged with slander by another minister;
arrested. |
| 1898 |
Hostetter, Rev. Gabriel |
Canton, O. |
Bap. |
Counterfeiting outfit found in his cellar;
arrested. |
| 1897 |
Howard, Rev. Prince |
|
|
Bigamy. |
| 1898 |
Howe, Rev. O. R. |
New Haven, Conn. |
Cong. |
Improper hypnotic influence over servant
girl. |
| 1897 |
Howell, Rev. David T. |
Monticello, N. Y. |
Epis. |
Choked his wife; jailed in default of paying
fine. |
| 1898 |
Howell, Rev. R. E. |
Warrensburg, Mo. |
|
Eloped with neighbor’s wife. Nearly
lynched. Also charged with arson. Committed suicide. |
|
Howland, Rev. H. E. |
Oakland, Cal. |
|
Charged with sodomy; arrested. |
| 1896 |
Hubbs, Lieut. A. B. |
Duluth, Minn. |
S. A. |
Bastardy; charged by woman soldier of
Army. |
| 1898 |
Hudson, Rev. Jas. L. |
Detroit, Mich. |
Meth. |
Adultery, as charged by wife in suit for
divorce. |
| 1896 |
Hughes, Rev. Thomas |
New York. |
Cath. |
Improper behavior; arrested on charge of
fifteen-year-old girl. |
| 1896 |
Hull, Rev. J. C. |
St. Paul, Minn. |
Meth. |
Attempted wife poisoning; confessed;
sentenced. |
|
Hunnycutt, Rev. D. H. |
Morrillton, Ark. |
Bap. |
Arrested, charged with killing
ten-months’-old babe of his housekeeper. |
| 1898 |
Hotaling, Rev. S. P. |
Stamford, Vt. |
|
Stealing; accused. Wife also accuses him of
immoral conduct. |
| 1896 |
Jakinowicz, Rev. T. |
Mount Carmel, Pa. |
Cath. |
Embezzlement. Deposed by church. |
| 1896 |
Jameson, Rev. James |
New York. |
Epis. |
Beating hotel. Stealing jewelry. |
|
Jenkins, Rev. Fred. |
Fargo, N. Dak. |
Univ. |
Elopement and defalcation. |
| 1898 |
Jernegan, Rev. P. F. |
|
Bap. |
Sea-water gold swindle. |
| 1896 |
Johnson, Rev. J. S. |
Somerville, N. J. |
|
Murder. |
|
Johnson, Rev. Mr. |
Fresno, Cal. |
|
Slander; said from pulpit two-thirds of girls
of Fresno were ruined before they were fourteen; rescued from mob; left
town. |
| 1896 |
Johnson, Bishop W. |
Fort Scott, Kan. |
Meth. |
Making false pension affidavits;
convicted. |
| 1898 |
Jones, Rev. Henry D. |
Asbury Park, N. J. |
Epis. |
Assault and battery of servant girl. |
| 1897 |
Jones, Rev. Mr. |
Monkstown, Tex. |
|
Left wife and children; eloped with 16-year-old
girl; purs’d by girl’s father (Rev. J. Widsby); shot dead.
|
| 1896 |
Keeley, Rev. Horace |
Millville, N. Y. |
Cong. |
Eloped with young girl, leaving wife with
child. |
| 1898 |
Kerr, Rev. Joseph R. |
New York. |
Pres. |
Adultery; dismissed from pulpit. |
| 1896 |
Killeen, Rev. Father |
Bayonne, N. J. |
Cath. |
Indecent language in pulpit, keeping a
mistress; removed. |
| 1898 |
Kincaid, Rev. D. L. |
Milan, Mo. |
|
Dealing in green goods, passing counterfeit
money; arrested. |
|
Kirkland, Rev. R. L. |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
Bapt. |
Charged by the deacons with immorality. |
| 1897 |
Kirkpatrick, Rev. D. M. |
Rochester, N. Y. |
|
Unministerial conduct; lost his pulpit. |
|
Koblitz, Rev. O. T. |
Hopeville, O. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness; expelled from ministry. |
| 1898 |
Kulp, Rev. George B. |
Gr’nd R’pids, Mich. |
Meth. |
Adultery. |
| 1898 |
Lane, Rev. John |
Larned, Kan. |
Bapt. |
Bigamy. |
| 1896 |
Lee, Rev. C. E. |
|
Bapt. |
Improper language and conduct. |
| 1896 |
Leigh, Rev. H. W. |
Groom’s C’rnr’s, Vt. |
Meth. |
Breach of promise of marriage. |
| 1897 |
Lester, Rev. Charles H. |
Shortsville, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Gross immoralities long continued. |
| 1897 |
Lewis, Rev. J. Nelson |
Malden, Mass. |
|
Charged with attempt to defraud creditor;
arrested. |
| 1897 |
Libby, Rev. Daniel L. |
Watertown, N. Y. |
Univ. |
Improper relations with parishioner’s
wife. Dismissed from pulpit. |
|
Lazenby, Rev. Mr. |
Ottumwa, Ia. |
Meth. |
Breach of promise of marriage; convicted; he
was 80; she an aged spinster. |
|
Leydon, Rev. Father |
Aurora, Ill. |
Cath. |
Accused of seduction and bastardy; put on
trial. |
| 1896 |
MacAlduff, Rev. J. W. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
|
Charged by grand jury with sending improper
matter through the mails. |
| 1898 |
MacCoun, Rev. G. T. |
Baltimore, Md. |
Epis. |
Suicide. |
| 1898 |
Magett, Rev. W. A. |
North Carolina. |
|
Stole watch from his host, a bishop in his
church. |
| 1898 |
Mallon, Rev. Father |
New York. |
Cath. |
Disorderly conduct at Sal. Army meeting.
Fined. |
| 1897 |
Manary, Rev. H. N. |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
Bapt. |
Slander. Apologized from pulpit. |
| 1896 |
Manker, Rev. J. J. |
Chattan’ga, Tenn. |
Meth. |
Accused of alienating affections of wife of
minister. |
| 1897 |
McCrea, Rev. William |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
Pres. |
Arrested on charge of attempting to pass forged
note. |
| 1896 |
McDonald, Rev. Father |
|
Cath. |
Sued by young woman for $1,500, alleged to have
been obtained from her under false pretenses when she was supposed to
be dying. |
| 1897 |
McLaughlin, Rev. Mr. |
Hot Springs, Ark. |
Meth. |
Contempt of court. Fined and jailed. |
| 1898 |
McVettie, Rev. R. R. |
Wadena, Minn. |
Epis. |
Adultery. |
| 1897 |
Meyer, Rev. George |
Bayonne, N. J. |
Cath. |
Violation of law requiring report of
marriages. |
| 1897 |
Mich, Rev. John |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1898 |
Miller, Rev. James B. |
New Haven, Conn. |
Cong. |
Stealing books from counters of stores. |
| 1897 |
Millington, Rev. E. J. O. |
Newark, N. J. |
Pres. |
Eloped with married woman; brought back; begged
pardon. |
| 1898 |
Mitchell, Rev. George |
Delaware, O. |
|
Undue intimacy, says brother minister in suit
for divorce. |
| 1898 |
Morris, Rev. Dr. Chas. |
Natchez, Miss. |
Epis. |
Brutal treatment of wife; divorce granted to
her. |
| 1898 |
Morrison, Rev. G. E. |
Vernon, Tex. |
|
Murder; killed his wife by poison. |
| 1896 |
Mott, Rev. Charles A. |
Lambertville, N. J. |
|
Attempted assault on wife of his host. |
| 1894 |
Murphy, Rev. Charles |
Denver, Col. |
|
Theft. |
| 1898 |
Murray, Rev. J. W. |
Humansville, Mo. |
Bapt. |
Eloped with domestic; caught. |
|
Nash, Rev. Mr. |
Louisville, Ky. |
|
Quarreling. |
| 1896 |
Noon, Rev. Samuel A. |
Norwich, Conn. |
Cong. |
Beating his wife. |
| 1898 |
Nye, Rev. DeWitt C. |
Coshocton, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Eloped with young woman, leaving wife and grown
up daughters; also charged with grand larceny. |
| 1897 |
Parker, Rev. S. P. |
Ottumwa, Ia. |
Bapt. |
Eloped with married woman, leaving wife and
children. |
| 1898 |
Parks, Rev. Enoch |
Taylorville, Ill. |
Meth. |
Murder; killed his wife’s lover. |
| 1898 |
Parrish, Rev. Geo. R. |
Marshalltown, Ia. |
Cong. |
Forgery; long criminal career. Alias Rev. Mark
Thompson and Rev. Edward C. Aiken. |
|
Passmore, Rev. F. F. |
Colorado. |
Meth. |
Defamation, unministerial, unchristian conduct.
Expelled from ministry. |
| 1897 |
Phelps, Rev. Isaac N. |
Babylon, N. Y. |
Epis. |
Alienation of affections; whipped by husband.
|
| 1898 |
Phillips, Rev. J. |
Lafayette, Ind. |
|
Attempted criminal assault. Convicted. |
| 1898 |
Pliszak, Rev. Anton |
Chicago, Ill. |
Cath. |
Charged with larceny. |
| 1897 |
Polyakovitch, Rev. J. |
Passaic, N. J. |
Cath. |
Atrocious assault and battery. |
|
Popp, Rev. Andrew |
Stanton, Ind. |
Luth. |
Drunkenness. Expelled from the ministry. |
| 1897 |
Potter, Rev. Daniel C. |
New York. |
Bapt. |
Charged with adultery by wife in suit for
divorce; also with lying, dishonesty, intemperance. |
|
Privitt, Rev. H. |
Anderson, Ind. |
C of G |
Adultery, as charged in divorce suit of
parishioner. |
| 1896 |
Pullman, Rev. Joseph |
Bridgeport, Conn. |
|
Slander of actress, Jane May. Sued, retracted,
settled with her lawyers. |
| 1898 |
Putnam, Rev. Mr. |
Pleasant View, Mo. |
|
Immorality. |
| 1898 |
Reynolds, Rev. John F. |
Chaplain in army. |
|
Bigamy. |
| 1895 |
Richards, Rev. T. E. |
Camden, N. J. |
Bapt. |
Intimacy with young female evangelist. |
| 1897 |
Richards, Rev. T. H. |
Dell Rapids, S. D. |
Epis. |
Sodomy, charged. |
| 1897 |
Richmond, Rev. G. W. |
Kansas. |
Meth. |
Seducer and swindler. |
| 1898 |
Ricks, Rev. Moses |
Monroe co., Ark. |
|
Outrageous assault on farmer’s wife;
confessed. |
| 1896 |
Ritchie, Rev. Wm. M. |
Asbury Park, N. J. |
|
Slander; sued by Rev. Mr. Widdemar;
mulcted. |
|
Roberts, Rev. Mr. |
Iowa. |
Meth. |
“Acting in a manner not consistent with
good morals.” Suspended from ministry. |
| 1898 |
Robinson, Rev. George |
Victoria, B. C. |
Meth. |
Attempted suicide. |
| 1897 |
Romine, Rev. James |
Jennings, Okla. |
Bapt. |
Turning out his wife and taking in another
woman; tarred and feathered. |
| 1898 |
Rooks, Rev. T. S. |
Col. and Neb. |
Meth. |
Left family and eloped with young girl. |
| 1898 |
Rumpf, Rev. Mr. |
Elizabeth, N. J. |
Luth. |
Pounded wife on head with brass-bound Bible;
wife paid his fine; got drunk on communion wine and beat her again;
that landed him in jail. |
| 1896 |
Rusker, Rev. Gregory |
Jersey City, N. J. |
|
Arrested on charge of illicit manufacture of
cigars. |
| 1896 |
Russell, Rev. Edwin B. |
Paterson, N. J. |
Epis. |
Arrested on charge of committing unnatural
crime. |
| 1898 |
Ross, Rev. James |
Jacksonville, Fla. |
|
Cruelly beat and kicked 15-year-old daughter;
accused; in defense said she used profane language. |
| 1896 |
Scott, Rev. G. E. |
Waterloo, Ia. |
Meth. |
Seduction of girl of 15; eloped, leaving
family. |
| 1898 |
Segal, Rev. Mr. |
New York. |
Jew. |
Forcible entry of house and threatening
occupants with firearms; arrested. |
| 1898 |
Shearer, Rev. F. E. |
New York. |
Pres. |
Assault on colored Sunday-school teacher. |
| 1898 |
Shoemaker, Rev. J. W. |
Scottsboro, Ala. |
Meth. |
Charged with defrauding post office. |
| 1893 |
Shoemaker, Rev. Mr. |
Wheeling, W. Va. |
|
Cruelty and neglect charged by wife in divorce
suit. |
| 1896 |
Smith, Rev. Daniel |
Hamilton, N. Y. |
|
Suicide. |
| 1894 |
Stark, Rev. Mr. |
Waukon, Ia. |
Pres. |
Accused of malicious trespass by his
presbytery. |
| 1898 |
Stevens, Rev. Mr. |
Manchester, Kan. |
|
Tried to break into room of female
evangelist. |
|
Stewart, Rev. C. A. |
Nebraska. |
Meth. |
Charged with breach of promise of
marriage. |
| 1895 |
Stinson, Rev. J. C. |
Downsville, N. Y. |
Pres. |
Fornication. |
|
Street, Rev. Mr. |
Letohatchie, Ala. |
|
Quarrelling; knock-down row with Bapt.
minister. |
|
Stoneman, Rev. Mr. |
Oelrichs, S. Dak. |
|
Eloped with married woman, as charged. |
| 1897 |
Taylor, Rev. O. D. |
Saginaw, Mich. |
|
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1898 |
Thompson, Rev. Mr. |
Chadron, Neb. |
Bap. |
Undue familiarity with married woman; chased by
angry husband; fled; dismissed from church. |
| 1898 |
Thompson, Rev. John |
Portland, Pa. |
Pres. |
Destruction of property; arrested, fined. |
| 1896 |
Thorp, Rev. G. M. |
Rawlins, Wyo. |
|
Bigamy. |
|
Tuttle, Rev. Thomas |
Windsor, Me. |
|
Attempted assault; three years. |
| 1897 |
Vaughan, Rev. E. H. |
Dodge City, Kan. |
Meth. |
Lying; deposed from pastorate. |
| 1898 |
Vedder, Rev. Henry |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Improper conduct. Deposed from ministry. |
| 1898 |
Vineyard, Rev. D. M. |
Dexter, Mo. |
Pres. |
Improper actions toward little girls; left
town. |
| 1898 |
Vodyszus, Rev. M. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Cath. |
Adultery, assault, business crookedness;
accused. |
| 1897 |
Von Bast, Rev. John |
Sandy Creek, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Sodomy; confessed. |
| 1895 |
Wagner, Rev. D. |
St. Joseph, Mo. |
Cath. |
Seduction, assault, abduction. Indicted by
grand jury. Married the girl, so escaping trial. |
| 1898 |
Waldorp, Rev. Emmett |
Saginaw, Mich. |
|
Theft; accused; goods found in his house. |
|
Walstein, Rev. John |
Washington, Ind. |
Chris. |
Manslaughter; killed baby in shooting at
rowdies who were hooting him as he preached. |
| 1896 |
Warner, Rev. James E. |
Exeter, N. H. |
|
Extreme cruelty. Wife obtained divorce. |
| 1897 |
Warner, Rev. Mr. |
Oakland, Mich. |
|
Attempted seduction; whipped by husband;
conf’d. |
| 1896 |
Waterman, Rev. H. B. |
Chautauqua, N. Y. |
|
Robbery of post office. Accused and
arrested. |
| 1898 |
West, Frederick F. |
Brooklyn, N. Y. |
Evan. |
Assault upon girl of eight years; sentenced for
nine years and six months. |
| 1896 |
West, Rev. James A. |
New York. |
|
Improper behavior on street; accused;
arrested. |
| 1896 |
Wheeler, Rev. John D. |
Derby, Conn. |
|
Non-support of family; arrested. |
| 1898 |
Whistler, Rev. John H. |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Pres. |
Unnatural practices; turned out of the
pulpit. |
| 1898 |
White, Rev. Charles |
Clarksburg, W. Va. |
Pres. |
Adultery; took his organist to Pittsburg, where
they registered as man and wife; on their way home she jumped from the
steamer and drowned. |
| 1896 |
White, Rev. George M. |
Gold Hill, Col. |
|
Robbery; opened another’s registered
letter; accused; arrested. |
| 1897 |
White, Rev. H. C. |
Circleville, Pa. |
Pres. |
Improper relations; accused. Deposed. |
| 1897 |
White, Rev. Jesse |
Dixon, Ky. |
|
Disturbance of religious worship; fined
$25. |
|
Whiteman, Rev. Amos |
Anderson, Ind. |
|
Horse-stealing. When his first term expired six
deputies from three states with six warrants were waiting for him. |
| 1895 |
Widdemer, Rev. H. T. |
Asbury Park, N. J. |
Pres. |
Immoral character; dropped by the
presbytery. |
| 1898 |
Williams, Rev. C. S. |
Flatbush, N. Y. |
Meth. |
Disorderly conduct, in pointing pistol at two
men; “was excited,” he said, and was let off. |
| 1898 |
Williams, Rev. G. F. |
Washington, D. C. |
Epis. |
Bastardy; accused. Ecclesiastical court finds
him guilty of immorality. |
| 1897 |
Young, Rev. C. C. |
St. Clair co., Mo. |
Bapt. |
Adultery, eloped. |
| 1896 |
Young, Rev. F. F. |
Oakland, Cal. |
|
Cruelty to his children; adultery; accused and
threatened with tar and feathers. |
| 1897 |
Young, Rev. P. J. L. |
Pomeroy, Wash. |
|
Immorality of various kinds. |