(Each paragraph below gives in their order the date of the offense, the name of the preacher, his residence and denomination, and the character of the crime charged.)
| 1906. | Abbott, Rev. E. J., Stony Point, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Though married, made love to postmistress. |
| 1901. | Abbott, Rev. John F., Henryville, Ky. Methodist.
Adultery. |
| 1906. | Abel, Rev. A. C., Chicago. Methodist.
Bigamy. |
| 1899. | Abernethy, Rev. Wm., Circleville, O. Assignation;
adultery; arrested; fined. |
| 1901. | Adams, Rev. C. G., Berkeley, Cal. Episcopal.
Murder. |
| 1909. | Adams, Rev. C. G., St. Louis, Mo. Episcopal.
Bigamy. |
| 1907. | Adams, Rev. H. A., New York. Episcopal. Left wife
to elope with young girl. |
| 1911. | Adams, Rev. Henry T., Arcata, Cal. Protestant
Episcopal. Arrested for larceny, and confessed. |
| 1913. | Adams, Rev. N. Q., Starkville, Miss. Baptist.
Indicted as bank director for receiving deposits after the bank was
declared insolvent. |
| 1912. | Adkins, Rev. G. W., Poteau, Okla. Baptist.
Convicted of grave robbery. |
| 1902. | Alden, Rev. Chas. A., New York. Grand larceny.
Indicted. |
| 1907. | Alexander, Rev. Mr., Indianapolis, Ind. Arrested
for shooting craps. |
| 1914. | Alexander, Rev. Mr., Chicago, Ill. Murderous
assault. |
| 1907. | Alexander, Rev. D. R., Bluefield, W. Va. Stabbed
saloonkeeper. |
| 1913. | Alexander, Rev. Henry B., La Crosse, Wis.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. Sent to the state penitentiary
for one year. |
| Ali, Rev. Joseph, Newark, N. J. Catholic. Assaulting 9-year-old
girl. |
| 1909. | Allan, Rev. A., Cleveland. Drunkenness; arrested
and fined. |
| 1905. | Allen, Rev. Frank, Guthrie, Okla. Revivalist.
Disturbing the peace. Fined $5. which he refused to pay, and went to
jail. |
| 1903. | Allen, F. T., exhorter, Santa Paula, Cal.
Methodist. Assaulting little girls. |
| 1903. | Allen, Rev. George, Morrisville, Pa. Stealing.
Ten years at hard labor. |
| 1899. | Allen, Rev. George, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Engaged to two women; tried suicide. |
| 1906. | Allen, Rev. G. E., Breckinridge, Ky. Found in
compromising position with wife of host. |
| 1900. | Allen, Rev. Henry E., West Derry, N. H.
Methodist. Betrayal of 16-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | Allen, Rev. Jesse, Nowata, Okla. Co-respondent in
divorce. |
| Allen, Rev. Willard S., Boston, Mass. Methodist.
Stealing $80,000 from preachers’ fund. |
| 1899. | Allen, Rev. W. A., Asbury Park, N. J. Methodist.
Deserting wife; cruelty; divorced. |
| 1901. | Allen, Rev. Mr., Uniontown. Hanged for outrage
and murder. |
| 1912. | Alley, Rev. G. W., Royal Center, Ind. Methodist.
Adultery; pleaded guilty and paid fine. |
| 1908. | Allison, Rev. Charles E., Yonkers, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Suicide. |
| 1901. | Ament, Rev. Mr., Missionary in China.
Blackmailing Chinese. Arrested. |
| 1907. | Amhyrst, Rev. H. G., Lafayette, Ind. Dishonesty;
embezzlement; falsifying. Suspended. |
| 1907. | Amis, Rev. W. T., Hot Springs, Ark. Baptist.
Contempt of court. |
| 1901. | Ammons, Rev. W. J., Georgia. Breaking into
post-office. Convicted. |
| 1900. | Anderson, Rev. G. W., Frederick Co., Va.
Deserting bride; mobbed out of town. |
| 1912. | Anderson, Rev. James, Paterson, N. J. Baptist.
Defaulted on note given to a widow to secure loan. |
| 1901. | Anderson, Rev. Jos. (alias Geo. Hayford),
Phoenix, Arizona, and California. Evangelist. Bank swindles. |
| 1912. | Anderson, Rev. J. S., Houston, Tex. Baptist.
Suspected of complicity in the wholesale murder of Negroes. |
| 1911. | Anderson, Ralph D., Lincoln City, Del. Divinity
student. Stole horses. |
| 1906. | Anderson, Rev. T. C., Tarentum, Pa. Presbyterian.
Beating and choking his wife. |
| 1911. | Andrews, Charles, Portland, Ore. Street preacher.
Arrested for disorderly conduct, not specified. |
| 1907. | Andrews, Rev. J., Monroe City, Mo. Baptist. Left
wife to join circus; dealt faro bank; married snake charmer. |
| 1902. | Andrews, Rev. J. R., Lansing, Mich. Baptist.
Delinquency in money matters; arrested; went insane. |
| 1903. | Andrews, Rev. M. C., Oshkosh, Wis. Episcopal.
Consorting with immoral women. Whitewashed. |
| 1914. | Anthony, Rev. George W., New York, N. Y.
Episcopal. Conspiracy. |
| Aquila, Rev. E. D., Mount Carmel, Pa. Catholic.
Arrested in New York for speeding. |
| 1900. | Archer, Rev. J. W., Norfolk, Va. Baptist. Illegal
voting; arrested. |
| 1902. | Ardman, Rev. John, Scranton, Pa. Catholic.
Approved assassination of President McKinley; enjoined by bishop. |
| 1904. | Armer, Rev. Norman, Sacramento, Ky. Presbyterian.
Murder of son; 21 years’ imprisonment. |
| 1907. | Arnold, Rev. J. H., Ga. Evangelist. Cruelty to
son. Six months in chain gang. |
| 1904. | Arthur, Rev. A. A., Hiawatha, Kan. Evangelist.
All-round fraud; forged check for $10,000 in Texas; confessed; many
aliases. |
| 1898. | Arthur, Rev. Chas. M., Weston, Conn.
Congregational. Found guilty by conference of obscenity, violent
actions, cruelty to wife; divorced. |
| 1907. | Arthur, Rev. C. W., Syracuse, N. Y.
Congregational. Grand larceny. |
| 1908. | Arthur, Rev. Mark, Spalding, Idaho. Presbyterian.
Criminal libel. |
| 1899. | Ashton, Rev. Mr., Union City, Mich. Baptist.
Criminal neglect of wife in child-bed. |
| 1908. | Assenicio, Rev. Mr., New York. Catholic.
Attempted suicide. |
| 1901. | Astwood, Rev. H. C. C., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Methodist. Unministerial conduct; arrested for fraud; suspended. |
| 1908. | Atherton, Rev. Albert, St. Louis, Mo.
“Household Faithful.” Taking indecent liberties. |
| 1909. | Atherton, Rev. D. F., Haverhill, Mass.
Co-respondent in divorce case. |
| 1909. | Atkins, Rev. P. J., Ogdensburg, N. Y. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1913. | Atkinson, Rev. Edward J., Lima, O. Baptist.
Abandonment and non-support of 5-year-old daughter. |
| 1908. | Atkinson, Rev. J. C., Atlanta, Ga. Methodist.
Sued for slander. |
| 1900. | Attaway, Rev. A. M., Columbus, S. C. Attacked his
wife and died of heart disease while attempting to throttle her. |
| 1913. | Atwood, Rev. W. C., Brookfield, Mo. Presbyterian.
Assault. |
| 1906. | Austin, Rev. J. W., Gainesville, Ga. Methodist.
Eloped with married woman whom he had
“saved” at a revival. |
| 1899. | Axtell, Rev. J. J., Royal Oak, Mich. Prize
fighting; non-support of wife; divorce. |
| 1905. | Ayres, Rev. Early, Lee Co., Tex. Cattle stealing;
arrested in Berwyn, I. T., while preaching. |
| Axtel, Rev. P. D., Pittsburgh, Pa. Presbyterian.
Suicide. |
| 1912. | Ayres, Rev. William B., Wollaston, Mass.
Congregational. Sued for alienation of affections by an irate husband
in his parish. |
| 1907. | Babcock, Rev. C. A. C., Frankfort, Ind.
Campbellite. Illegal marriage; immoral conduct. |
| 1901. | Babcock, Rev. Maltbie D., New York, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Suicide. |
| 1913. | Backtell, Harry S., Pittsburgh, Pa. Noted
“boy evangelist” and highly accredited
“soul-saver.” Swindling by means of worthless checks. |
| 1909. | Bailey, Rev. Geo., Cincinnati. Abused his
family. |
| 1905. | Bailey, Rev. J. J., Fletcher, Okla.
Fighting. |
| 1906. | Bain, Rev. E. S., Waterloo, N. Y. Baptist.
Arson. |
| 1913. | Baird, Rev. E. J., Woodland, Cal. Episcopal.
Inhuman and abusive treatment of wife. |
| 1912. | Baird, Rev. L. W., Winsted, Conn. Lay preacher.
Arrested for embezzlement. |
| 1900. | Baker, Rev. Mr., Cleveland, O. Discovered in a
girl’s room in a compromising position. |
| 1904. | Baker, Rev. C. S., Wilmington, Del. Methodist.
Gambling; suspended. |
| 1914. | Baker, Rev. Francis C., New York. Congregational.
Grand larceny. |
| 1899. | Baker, Rev. Jos. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
Evangelist. Wife beating; convicted; ten days. |
| 1904. | Baker, Rev. Seward, Geneseo, Ill. Unitarian.
Drunkenness; long spree; dismissed. |
| 1914. | Baker, Rev. William L., New York, N. Y. Violation
of the medical law. |
| 1904. | Baldwin, Rev. Mr., Warsaw, Ind. Dunker. Assault
and battery; arrested. |
| 1903. | Baldwin, Rev. Ralph H., New York, N. Y. Marrying
two wives and deserting both. |
| 1907. | Balea, Rev. Moise, Cleveland. Greek. Criminal
libel. |
| 1907. | Ballard, Rev. M., Texarkana, Ark. Murdered
neighbor. Shot by officers whom he resisted. |
| 1906. | Banbury, Rev. James, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Congregational. Left wife to elope with choir singer. |
| 1900. | Bandy, Rev. S. S., Arkansas City, Ark. Baptist.
Assault on 14-year-old girl. |
| 1905. | Bane, Rev. A. H., Hollow Rock, Tenn. Baptist.
Unlicensed liquor selling; prosecuted. |
| 1902. | Barbee, Rev. Wm., Cookville, Tenn. Evangelist.
Bigamy; five years’ imprisonment. |
| 1907. | Bard, Rev. Paul, Detroit, Mich. Methodist. Took
saloonkeeper’s wife. |
| 1902. | Barfell, Rev. Othias, Columbus, O. United
Brethren. Suicide by hanging. |
| 1914. | Barker, Rev. C. A., Benhams, Va. Methodist
Episcopal. Lewdness; convicted and fined. |
| 1900. | Barnard, Rev. E. H., Sylmar, Pa. Incest and child
murder; arrested. |
| 1899. | Barnett, Rev. Mr., Cambria, O. Methodist.
Familiarity with female member of flock; attacked marshal with knife;
arrested. |
| 1902. | Barnhart, Rev. C. W., Tylers Switch, N. Y.
Evangelist. Horse stealing; fled from warrant. |
| 1907. | Barnwell, Rev. G. L., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist.
Kissed married woman. |
| 1914. | Barr, Rev. Earl, Macedonia, O. Christian. Immoral
conduct. |
| 1900. | Barr, Rev. L. W., Fairmont, W. Va. Presbyterian.
Forgeries and embezzlements; absconded. |
| 1911. | Barrakman, Rev. Mr., Waterloo, Ill. Divinity
student. Arrested for robbery. |
| 1911. | Barranger, Rev. N. H., North Yakima, Wash.
Christian. Sued for $25,000 damages for stealing affections of another
man’s wife. |
| 1909. | Barret, Rev. J. W., Cleveland, O. Obtaining a
signature under false pretenses; 18 months. |
| 1902. | Barrett, Rev. Mr., Brazil, Ind. Evangelist.
Slandering women; fled from tar and feathers. |
| 1910. | Barrett, Rev. Wm. I., Blairville, Pa.
Presbyterian. Arrested for criminal libel. |
| 1909. | Bartemes, Rev. Mr., Amherst, O. Before grand jury
for slander. |
| 1899. | Barth, Rev. Benj., Paterson, N. J. Christian.
Absconding debtor; household goods attached. |
| 1907. | Bartle, Rev. S. D., Mechanicsville, Ia.
Methodist. Suspended for intimacy with telephone girl. |
| 1900. | Bass, Rev. L. D., Saltsburg, Pa. Baptist.
Fraudulent mail business. |
| 1899. | Bateman, Rev. C. C. Army chaplain.
Insubordination and violation of articles of war; dismissed. |
| 1901. | Baum, Rev. H. M., New York. Bankrupt, he
concealed assets with intent to deceive. |
| 1911. | Baxter, Rev. C. L., Council Bluffs, Ia.
Methodist. Sued for breach of contract. |
| 1911. | Baxter, Rev. John F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic.
Charged with using questionable methods in
collecting money for benefit of a church in Ireland. |
| 1911. | Baylis, Rev. Edgar E., Somerville, Mass.
Sentenced to three months in jail for libel. |
| 1907. | Baynes, Rev. H. L., Englewood, Ill. Left wife to
elope with girl. |
| 1900. | Beahm, Rev. J. C, Brentsville, S. C. Betraying
18-year-old girl; penitentiary for five years. |
| 1912. | Beall, Rev. J. W. H., Hampden, Md. Assault and
contempt of court. |
| 1905. | Beavers, Rev. Geo. S., Gainesville, Tex. Incest
with daughter; arrested. |
| 1899. | Beceljak, Rev. John, Cleveland, O. Catholic.
Vagrancy; arrested. |
| 1902. | Beebe, Rev. Mr., Delaware, O. Horse stealing;
arrested. |
| 1913. | Beeler, Rev. Orville, Plainsville, Ind.
Larceny. |
| 1912. | Beers, Rev. W. L., Wakarusa, Kans. Methodist.
Wife-murder. |
| 1913. | Beesley, Rev. Jesse, St. Louis, Mo. Baptist.
Bigamy. |
| 1899. | Belding, Rev. J. M., Lapeer, Mich. Presbyterian.
Indecent advances to boys. Admitted his guilt. Suspended. |
| 1902. | Bell, Rev. Basil, Huntington, Pa. Murderous
assault. |
| 1902. | Bell, Rev. Edwin, New Canaan, Conn. Baptist.
Slander. Arrested. |
| 1907. | Bell, Rev. E. A., Chicago. Fighting. |
| 1913. | Bell, Rev. J. M., McKinney, Tex. Campbellite.
Adultery and wife desertion. |
| 1912. | Bennett, Rev. C. O., Millwood, Ga. Baptist.
Killed in duel with his cousin. |
| 1913. | Bennett, Rev. Fred E., Evanston, Ill. Attempting
to bribe a witness to commit perjury. |
| 1902. | Bennett, Rev. Jos., Lansford, Pa. Owed church
$200; disappeared, leaving letter for girl with whom he was accused of
intimacy, saying he had committed suicide. |
| 1909. | Bennett, Rev. Jos., Owensboro, Ky. Suicide. |
| 1907. | Bentz, Rev. John, Covington, Ky. Sued for
slander. |
| 1912. | Bergen, Rev. John, New York, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Indecent attempt on young girl; convicted; later gave name as
Rev. John P. Devaney. |
| 1902. | Berkemeier, Rev. H. J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Lutheran. Summoned to court for detaining immigrant girl. |
| 1899. | Berrien, Rev. J. C, Steubenville, O. Crime of a
revolting nature with boys. |
| Berry, Rev. Chas. L., Pawnee, Okla. Presbyterian.
Looting bank; twenty years’ sentence. |
| 1907. | Bertrand, Rev. August, Windsor, Mich. Attempted
to entice 12-year-old girls. |
| 1911. | Besse, Rev. Henry T., San Jose, Cal. Sued for
breach of promise. |
| 1905. | Bettes, Rev. Sam’l G., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Evangelist. Bastardy; arrested as he was about to sail for Panama as
chaplain appointed by President Roosevelt. |
| 1900. | Bettles, Rev. Albert, Lincoln, Neb. Evangelist.
Poisoning himself and girl he had betrayed. |
| 1905. | Betts, Rev. S. E., Topeka, Kan. Methodist.
Slander of another minister’s wife. |
| 1911. | Bichel, Rev. Albert A., Baltimore, Md. Methodist.
Deserted family. |
| 1911. | Bichel, Carl, Kansas City. Divinity student. Held
for murder. |
| Bigam, Rev. R. J., Milledgeville, Ga. Methodist.
Immorality and drunkenness. |
| 1910. | Biggs, Rev. George W., Cincinnati, O. Former
chaplain of Texas Legislature. Arrested as a common thief;
confessed. |
| 1908. | Billings, Rev. C. M., Blackville, S. C. Baptist.
Intimate with Negro girl, servant of family. Resigned; left town. |
| 1910. | Bivans, Rev. J. T., Salina, Kan. Methodist.
Immoral conduct; suspended. |
| 1901. | Bivens, Rev. R. D., Nicholasville, Ky. Methodist.
Assault; pleaded guilty; fined. |
| 1901. | Bixby, Rev. Jos. P., Boston, Mass. Contempt of
court. |
| 1901. | Black, Rev. Henry, chaplain British cruiser at
St. Johns, N. F. Suicide. |
| 1901. | Blackiston, Rev. W. E., Windsor, N. J.
“Left a trail of scandal behind him,” says his wife. |
| 1902. | Blake, Rev. John H., Montclair, N. J. Methodist.
“Serious charge” by a woman; arrested. |
| 1904. | Blakemore, Rev. F. P., Tecumseh, Neb. Methodist.
Immorality and profanity. |
| 1912. | Blanchet, Rev. John B., Philadelphia, Pa.
Episcopal. Charged with stealing church and contents by means of a
fraudulent deed. Also arrested for cruelty to animals. |
| 1910. | Bliesz, Rev. A., Dayton, O. Catholic. Living in
illegal state with woman. |
| 1899. | Bliss, Rev. Leon D., Great Barrington, Mass.
Congregational. Defendant in $5,000 damage suit for slandering
women. |
| 1906. | Bloom, Rev. A. W., San Jose, Cal. Christian.
Eighteen months for horse stealing on plea of guilty. |
| 1909. | Bockman, Rev. H., Beaver Dam, Wis. Lutheran.
“Peeping Tom.” Ousted. |
| 1904. | Bolton, Rev. Floyd, Six Mile, Ind. Deceiving
young women; fled. |
| 1899. | Boone, Rev. Daniel, Washington, Md. Stealing from
woman; disorderly; fined. |
| 1910. | Boord, Rev. Thomas G., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist.
Tried to sell his children at auction. |
| 1911. | Booth, Rev. A. L., Elizabeth City, N. C.
Methodist. Misappropriated missionary and conference funds. |
| 1905. | Booze, Rev. Coleman, Buchanan, Va. Baptist. Set
fire to his church and smashed doors of residence with an ax;
arrested. |
| 1905. | Bope, Rev. F. W., Zanesville, O. Episcopal.
Debauchery and licentiousness. |
| 1901. | Born, Rev. Peter, Detroit, Mich. Lutheran.
Abusing wife and adultery. |
| Borrough, Rev. Geo. T., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Episcopal. Passing forged check; grafter. |
| 1906. | Boscher, Rev. Henry, New York. Lutheran. Vagrancy
and fraud. |
| 1908. | Bostwick, Rev. Mr., Wyaconda, Mo. Methodist.
Criminal assault. |
| 1912. | Bourne, Rev. Alexander P., Cambridge, Mass.
Constructive larceny. |
| 1911. | Bowen, Rev. Franklin, Paterson, N. J. Guilty of
disorderly conduct. |
| Bowers, Rev. E. T., Kansas City, Mo.
Presbyterian. Criminal intimacy and gross immoralities; found
guilty. |
| 1909. | Boyd, Rev. F., Logan, O. United Brethren.
Assault; six years. |
| 1899. | Boyer, Rev. C. H., D. D., Kansas City, Kan.
Evangelist. Horse stealing; five years in Missouri penitentiary. |
| 1903. | Boyer, Rev. Henry K., Robertsville, Conn.
Deserting blind wife after squandering her money. |
| 1910. | Bradburn, Rev. A. K., Charlotte, Mich. Methodist.
Arrested for larceny. |
| 1908. | Brady, Rev. James, Fort Smith, Ark. Catholic.
Bastardy. |
| 1914. | Brales, S. Virum, San Antonio, Tex. Catholic.
Shot by a parishioner and his son, when caught by them in criminal
conduct in their home. |
| 1903. | Branham, Rev. Clifton H., Bluefield, W. Va.
Murder of wife. |
| 1900. | Brannock, Rev. J. A., Cherryvale, Mo. Baptist.
Inducing married woman to leave home for him. |
| 1911. | Bray, Rev., Suffolk, Va. Took money and jewels
from a woman. |
| 1901. | Bredlinger, Rev. Wm., Cumberland, Md. Evangelist.
Criminal intimacy with daughters, 16 and 12; justified his conduct with
Bible quotation. |
| 1904. | Breen, Rev. S. Edmund, Danbury, Conn.
Congregational. Alleged to be thief and liar. |
| 1912. | Brenton, Rev. Cranston, Hartford, Conn.
Episcopal. Sued for divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty. |
| 1910. | Bresner, Rev. P., New York. Catholic.
Intoxication. |
| 1911. | Brewer, Rev. Charles, Olustee, Okla. Baptist.
Held for dynamiting Fort Riley. |
| 1906. | Bridewell, Rev. C. P., Atlanta, Ga. Presbyterian.
Suspended by Presbytery for gross immorality. |
| 1911. | Briggs, Rev. George W., Cincinnati. Methodist.
Larceny. |
| 1902. | Briggs, Rev. G. W., Paducah, Ky. Local.
“Cutting with intent to kill.” |
| 1902. | Bright, Rev. T., Charlotte, N. C. Baptist.
Fraudulently obtaining money by “endless chain;”
convicted. |
| 1901. | Brinsfield, Rev. G. W., Cambridge, Md. Local.
Criminal assault on sister-in-law. |
| 1903. | Brobst, Rev. F. J., Chicago, Ill. Attempting life
of wife, which he had insured. |
| 1913. | Brodt, Rev. John G., St. Louis, Mo. Presbyterian.
Taking young boys to disorderly resorts. |
| 1901. | Brooker, Rev. L. C, Kearney, Neb. Evangelist.
Bastardy; suicide. |
| 1914. | Brooks, Rev. Frank, Warsaw, Mo. Child
abandonment. |
| 1910. | Brooks, Rev. Lawson, Rochester, N. Y. Collected
money under false pretenses. Had two families. |
| 1913. | Brooks, Rev. Walter, Passaic, N. J. Charged with
assaulting his wife and threatening to shoot her. |
| 1905. | Brooks, Rev. W. H., Princeton, Ind. Attempted
train wrecking; jailed. |
| 1908. | Brophy, Rev. J. F., Coney Island, N. Y. Catholic.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | Brothemer, Rev. J. C., Frank, O. Catholic.
Assault and battery. |
| 1904. | Broughton, Rev. Len G., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist.
Fighting with chief of police at Albany, Ga. |
| 1899. | Brown, Rev. Mr., Kansas City, Mo. Neglect of
children; arrested. |
| 1900. | Brown, Rev. C. O., Chicago, Ill. Conduct
entitling wife to divorce. |
| 1905. | Brown, Rev. Chas. S., Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal.
Sued for separation by wife; reason unprinted. |
| 1901. | Brown, Rev. Chas. or David, alias Leonidas Brown,
Roxbury, Va., N. St. Paul, Minn. Evangelist. Assaulting girl; jumped
bail; charged with felonious assault in 1897. |
| 1908. | Brown, Rev. Chas. S. S., Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Gambling. |
| 1910. | Brown, Rev. C. S., Kansas City, Mo. Christian.
Murder and suicide. |
| 1908. | Brown, Rev. F. C., Rowayton, Ill. Baptist.
Seduction; expelled from ministry. |
| 1908. | Brown, Rev. G. A., Bloomington, Ill. Mismanaged
children’s home; used children to solicit funds. |
| Brown, Rev. Herbert, Paterson, N. J.
Presbyterian. Resistance to law. |
| 1899. | Brown, Rev. John W., Brooklyn, N. Y. Baptist.
Attempt at larceny; pleaded guilty. |
| 1900. | Brown, Rev. Lyman S., Liberty, Del. Methodist.
Forgery; indicted; suicide. |
| 1906. | Brown, Rev. O. M., Kentucky. Forgery. |
| 1906. | Brown, Rev. Wm., Burlington, Wis. Baptist.
Arrested for seduction and embezzlement. |
| 1913. | Brown, Rev. Will, Sterling, Ill. Caught with a
woman in a disorderly house. Pleaded guilty and was fined. |
| 1912. | Brown, Rev. W. A., Hyde Park, Mass. Presbyterian.
Sued for divorce on account of cruel and inhuman treatment. |
| 1902. | Brownback, Rev. G. W., Reading, Pa.
Congregational. Conduct compromising woman. |
| 1907. | Browning, Rev. W. T., Cleveland, Miss. Giving
fraudulent mortgage; arrested. |
| 1912. | Brownlee, Rev. J. M., Joplin, Mo. Baptist.
Immoral conduct with young girls. |
| 1901. | Bruce, Rev. J. G., alias J. B. Goddard, Selma,
Cal. United Brethren. Improper conduct toward women. |
| 1913. | Brueggeman, Rev. E. A., Zanesville, O. Disorderly
conduct; pleaded guilty and was fined. |
| 1900. | Brumbaugh, I. Harvey, Huntington, Pa. Dunkard
(called Church of the Brethren). Breach of promise. Convicted. Assessed
$9,250 damages. |
| 1899. | Bruner, Rev. Otto, Long Island. Methodist.
Adultery and elopement. |
| 1907. | Bryan, Rev. S., Millen, Ga. Methodist. Intimacy
with young woman; wife beating; suspended from ministry. |
| 1903. | Bryant, Rev. C. A., Jessup, Ia. Baptist.
Swindling; deserting wife. |
| 1900. | Bryant, Rev. Gay, Shoal Creek, N. C. Methodist.
Inciting mob to burn a Sanctificationist church. |
| 1899. | Bryant, Rev. H. A., Fayetteville, Term.
Christian. Arrested for arson; committed suicide. |
| 1911. | Bryant, Rev. W. M., Moultrie, Ga. Operated a
“blind tiger.” |
| Buchanan, Rev. S. H., Clarksville, Ark.
Embezzlement of state asylum funds. |
| 1911. | Buchanan, Rev. Dr. W. D., New York. Convicted of
speeding. |
| 1912. | Buck, Rev. Mr., Ind. Free Methodist traveling
evangelist. Sued for divorce on the ground of adultery. |
| 1911. | Buckner, Rev. Henry, Fairgeld, Ill. Methodist.
Attacked young girl. |
| 1906. | Budanauro, Rev. E. E., Monmouth, Ill. Baptist.
Disappeared, leaving wife and debts. |
| 1908. | Buddington, Rev. A. L., Adrian, Mich. Free
Methodist. Eloping. |
| 1905. | Budlong, Rev. C. J., Rhode Island. Campbellite.
Illegal use of mails; assault on 12-year-old girl; one year in jail;
long criminal record. |
| 1901. | Budzikowiski, Rev. F. J., Minneapolis, Minn.
Catholic. Suicide by shooting. |
| 1913. | Buell, Rev. Henry A., Washington, N. J. Baptist.
Improper conduct with daughter of a fellow-preacher. |
| 1908. | Bulgin, Rev. E. J., Hanford, Cal. Evangelist.
Swindling; ordered by court to make good. |
| 1907. | Bull, Rev. D. W., Syracuse, N. Y. Congregational.
Practicing ophthalmology without license; arrested. |
| 1902. | Bullard, Rev. Frederick, Circleville, O.
Presbyterian. Inviting girl to assignation; suspended. |
| 1904. | Bullock, Rev. C. S., Stratford, Conn.
Independent. Bastardy. |
| 1899. | Bumkala, Rev. Jos., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Absconding with church funds. |
| 1913. | Bunn, Rev. W. G., Geneva, N. Y. Reckless speeding
while drunk. Fined on his plea of guilty. |
| 1903. | Bunnell, Rev. Noah, Up. Sandusky, O. Attempting
suicide. |
| 1907. | Burbridge, Rev. A., Wichita, Kan. Murdered wife;
attempted suicide; executed. |
| 1900. | Burgess, Rev. C. C., Wolfville, N. S. Baptist.
Though married, seduced single woman; deposed. |
| 1903. | Burgess, Rev. Dawson, alias Bert Dawson,
Wessington, S. D. Christian. Left wife in Iowa; married again in S. D.
and decamped with mortgaged property, leaving creditors. |
| 1911. | Burgess, Rev. Dr. Frederick, Brooklyn. Episcopal.
Arrested for speeding auto. |
| 1900. | Burrows, Rev. Edward, Camden, N. J.
Congregational. Bigamy; arrested; three wives. |
| Burt, Rev. O. C, Quarryville, Pa. Methodist.
Eloping with a parishioner; whipped by girl’s father and deposed;
wife and two children; bigamist. |
| 1899. | Bush, Rev. J. W., Cincinnati, O. Methodist. Theft
and grafting. |
| 1906. | Butcher, Rev. A. C., Clinton, Ind. Arrested for
criminal assault on 14-year-old girl. Held for $1,500. |
| 1900. | Butler, Rev. J. B. K., Norfolk, Va. Baptist.
Unministerial conduct. |
| 1912. | Butler, Rev. George H., Sherwood Park, N. Y.
Episcopal. Sued for assault on a woman. |
| 1911. | Butler, Rev. G. H. H., Yonkers, N. Y. Episcopal.
Slander. |
| 1914. | Butterworth, Rev. Robert F., Seattle, Wash.
Reorganized Church Latter Day Saints. Murderous assault. The clergyman
refused to quit a shack condemned by the city, and shot the health
inspector, who tried to eject him. |
| 1907. | Buttington, Rev. J. H., Hamilton, O. Jailed with
his companion, a married woman. |
| 1903. | Byars, J. P., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist.
Eloping with married woman. |
| 1914. | Byles, Rev. Charles H., Lockport, Ill.
Congregational. In trouble with his church for divers alleged
improprieties. |
| 1907. | Byrnes, Rev. Wm., Luverne, Minn. Methodist.
Suspended from clergy for immoral conduct with two young girls. |
| Calaway, Rev. J. L., Adair, Mo. Methodist.
Stealing horse and buggy; woman in the case. |
| 1903. | Caldwell, Rev. J. M., Chicago. Methodist.
Arrested on a serious charge; attempted suicide. |
| 1913. | Call, Chaplain W. J., San Quentin, Cal. Grafting
on prisoners. Confessed and was removed. |
| 1911. | Callahan, Father Michael F., Denver. Catholic.
Misappropriated funds. |
| Calvin, Rev. John, Green Co., Ala. Methodist.
Killed one man and fatally wounded another in fight; intimacy with wife
of man killed. |
| 1914. | Cameron, Rev. Edward C., Palisade, Colo. Baptist.
Larceny and fraud. |
| 1909. | Campbell, Rev. H. R., Stamping Ground, Ky.
Campbellite. left wife for affinity; resigned; arrested. |
| Campbell, Bish. W. B., Toledo, O. Evangelist.
Embezzling church funds; arrested. |
| 1900. | Campeau, Rev. J. V., Manchaug, Mass. Catholic.
Slander; sued for $8,000. |
| 1899. | Canning, Rev. John, Exeter, Mass. Catholic.
Seduction; sued by girl’s father. |
| 1912. | Capps, Rev. Marion, Bonanza, Ark. Methodist.
Murder; sentenced to death. |
| 1904. | Carack, Rev. Victor, Snowshoe, Pa. Catholic.
Cruelly beating a boy; jailed. |
| 1914. | Carlin, Rev. Philip C., Methodist.
Wife-desertion. |
| 1911. | Carlson, J. S., Spokane, Wash. “Once a
preacher.” Fined for intoxication. |
| 1911. | Carlson, Kurtz, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran. Bigamy;
pleaded guilty. |
| 1909. | Carmichael, Rev. J. H., Battle Run, Mich. Murder;
suicide. |
| 1911. | Carosini, Father Joseph A., Pueblo, Colo.
Catholic. Arrested for assault. |
| 1912. | Carpenter, Rev. Arthur H., Cromwell, Conn.
Baptist. Resigned pastorate under fire. Accused of
“indiscretion” with married woman. |
| 1901. | Carpenter, Rev. J. C., Eldersville, Pa.
Methodist. Conspiracy; indicted; arrested. |
| 1907. | Carpenter, Rev., Dover, Del. Holiness. Deceived
wife; seduced young woman. |
| 1907. | Carr, Rev. J. H., Baltimore, Md. Arrested for
stealing. |
| 1909. | Carr, Rev. T. J., Topeka, Kan. Baptist.
Wife-beating. |
| 1909. | Carroll, Rev. J. H., Wallingford, Conn. Catholic.
Slander. |
| 1902. | Carrothers, Rev. Mr., Hackensack, N. J.
Methodist. Conspiracy; intimacy with a sister of the church. |
| 1909. | Carruthers, Rev. Francis, New Waterford, O.
Presbyterian. Arrested for drunkenness. |
| 1907. | Carska, Rev. A., Glassport, Pa. Murder. |
| 1910. | Carter, Rev. G. T., Paterson, N. J. Baptist.
Paying attentions to 15-year-old girl; divorced. |
| 1908. | Carter, Rev. Joseph, Columbus, Ind. United
Brethren. Intoxicated in company of two women. |
| 1901. | Cartledge, Rev. H., Rock Spr., Neb. Methodist.
Attempted rape; fined. |
| 1910. | Casey, Rev. M. A., Tacoma, Wash. Methodist
Episcopal. Immorality; resigned. |
| 1901. | Cash, Rev. W. B., Pierson, Ia. Christian. Eloping
with parishioner’s wife. |
| 1903. | Cassada, Rev. W. R., Somerset, Ky. Violation of
revenue law. |
| 1913. | Chadbourne, Rev. James P., Roxbury, Mass.
Methodist. Wife desertion. Sued for divorce, and hastily resigned from
the ministry. |
| 1914. | Chadwick, W. S., Greenville, S. C. Local
preacher. Wife beating and murder. |
| 1905. | Chamberlain, Rev. H. W., Priest River, Idaho.
Congregational. Attempted suicide. |
| 1905. | Chamberlain, Rev. Mr., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Swindling in real estate transaction. |
| 1899. | Chapman, Rev. Austin, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Assaulting wife; jailed. |
| 1913. | Chapman, Rev. John C., New York, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Fraud. |
| 1903. | Chase, Rev. Alfred, St. Johns, Mich. Stealing;
arrested; fled. |
| Chase, Rev. E. H., Fairfield. Methodist. Stole
another minister’s coat and Bible. |
| 1908. | Chase, Canon William Sheafe, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Episcopal. Contempt of court. |
| 1906. | Chattin, Rev. J. M., Chicago. Catholic. Immoral
conduct with inmates of his home for boys. |
| 1909. | Chavis, Rev. Jordan, 8th Regt., Ill.
Co-respondent in divorce case. |
| 1900. | Cheney, Rev. T. B., Washington C. H., O.
Methodist. Suicide by cutting throat. |
| 1903. | Cherry, Rev. B. A., Winchester, Tenn. Subornation
of perjury; incendiarism; fraud; expelled. |
| 1899. | Cheshire, Rev. Chas. B., Newark, N. J. Obtaining
money under false pretenses. |
| 1908. | Chew, Rev. F. R., Missouri. Methodist.
Irregularities. |
| 1900. | Childs, Rev. John P., Marysville, O. Church of
Christ. Failing to provide for wife; sued for divorce. |
| 1913. | Chiles, Rev. John, Topeka, Kan. Illegal
liquor-selling. |
| 1911. | Chilton, Rev. Charles H., Birmingham, Ala.
Baptist. Arrested for adultery. |
| 1911. | Chincaloni, Father Felice, Youngstown, Pa.
Catholic. Arrested for kidnapping. |
| 1914. | Chip, Rev. E. G., Parsons, W. Va. Deserting wife
and child and eloping with a woman. |
| 1909. | Christian, Rev. R. W., Ashtabula, O. Baptist.
Embezzlement of church funds; forgery. |
| 1913. | Christy, Rev. Robert, Columbus, O. Keeping
disorderly house. |
| 1912. | Cissel, Rev. Cassius C., D. D., Kokomo, Ind.
Methodist. Unfrocked for adultery. |
| 1899. | Civill, Rev. Acton T., Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
Methodist. Voluntarily resigned as “unfit.” |
| 1909. | Claflin, Rev. M. C., Garden City, Minn.
Methodist. Disappeared with money and girl not his own. |
| 1899. | Clare, Rev. E. H., Brooklyn, N. Y. Lutheran.
Slander; summoned to police court. |
| 1908. | Clark, Rev. Geo., Roseburg, Ore. Methodist. Money
under false pretenses. Eloped with 17-year-old girl. |
| 1900. | Clark, Rev. Thos., Wood Co., W. Va. Shot his
neighbor, Dempsey, dead. |
| 1905. | Clark, Rev. Warren E., New York. Episcopal.
Raising and not accounting for Japanese orphan fund. |
| 1905. | Clarkson, Rev. Nestor, Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Non-payment of alimony to wife who divorced him. |
| 1901. | Cleary, Rev. B. F., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist.
Eloped with 16-year-old girl. |
| 1898. | Clear, Rev. M. J., Grafton, O. Catholic. Assault
on girl; fined and transferred. |
| 1901. | Clemmons, Rev. H. E., Memphis, Tenn. Baptist.
Selling mortgaged property; arrested. |
| 1913. | Click, Rev. William, McAlester, Okla. Apostolic.
Manslaughter. |
| 1909. | Clifton, Rev. J. J., Sioux City, Ia. Campbellite.
Criminal assault on 4-year-old girl. |
| 1906. | Cline, Rev. E. C., Eden Valley, Kan. Methodist.
“Led about a sister” not his own wife. |
| 1912. | Coad, Rev. J. E., Butte, Mont. Methodist. Charged
with immorality. |
| 1904. | Cockran, Rev. W. F., So. Bethlehem, Pa.
Methodist. Gambling; suspended. |
| 1905. | Codman, Rt. Rev. Bishop, Diocese of Maine.
Episcopal. Criminal libel; indicted by grand jury. |
| 1908. | Coff, Abis, Tahlihina, Okla. Choctaw Indian
Missionary. Murder. |
| 1899. | Coffey, Rev. Wm. N., Des Moines, Ia. Christian.
Robbed an old lady of her life savings, $600. |
| 1908. | Coffman, Rev. S. C., Marion Co., W. Va.
Methodist. Wife murder. |
| 1913. | Cohron, Rev. J. L., St Louis, Mo. Baptist.
Embezzlement. |
| 1907. | Colin, Rev. J. H., Wenatchee, Wash. Catholic.
Betrayed 17-year-old girl; held for trial. |
| 1902. | Collins, Rev. Jas., Chittenango, N. Y. Catholic.
Burglary in third degree; convicted of assault in 1900. |
| 1911. | Collins, Rev. John M., Sacramento, Cal.
Contributing to dependence of 17-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Coltharp, Rev. Ham, Knoxville, Tenn. Baptist.
Divorced by wife. |
| 1909. | Colton, Rev. C. H., Buffalo, N. Y. Catholic.
Embezzlement. |
| 1899. | Combus, Rev. B. C., Perry, Okla. Attempting
extortion; jailed. |
| 1903. | Comer, Rev. J. L., Russiaville, Ind. Intoxicated;
arrested; fined. |
| 1911. | Condit, Rev. Henry J., Newark, N. J.
Congregationalist. Arrested for slander. |
| 1906. | Connell, Rev. W. J., Lamar, Col. Presbyterian.
Assault on 16-year-old girl; eighteen years in penitentiary. |
| 1901. | Conniff, Rev. Jas., Louisville, Ky. Catholic.
Paternity of child born out of wedlock. |
| 1913. | Conroy, Coadjutor Bishop Joseph; Ogdensburg, N.
Y. Roman Catholic. Conspiracy. |
| 1911. | Consolazio, Father Bernardin, Trenton, N. J.
Catholic. Held for trial for fraud; elopement. |
| 1900. | Cook, Rev. Elisha, Richmond, Va. Teaching boys to
steal; six months. |
| 1907. | Cook, Rev. F. J., Peoria, Ill. Methodist. Fined
for assault on 13-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Cook, Rev. L. O., Kenton, O. Methodist. Arrested
in hotel with grass widow. |
| 1907. | Cooke, Rev. J. K., Hempstead, L. I. Episcopal.
Left wife to elope with his “spiritual” ward. |
| 1906. | Coombs, Rev. C. T., Pittsburgh, Pa. Living with
affinity instead of wife. |
| 1909. | Coons, Rev. W. F., Hoosick, N. Y. Baptist.
Visiting disorderly houses; divorced. |
| 1912. | Cooper, Rev. R. T., Springfield, Mass. Methodist.
Immoral conduct; caught during the Methodist conference at Minneapolis,
Minn., and sentenced to the workhouse. |
| 1899. | Copeland, Rev. John A., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
Slander; fled from tar and feathers. |
| 1904. | Copeland, Rev. Levi B. H., Palmyra, N. J.
Baptist. Improper suggestions to lady, who brought charges. |
| 1912. | Cordell, Rev. Harold, Beulah, Ind. Christian.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1904. | Cordova, Rev. J. F., South River, N. J.
Methodist. Eloping; abusing wife; four years. |
| 1901. | Corey, Rev. Geo., New York. Methodist. Fraudulent
land transactions; sued. |
| 1905. | Cormack, Rev. Jos., W. McHenry, Ill. Methodist.
Kidnapping; indicted by grand jury. |
| 1910. | Cornforth, Rev. Athelstane, New York. Episcopal.
Left wife to elope; suicide. |
| 1901. | Cory-Thomas, Rev. T., Ishpeming, Mich. Episcopal.
Improper conduct; guilty; debarred. |
| 1914. | Cottam, Rev. J. A., Dearborn, Mich. Methodist
Episcopal. Arson. |
| 1908. | Coultman, Rev. D. M., St. Catharines, Ont.
Baptist. Ministerial conduct. |
| 1910. | Courtenay, Rev. A. M., Zanesville, O. Methodist.
Fighting. |
| 1902. | Couzins, Rev. I. D., Elm Grove, W. Va. Church of
God. Drunkenness; arrested. |
| 1909. | Covell, Rev. H. E., Long Island. Non-support of
wife. |
| 1902. | Cowherd, Rev. Alex., Indianapolis, Ind. Giving
bogus mortgage; arrested. |
| 1913. | Cox, Rev. A. T., Elm Grove, W. Va. Christian.
Elopement with 14-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Cox, Rev. Charles, Morehead, Ky. Leaving wife and
eloping with girl. |
| 1905. | Cox, Rev. James B., Saltville, Va. Baptist.
Chicken stealing; 30 days in jail. |
| 1907. | Cox, Rev. J. R., Jonesboro, Tenn. Baptist.
Chicken theft; thirty days. |
| 1911. | Coyle, Rev. E. T., Indianapolis, Ind. Awaiting
trial for larceny. |
| 1911. | Crabtreeman, Rev. Mr., Wayne Co., Tenn.
Presbyterian. Illicit whisky selling. |
| 1904. | Crafts, Rev. Wilbur F., Washington, D. C. Misuse
of U. S. mails. |
| 1908. | Craig, Rev. John W., Newark, N. J. Episcopal.
Swindling. |
| 1903. | Craig, Rev. Robert Lee, Omaha, Neb. Episcopal.
Slaughtering song birds; fined. |
| 1911. | Crane, Rev. William, Redke, Ind. Christian.
Celebrated successful ending of revivals by getting drunk and
disorderly. |
| 1899. | Cranfill, Rev. J. B., Texas. Baptist. Slandering
Rev. Dr. Hayden; tried; $60,000 damages. |
| 1902. | Crawford, Rev. C. H., Amherst, Va. Contempt of
court; cowhided by judge. |
| 1911. | Crawford, Rev. E. D., Chicago. Methodist. Found
guilty of slander; fined $4,000. |
| 1901. | Crawford, Rev. R. E., Tioga Co., N. Y. Methodist.
Petty larceny; arrested. |
| Cree, Rev. E. C., City of Mexico. Episcopal.
Stealing books; caught in the act. |
| Critchlow, Rev. L. A., Iowa. Come-outer. Living
with woman not his wife; arrested. |
| 1908. | Crociata, Rev. F., No. Adams, Mass. Catholic.
Complicity in assault causing death; three years. |
| 1900. | Crockett, Rev. J. Ad., New York. Left wife, who
sued for divorce. |
| Crooks, Rev. James D., Troy, Ida. Methodist
Episcopal. Murder. |
| 1912. | Cross, Rev. Holmes, Louisville, Ky. Methodist.
Disorderly conduct. |
| 1913. | Cross, Rev. Sydney, Westfield, N. J. Episcopal.
Criminal conduct with boys. |
| 1900. | Crow, Rev. T. P., Owensboro, Ky. Methodist.
Drunkenness; withdrew from church. |
| 1902. | Crowther, Rev. J. C., Vernon, N. Y. Consorting
with disreputable characters; sued for divorce. |
| 1904. | Crudup, Rev. Essex J., Plainfield, N. J.
Misbehaving with four women; arrested. |
| 1900. | Cuff, Rev. John, New York. Obtaining money under
false pretenses; jailed. |
| 1906. | Culley, Rev. G. H., Philadelphia, Pa.
Campbellite. Embezzlement. |
| 1900. | Culver, Rev. R. M., Bowling Green, O. Receiving
stolen goods; fined $50. |
| 1906. | Cummings, Rev. M. G., Murphysboro, Ill.
Campbellite. Arson. |
| 1908. | Cummings, Rev. Wm., Elk Rapids, Mich. Eloped with
wife’s sister. |
| 1899. | Cunningham, Rev. H., Franklin, W. Va. Robbery;
stealing $1,500; five years. |
| 1899. | Curran, Rev. Michael, Gloucester, N. J. Catholic.
Assault and threat to shoot. |
| Cusack, Rev. John, Cincinnati, O. Catholic.
Drunkenness; resisting officer; jailed. |
| 1913. | Cuthriell, Rev. John F., Baltimore, Md. Dismissed
from ministry for running after strange women. |
| 1908. | Cutler, Rev. Frederick, Yonkers, N. Y. Reformer.
Fraud. |
| 1908. | Dack, Rev. Herbert W., East African Missionary.
Methodist. Forgery. |
| 1911. | Dagenais, Rev. Father, Bryson, Can. Catholic.
Sued for defamation of character. |
| 1899. | Dahlke, Rev. G. J., Colfax, Wash. Running away
with married woman; jailed. |
| 1914. | Dahlstrom, Rev. Albert, Tacoma, Wash. Founder of
Heliga sect. Convicted of white slavery. |
| 1907. | Dahlstrom, Rev. A., Chicago. Abduction of
17-year-old girl. |
| 1913. | Daily, Rev. Elmer, Topeka, Kan. Wife
desertion. |
| 1911. | Damstater, Louis, Cleveland, O. Jewish rabbi.
Sentenced to six months in jail for larceny. |
| 1913. | Darby, Rev. William L., New York, N. Y. City
missionary. Non-support of wife. |
| 1899. | Daugherty, Rev. H. C., Scott Co., Tenn. Killing
Wm. Ross with shotgun. |
| 1911. | David, Rev. Israel, Providence, R. I. Baptist.
Robbery. |
| 1909. | Davidson, Rev. E. E., Piqua, O. Church of Christ.
Eluded officer with warrant for desertion. Denied common law
marriage. |
| 1912. | Davis, Rev. Ben., Louisville, Ky. Baptist. Wanted
by police for murder. |
| 1913. | Davis, Rev. Cader Russell. Ex-Christian preacher.
Adultery. |
| 1902. | Davis, Rev. John, Pedricktown, N. J. Baptist.
Deserting affianced bride at altar; fled. |
| 1900. | Davis, Rev. Edwards, Oakland, Cal. Deserting
wife. Sued for divorce. |
| 1910. | Davis, Rev. J. A., Woodstock, Can. Methodist
Episcopal. Adultery with 16-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Davis, Rev. J. P., Coshocton, O.
Sanctificationist. Beating wife; intimacy with other women; sued for
divorce. |
| 1901. | Davis, Rev. King, Earleboro, Okla. Assault on
12-year-old girl; killing her father. |
| 1900. | Davis, Rev. Wesley R., Washington, D. C. Passing
worthless check; arrested. |
| 1902. | Davis, Rev. W. L., Dublin, O. Deserting family;
divorced; failed to pay alimony; arrested. |
| 1901. | Davis, Rev. Mr., Easton, Md. Stealing; jailed;
escaped. |
| 1901. | Dawkins, Rev. Eliphas, Cherokee Co., S. C.
Murdering his wife. |
| 1911. | Day, Rev. John, Muskogee, Ok. Christian.
Bigamist. |
| 1906. | Day, Rev. J. A., Revelstock, B. C. Financial
fraud. |
| 1899. | Day, Rev. Mr. Fairbank, Ia. Intimacy with another
man’s wife; fled to escape tar and feathers. |
| 1901. | Deal, Rev. Mr., Rutherford, N. C. Assaulting
15-year-old girl; jailed. |
| 1900. | Dean, Rev. George, Findlay, O. Adventist. Eloping
with school girl; arrested. |
| 1914. | Decker, Rev. Nathaniel, Bolivar, Pa.
Saint’s church (faith healing). Assault and battery. |
| 1912. | DeGroth, Rev. Frank, Chicago, Ill. Arrested for
“improper conduct.” |
| 1905. | DeLarme, Rev. A. A., Paterson, N. J. Baptist.
Accused of breach of promise; resigned. |
| 1907. | Deller, Rev. W. N., Altoona, Pa. United Brethren.
Found in hotel with 19-year-old girl; resigned. |
| 1906. | Dempsey, Rev. J. M.. Lineville, Ia. Attempted to
wed a second time while first wife lived. |
| 1904. | Denham, Rev. Benj. Q., New York. Disciples.
Indecent exposure. |
| 1908. | Denham, Rev. B. Q., New York. Disciples.
Adultery. |
| 1913. | DePue, Rev. James H., Arlington, Va.
Presbyterian. Receiving money on false pretenses. |
| 1905. | Derrick, Rev. B., bishop, New York. Methodist.
Libel, conspiracy, maladministration, and other misdemeanors. |
| 1907. | DeVries, Rev. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Christian
Reformed. Improper conduct; expelled. |
| 1906. | DeWoody, Rev. Chas., Utica, N. Y. Baptist.
Conduct unbecoming a Christian; resigned. |
| 1914. | Diamond, Rev. George I., D. D., Beaumont, Tex.
Larceny. |
| 1900. | Diana, Rev. Fr., Alpha, N. J. Catholic.
Drunkenness; debauchery; forgery; arrested. |
| 1905. | Dick, Rev. Jacob, Indian Territory. Evangelist.
Fraudulent real estate transactions. |
| 1902. | Dickerson, Rev. Charles H., Newark, N. J.
Congregational. Stealing altar furniture; broke jail. |
| 1907. | Dickson, Rev. T. J., San Antonio, Tex. Chaplain.
Shot a soldier. |
| 1903. | Dillard, Rev. H. C., Spring Hope, N. C. Writing
obscene letters to a girl. |
| 1903. | Dillon, Rev. J. P., Rolla, Mo. Evangelist. Dual
life; woman confessed; sued, he fled. |
| 1908. | Dimmit, Rev. J. H., Valley Junction, Ia.
Congregational. Dismissed from ministry for misconduct. |
| 1900. | Dixon, Rev. Jos. K., Boston, Mass. Baptist.
Adultery; divorced. |
| 1911. | Doak, Rev. J. A., Quinton, Kan. Criminally
assaulted a little girl. |
| 1900. | Dobson, Rev. Robert, New York, N. Y. Deceived
Sunday school teacher; borrowed her money and broke promise to marry;
jailed. |
| Dodd, Rev. Richard, Clinton, Ky. Bastardy and
complicity in infanticide. |
| 1905. | Dodge, Rev. John, Lebanon, Ind. Holiness.
Stabbing parishioner; arrested. |
| 1905. | Doherty, Rev. Richard, Marcus Rock, Pa.
Episcopal. False report; horsewhipped. |
| 1902. | Donahoe, Bish. P. J., Philippi, Md. Catholic.
Contempt of court as executor of will; summoned. |
| 1912. | Donaldson, Rev. Aaron B., St. Louis, Mo.
Methodist. Sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for swindling
an aged parishioner. |
| 1902. | Donaldson, Aug. M., Rossville, N. Y.
Manslaughter. “Straight Edge” society leader. |
| 1902. | Donaldson, Rev. M. V., Vacaville, Cal. Nocturnal
exploits with women; drunkenness. |
| 1911. | Donatella, Francis, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic.
Wanted for abducting a 15-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | Donnelly, Rev. Ed., Bingham, Utah. Catholic.
Dismissed from church for drunkenness. |
| 1899. | Donnelly, Rev. Robert, Denver, Col. Evangelist.
Burglary; jailed. |
| 1909. | Donnelly, Rev. Mr., New York. Theft. |
| 1908. | Doolittle, Rev. Chas., Anderson, Ind. Evangelist.
Non-support. |
| 1904. | Dorr, Rev. Henry, Brooklyn, N. Y. Thrice arrested
for wife beating. |
| 1909. | Dorsey, Rev. Wm., St. Louis, Mo. Campbellite.
Stealing; jailed. |
| 1909. | Dougherty, Rev. R. T., Fargo, N. D.
Congregational. Suicide pact with college student; latter killed
himself. |
| 1899. | Doughty, Elder L. M., Whitley, Ill. Improper
conduct with girl; resigned. |
| 1914. | Douglass, Rev. Archie, Sayre, Pa. Itinerant
preacher. Arrested on charge of serious offense against a 15-year-old
girl. |
| 1901. | Douglass, Rev. Jas., Atlanta, Ga. United
Brethren. Bigamy and forgery in various states. |
| 1911. | Douthitt, Rev. S. W., Arkansas City, Kans. United
Presbyterian. Arrested for drunkenness and spent night in jail. |
| 1912. | Dow, Rev. T. J., Minneapolis, Minn. Christian.
Sued for alienation of affections. |
| 1903. | Dowie, John A., Chicago, Ill. Christian Catholic.
Libel; mulcted $2,000. |
| 1911. | Dowie, William, Cleveland, Ohio. Evangelist.
Fined $10 for assault and battery. |
| 1911. | Doyle, Rev. Clyde, Amite, La. Arrested and sent
to jail in Texas for four years for bigamy, embezzlement and wife
desertion. |
| 1894. | Doyle, Rev. Gregory, Hart Co., Ky. Baptist.
Seduction; abortion; girl died; sentenced for life. |
| 1899. | Drake, Rev. Edward, Chillicothe, O. Co-respondent
in divorce suit. |
| 1913. | Drake, Rev. Paul H., Beverly, Mass. Universalist.
Disorderly conduct and obstructing the sidewalk. |
| 1907. | Driver, Rev. S. M., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist.
Unbalanced by drink. |
| 1900. | Dryden, Rev. M. F., Wheeling, W. Va. Methodist.
Choked wife; killed by her father. |
| 1908. | Dryer, Rev. Geo. H., New York. Methodist.
Defalcation. |
| 1901. | Duceman, Rev. J. V., Goshen, O. United Brethren.
Attempted suicide by shooting. |
| 1899. | Duchon, Rev. Fr., St. Louis, Mo. Catholic. Fled
with parish funds and his housekeeper. |
| 1900. | Dudley, Rev. Lewis, St. Louis, Mo. Church of God.
Assault and battery; arrested. |
| 1900. | Duffy, Rev. Fr., Port Jervis, N. Y. Catholic.
Suicide in New York, found dead in hotel. |
| 1909. | Du Lubicz, Rev. Antonio, Winnipeg, Man. Catholic.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1909. | Dumouline, Rev. W. G., San Francisco, Cal.
Cruelty and desertion; divorced. |
| Dunbar, Rev. Edward, Cal., Ark., N. Y. Methodist.
Desertion of wife, and adultery. |
| 1909. | Duncan, Rev. D. B., Crawfordsville, Ind.
Presbyterian. Cruel and inhuman treatment of wife; divorced. |
| 1900. | Duncan, Rev. Kenneth, San Francisco, Cal.
Evangelist. Petty larceny; stole clothes; jailed. |
| 1913. | Duncan, Matthew and Luke, Knoxville, Tenn.
Baptist. Assault. |
| 1904. | Dundonough, Rev. Jas., Eau Claire, Wis. Ran away
with girl, forsaking flock. |
| 1912. | Dunn, Rev. William F., Evansville, Ind.
Methodist. Immoral conduct; three months in jail. |
| 1909. | Dunnigan, Rev. A. P., Hempstead, L. I. Catholic.
Alienated a wife’s affections. |
| 1908. | Dunworth, Rev. Wm., New London, Conn. Catholic.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | Duperon, Rev. Fr., Worcester, Mass. Catholic.
Deceiver and swindler. |
| Dwello, Rev. P. N., Marshalltown, Ia. Methodist.
Slander and libel. |
| 1911. | Dwindle, Dr. O. T., Peoria, Ill. Methodist.
Misappropriated funds of the church. |
| 1901. | Dye, Rev. Geo. E., Willows, Cal. Baptist.
Intimacy with widow; resigned. |
| 1905. | Dyer, Rev. W. T., Reedbrake, Ala. Deserting wife
and eloping with her sister. |
| 1902. | Dynia, Rev. M. A., New Bedford, Mass. Catholic.
Co-respondent in divorce suit; threatened accusing husband with a
pistol, and was jailed. |
| 1903. | Earl, Rev. Daniel, B. A., Bedford, Que.
Methodist. Too great familiarity with a young woman. |
| 1905. | Early, Rev. Fred, Maury Co., Tenn.
Sanctificationist. Murder and suicide. |
| 1907. | Easterday, Rev. G. H., Stewartsville, N. J.
Congregational. Entanglement with his “spiritual ward”;
left town on 48 hours’ notice from deacons. |
| 1899. | Eastman, Rev. F. W., Nashville, Tenn.
Presbyterian. Rape; mistrial. |
| Eastman, Rev. J. M., Mohawk, O. Methodist.
Seduction of young girl; paid $2,600 to settle; deposed. |
| 1900. | Easton, Rev. Dr., Washington, D. C. Slandering
Olga Nethersole, the actress; sued; apologized. |
| 1906. | Eby, Rev. S. C., Clayton, Mo. Sued for divorce on
ground of intimacy with another woman. |
| 1912. | Eddings, Rev. John, Columbia, S. C. Holiness.
Criminal assault on 12-year-old girl; sentenced to thirty days’
hard labor. |
| 1911. | Edson, Rev. G. Clement, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Eloped with soloist of his church. |
| 1911. | Edwards, Rev. Alexander, Denver. Baptist. Killed
by husband of woman with whom he was criminally intimate. |
| 1908. | Edyvean, W. H., Cadillac, Mich. Methodist.
Adultery. |
| 1901. | Eicher, Deacon J., Decatur, Ind. Amish. Forgery;
1 to 14 years. |
| 1912. | Eills, Rev. John, Springfield, Mass. Unitarian.
Accused by wife of neglecting her for other women; defended Richeson,
the murderer, in the pulpit. |
| 1913. | Ekeland, Rev. Emanuel, Madison, Minn. Lutheran.
Arson. |
| 1912. | Elliott, Rev. Edward, Newark, N. J. Evangelist.
Sued for breach of promise. |
| 1904. | Elliott, Rev. M. C., Genesee, Ill. Giving out
worthless checks; jailed; he has a record as a juggler of funds. |
| 1909. | Elliott, Rev. R. W., Pittsburgh. Pentecost.
Co-respondent in divorce suit. |
| 1900. | Ellis, Rev. John, Foxboro, Mass. Unitarian.
Cruelty to wife; clandestine correspondence with another woman; sued
for divorce. |
| 1914. | Ellis, Rev. John, Bloomington, Ind. Presbyterian.
Immoral conduct. |
| 1904. | Ellis, Rev. Elwood O., Richmond, Ind. Friend.
Went on a week’s vacation with young woman; pronounced moral
degenerate. |
| 1901. | Ellison, Rev. John, Chattanooga, Tenn. Shooting
Sophia Johnson; arrested. |
| 1911. | Ellsworth, Rev. Philip B., Jefferstown, Ind.
Lutheran. Forgery. |
| 1903. | Ellwood, Rev. Robert A., Wilmington, Del.
Presbyterian. Inciting to lynching. |
| 1908. | Ellwood, Rev. R. A., Leavenworth, Kan.
Presbyterian. Seduction; resigned. |
| 1913. | Elmore, Rev. C. E., New Albany, Ky. Christian.
Assault. |
| 1905. | Elsworth, Rev. J. S., Paterson, N. J. Reformed.
Injudicious conduct with widow; resigned. |
| 1912. | Emelius, Rev. Charles, New Sweden, Me. Lutheran.
Accused of murder. |
| 1901. | Emerson, Rev. F. W., Topeka, Kan. Disturbance of
the peace; assaulting an officer; arrested. |
| 1905. | Erhard, Rev. Lawrence A., Chicago, Ill.
Scandalous living; paid $2,000 hush money. |
| 1913. | Erler, Rev. John, Seven Valleys, Pa. Lutheran.
Disfrocked for gross immorality. |
| 1913. | Eubank, Rev. Henry, Triplett, Mo. Christian.
Mutilating public records. |
| 1900. | Euster, Rev. W. T., Helena, Mont. Methodist.
Common liar; exposed by presiding elder at conference. |
| 1912. | Evans, Rev. Emerson G., Monroeton, Pa. Methodist.
Allowed to withdraw from church conference under threat of exposure for
immoral conduct. |
| 1909. | Evans, Rev. E. T., Port Huron, Mich. Episcopal.
Seduced 16-year-old girl; married her; spent her money on drink. Had
wife in Wales. |
| 1899. | Evans, Rev. W. R., Mandalin, N. Y. Methodist.
Intimacy with a girl he attempted to reform; lost pulpit. |
| Everett, Rev. M. L., Des Moines, Ia. Christian.
Charged with statutory offense; wife sued for divorce. |
| 1908. | Ewert, Rev. Arthur, Morrisonville, Ill.
Methodist. Slander. |
| 1908. | Ewing, Rev. Emmett, Athens, O. Forgery. |
| 1912. | Ewing, Rev. U. P., Newton, Kan. Baptist. Wanted
for embezzlement. |
| 1899. | Eyton, Rev. Robert, London. Episcopal. Scandalous
charges; fled. |
| 1899. | Fagley, Rev. Joseph, Missouri. Evangelist. Train
robber; 12 years in penitentiary. |
| 1912. | Fairall, Rev. H. H., Iowa City, Ia. Methodist.
Attempted suicide on account of ill health. |
| 1908. | Fairfield, Rev. F. W., Sag Harbor, L. I. Baptist.
Taking indecent liberties with women. |
| 1907. | Falkner, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran.
Desertion. |
| 1901. | Farber, Rabbi R., Denver, Col. Hebrew. Improper
proposals to women, who horsewhipped him. |
| 1913. | Farraday, Rev. Henry W., Broadway, N. J.
Methodist. Seduction. |
| 1909. | Farrell. Rev. Thos., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic.
Caught in raid on disorderly house; fined. |
| 1913. | Farrell, Rev. William, Jersey City, N. J.
Baptist. Abduction of 20-year-old girl. The clerical rival of Don Juan
is 70 years of age. |
| Fee, Rev. Mr., Toledo, O. Methodist. Cheating
widow in land deal; found guilty. |
| 1902. | Fellows, Rev. C. A., Portsmouth, O. Methodist.
Promiscuous attention to females; guilty. |
| 1910. | Fennell, Rev. John, New York, N. Y. Swedish
Lutheran. Larceny. |
| 1909. | Fenton, Rev. J., San Jon, N. M. Holiness.
Murder. |
| 1912. | Fenyes, Rev. Louis F., Johnstown, Pa. Roman
Catholic. Wanted for embezzlement of church funds. |
| 1902. | Ferdinand, Rev. Mr., Omaha, Neb. Took up with
another man’s wife; sued. |
| 1913. | Ferdon, Rev. Arthur I., Palisades Park, N. J.
Evangelist. Wife-beating. |
| 1899. | Ferguson, Rev. Geo., Kansas City, Kan.
Congregational. Wrecked by drink. |
| 1907. | Ferguson, Rev. W. P., Lincoln, Neb. Methodist.
Adultery with his landlady, confessed to by the latter under influence
of one of his sermons. |
| 1911. | Ferrant, Rev. Victor, Syracuse, N. Y. Baptist.
Counterfeiter. |
| 1911. | Ferrell, Rev. W. A., Gaffney, S. C. Was about to
marry an Atlanta girl when discovery was made that he already had a
wife. |
| 1903. | Ferris, Rev. A. Frank, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Deserted wife and took another. |
| 1907. | Fischer, Rev. O. W., Bridgeton, N. J. Lutheran.
Paid attention to young woman. Left family and town. |
| 1907. | Fish, Rev. G., Denver, Colo. Fraud. |
| 1910. | Fisher, Rev. F. B., Neoga, Ill. Presbyterian.
Sued for slander. |
| 1908. | Fitts, Rev. Joseph W., Independence, Kan.
Baptist. Rape. |
| 1901. | Fitzgerald, Rev. Robert, Nash, Va. Evangelist.
Stealing stamps as postmaster. |
| 1900. | Fitzgerald, Rev. S. F., Newark, N. J. Catholic.
Assault and battery on woman. |
| 1908. | Fitzgerald, Rev. Wm., Millville, N. J. Catholic.
Slander and defamation. |
| 1904. | Fitzmaurice, Rev. M. O., Chicago, Ill. Episcopal.
Used fraudulent credentials; dismissed. |
| 1902. | Flaherty, Rev. Chas., Mt. Morris, N. Y. Catholic.
Poisoning; indicted for manslaughter; criminal relations with
girl. |
| 1914. | Flannery, Rev. Lawrence S., West Plains, Mo.
Methodist. Manslaughter; convicted. |
| 1909. | Fleenor, Rev. L., Evansville, Ind. Alienating a
wife’s affections. |
| 1901. | Fleming, Rev. E. T., Chicago, Ill. Presbyterian.
Indecently approaching women; convicted of lying. |
| 1905. | Fleming, Rev. Solomon, Etty, Va. Baptist. Shot
Robert Mullins, another preacher, in preachers’ feud. |
| 1911. | Fliedner, Rev. Augustus, Irvington, N. Y.
Episcopal. Fined $5 for disorderly conduct. |
| 1908. | Flower, Rev. J. H., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist.
Immoral conduct. |
| 1912. | Flynn, Rev. John M., Edgewater, Colo. Methodist.
Improper conduct with women and criminal libel; hushed up for the glory
of God and the peace of the church. |
| 1902. | Foith, Rev. Adolph, Cincinnati, O. Lutheran.
Debauching little girls; suicided. |
| 1911. | Folta, Father Joseph, and Father Rzadkowolski,
Detroit, Mich. Catholics. Arrested for autoing “in a dangerous
manner.” |
| 1909. | Force, Rev. W. H., Nevada, Mo. Bigamy; four
wives; three years in jail. |
| 1911. | Ford, Rev. E. E., New York. Accused of fraud in
organizing the World’s Bible League corporation. |
| 1901. | Ford, Rev. Geo. E., Bridgeton, N. J. Methodist.
Enticing young girls into his church at night; discovered; fled. |
| 1902. | Forest, Rev. Fr., Jackman, Me. Catholic.
Violation of game laws. |
| 1913. | Forsell, Rev. K. E., Minneapolis, Minn. Lutheran.
Violating game law. |
| 1908. | Forses, Rev. W. H., Nevada, Mo. Bigamy; three
years. |
| 1912. | Foster, Rev. Edward S., Richmond, Va. Criminal
assault on a little girl. |
| 1910. | Foster, Rev. Frank L., Sioux Falls, S. D. Free
Baptist. Adultery. |
| 1899. | Foster, Rev. Jas. H., Plainfield, N. J. Church of
Christ. Disappeared with another man’s wife. |
| 1913. | Foster, Rev. J. W., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist.
Adultery. |
| 1905. | Foster, Rev. Thomas, Athens, Ark. Methodist. Rape
of an 8-year-old girl; second offense. |
| 1899. | Fowler, Rev. A. R., South Carolina. Presbyterian.
Forgery; sentenced to penitentiary. |
| 1899. | Fox, Rev. Geo. J., Easton, Pa. Baptist. Confessed
to sin and departure from rectitude. |
| 1911. | Francis, Rev. A. M., Omaha, Neb. Charged with
fraud. |
| 1913. | Francis, Rev. David, Richmond, Va. Christian.
Forced to resign for unbecoming conduct with a married
woman. |
| 1909. | Francis, Rev. D. B., Ironton, O. Campbellite.
Bastardy. |
| 1908. | Francis, Rev. Geo. A., Elizabeth, N. J. Baptist.
Fraud. |
| 1902. | Francis, Rev. H. C, New Londonderry, N. H.
Statutory offense named in wife’s successful divorce suit. |
| 1902. | Frederick, Rev. Jas., Wolf Creek, Ky. Baptist.
Disturbing school; stole bench warrants; fined. |
| 1906. | Frederickson, Rev. A., Milwaukee, Wis. Lutheran.
Suicide while depressed by drink. |
| 1906. | Freelander, Rabbi, Evansville, Ind. Orthodox Jew.
Living with wife’s sister. |
| 1911. | Freeman, Rev. James, Murphysboro, Ill. Murdered
his wife; sentenced to imprisonment for life. |
| 1908. | Frees, Rev. R. W., Port Huron, Mich. Baptist.
Wife beating. |
| 1908. | Freis, Rev. Phil., St. Louis, Mo. Arrested as
pickpocket. |
| 1904. | Fritch, Rev. W. S., Attleboro, Mass.
Congregational. Alienating affections of another man’s wife;
sued; $1,334 damages awarded. |
| 1911. | Froelich, Rev. Father John von, Muncie, Ind.
Catholic. Accused of unnamed crime by a married woman of his
church. |
| Frost, Rev. T. B., Chattanooga, Tenn. Evangelist.
Eloped with a prostitute. |
| 1900. | Frost, Rev. W. J., Harvey, Ill. Congregational.
Confessed intimacy with servant; ousted. |
| 1905. | Frye, Rev. James, Keokuk, Ia. Deserting family
and eloping with girl; arrested. |
| 1913. | Frye, Rev. M. H., Kiester, Minn. United Brethren.
Arson. |
| Fulkerson, Rev. B. H., Eureka Springs, Ark.
Methodist. Immoral conduct and attempted suicide. |
| Fullers, Rev. Mr., Salem, W. Va. Methodist.
Transgression of 7th commandment. |
| 1909. | Furbush, Rev. A. C, Georgetown, Conn.
Congregational. Intimacy with young woman, though married; resigned and
left town. |
| 1902. | Gablet, Rev. S., Toledo, O. Presbyterian.
Shoplifting; arrested. |
| 1910. | Gaines, Bishop, W. G., Camden, N. J. African
Methodist Episcopal. Embezzlement. |
| 1914. | Gardiner, Rev. Vernon A. Bird of passage.
Evangelist. Fraud. |
| 1911. | Gardner, Rev. T. H. H., Kittitas, Wash.
Methodist. Beat his wife to death with a club. |
| 1904. | Garner, Rev. Harrison, Goshen, N. Y. Evangelist.
Abduction; jailed. |
| 1912. | Garretson, Rev. John, Geddes, S. D.
Congregational. Accused of immoral conduct and financial dishonesty;
forced to resign pastorate. |
| 1906. | Garstka, Rev. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic.
Refused to give up church records; shoots parishioner. |
| 1906. | Gay, Rev. T. B., Utica, O. Presbyterian. A
“Peeping Tom”; resigned and left town. |
| 1911. | Geis, Rev. Mr., Brooklyn. Arrested for beating
his wife. |
| 1912. | Geisel, Rev. Theodore H., Bernardsville, N. J.
Pleaded guilty to charge of sending defamatory postcards through the
mail; sent to the workhouse for two months. |
| 1899. | Geoghegan, Rev. Thos., Hamilton, Ont. Catholic.
Illicit sexual intercourse. |
| 1911. | George, Rev. P. A., Cleveland, Ohio. Head of the
“Kingdom of God” society. Has two wives, his own and a
“god-given” one, regularly married to another man. |
| 1901. | Gerrish, Rev. Theodore, Sioux Falls, S. D. Gave
fraudulent deed to property; jailed. |
| 1907. | Gettman, Rev. Peter, Kossuth Co., Ia. Methodist.
Murdered wife; suicide. |
| 1906. | Gibbons, Rev. B. J., Norfolk, Va. Methodist.
Bigamy; suicide. |
| 1911. | Gibbs, Rev. John, Tampa, Fla. Presbyterian. Horse
thief. |
| 1912. | Gibson, Rev. Lewis, Bristol, Va. Methodist.
Election fraud; pleaded guilty and sentenced to a month’s
imprisonment. |
| 1904. | Gibson, Rev. Smith, Mt. Holly, N. J. Attempted
corruption of 11-year-old girl. |
| 1908. | Gibson, Rev. W., Hoxie, Ark. Kidnapping. |
| Gidding, Rev. Mr., Alton, Ill. Stabbed step-son
to death. |
| 1899. | Ginner, Rev. S. G., St. Paul, Minn. Episcopal.
Grand larceny; three years in penitentiary. |
| 1899. | Giraud, Rev. Philip, Montreal, Can. Catholic.
Fraudulently obtaining money. |
| 1899. | Givens, Rev. Mr., West Virginia. Methodist.
Counterfeiting; indicted by grand jury. |
| 1901. | Gladden, Rev. Wm. E., Liverpool, O. Methodist.
Conspiracy; indicted; arrested. |
| 1902. | Glass, Rev. O., Ft. Worth, Tex. Evangelist.
Indecent exposure; fined. |
| 1906. | Glenn, Rev. H. L., Raleigh, N. C. Holiness.
Destruction of virtue of half a dozen girls from 13 to 17 years of age; indicted for criminal
assault on girl of 14. |
| 1899. | Gloria, Rev. Fr. G., Oakland, Cal. Catholic.
Betrayed girl; deposed; married her. |
| 1908. | Gneilinski, Rev. Mr., St. Louis, Mo. Catholic.
Kidnapping girls; immoral life. |
| 1900. | Goad, Rev. Geo., Pine Bluff, Ark.
Sanctificationist. Embezzling charity fund; arrested. |
| 1911. | Goddard, Rev. J. B., Portland, Ore. Methodist.
Charged with “statutory offense” against two young girls;
held for trial. |
| 1908. | Godlin, Rev. Albert., Preacher of the end of the
world. Catahoula Parish, La. Incendiarism; lynched. |
| 1911. | Godrycz, Rev. John A., Philadelphia, Pa.
Catholic. Arrested for slander. |
| 1909. | Godssen, Priest, Henrietta, Tex. Catholic.
Gambling. |
| 1909. | Goetchell, Rev. E., Kansas City, Mo.
Swindling. |
| 1910. | Goins, Rev. E. R., Sandusky, O. Methodist.
Boy’s charge disorderly conduct. |
| 1900. | Golden, Rev. R. F., Boston, Mo. Evangelist.
Stealing horse and cart; arrested. |
| 1911. | Goldstein, Samuel, Montreal. Jewish rabbi.
Sentenced to federal penitentiary for smuggling. |
| 1912. | Gongaware, Rev. George J., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lutheran. Charged with unduly influencing a sick and incompetent woman
to will much of her property to the church. |
| 1907. | Gooden, Rev. R., Seabright, N. J. Assault on
married woman. |
| 1908. | Goodin, Rev. H. H., Pontiac, Ill. Baptist.
Abduction; one to ten years. |
| 1910. | Goodrich, Rev. G. E., Jackson, Mich. Baptist.
Immorality. |
| 1904. | Gordan, Rev. Jas. A., Cabin Hill, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Breach of promise; convicted. |
| 1911. | Gordon, E. G., Richmond, Va. Former Methodist
minister. Accused of drunkenness and “misconduct” with a
married woman. |
| 1900. | Gordon, Rev. Jas. H., Nicetown, Pa. Baptist.
Alienating affections of choir singer from her husband. |
| 1905. | Gordon, Rev. M. D., Hudson, Mich. Episcopal.
Paternity of housekeeper’s child; decamped. |
| 1911. | Gormley, Father; Wichita, Kan. Catholic. Seduced
15-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | Gosgan, Rev. Richard, Hartford, Conn. Catholic.
Suicide. |
| 1914. | Gossett, Rev. W. J., Vancouver, Wash. Brutal
treatment of wife. |
| Gould, Rev. R. A., Cent. City, Neb. Free
Methodist. Left wife, eloping with girl of 15; penitentiary six
years. |
| 1913. | Gouthy, Rev. Mr., Indianapolis, Ind. Free
Methodist. Fined for illegal hunting. |
| 1909. | Gow, Rev. Clyde, Mexico, Mo. Manslaughter; four
years. |
| 1907. | Graff, Rev. B., Joliet, Ill. Baptist. Jailed for
running confidence game. |
| Grafton, Rev. T. W., Anderson, Ind. Campbellite.
Contempt of court; fined. |
| 1911. | Graham, Rev. David, Nashville, Tenn. Found guilty
of running a “blind tiger”; sentenced to jail for 60 days
and fined $45 and costs. |
| 1908. | Graham, Rev. J. H., Moundsville, W. Va. Horse
stealing; life sentence. |
| 1908. | Graham, Rev. J. S., Albany, N. Y. Catholic.
Suicide. |
| 1901. | Graham, Rev. R. H., Topeka, Kan. Baptist. Rape on
girl of his flock; five years. |
| 1899. | Gram, Rev. W. O., Montrose, S. D. “A case
of crim. con., no doubt;” fled from Montrose. |
| 1899. | Grandison, Rev. Chas., New York, N. Y. Methodist.
Drunkenness; delirium tremens; a temperance lecturer. |
| 1908. | Grant, Rev. H. R., Halifax, N. S. Perjury;
arrested. |
| 1907. | Grant, Rev. John, Little Rock, Ark. Methodist.
Murder. |
| 1914. | Grantham, Rev. Daniel, Purvis, Miss. Baptist.
Murder; sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. |
| 1911. | Grass, Rev. Z. B., Moncton, N. B. Reformed
Baptist. Charged with setting fire to his home. |
| 1912. | Graves, Rev. L. W., Adrian, Mich. Methodist. Sued
for divorce, and committed suicide. |
| 1909. | Gray, Rev. I. N., St. Louis. Congregational.
Passing bogus checks. |
| 1912. | Gray, Rev. James H., Charleston, W. Va.
Evangelist. Convicted three times of horse stealing, and sentenced to
life imprisonment as a habitual criminal. |
| 1912. | Green, Rev. D. Hudson, Indianapolis, Ind.
Evangelist. Charged with theft of jewelry and clothing. |
| 1900. | Green, Rev. D. T., Rome, Ga. Methodist. Larceny
of church funds; guilty. |
| 1901. | Green, Rev. Rufus S., New York, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Swindling. |
| 1901. | Greenberg, Rev. Moses, Philadelphia, Pa.
Evangelist. Non-support of aged father; held in $500 bail. |
| 1912. | Greene, Rev. Thomas E., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist
Accused of improper conduct with women. |
| 1899. | Greer, Rev. J. R., Millville, Pa. Methodist.
Insulting young woman in his congregation. |
| 1905. | Greer, Rev. Mr., Cairo, Ill. Do Right. Eloped
with Mrs. Carr; killed by Carr. |
| 1913. | Gregory, Rev. E. J., St. Johns, Mich. Baptist.
Taking indecent liberties with an 11-year-old girl; confessed guilt and
was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. |
| 1899. | Grey, Rev. Henry, Washington, D. C. Grand
larceny; stealing jewelry. |
| 1913. | Griegg, Rev. David B., Berwyn, Ill. Presbyterian.
Bastardy. |
| 1911. | Grieves, Rev. Thomas, Greenwich, N. Y. Methodist.
Arrested for manslaughter. |
| 1908. | Griffin, Rev. Alfred, Chicago, Ill. Episcopal.
Corrupting boys. |
| 1913. | Grigg, Rev. Samuel, Winnipeg, Can. Bigamy;
sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. |
| 1912. | Griggs, Rev. Crawford, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Sued for slander by a brother preacher. |
| Griggs, Rev. Edward, Big Rapids, Mich. Episcopal.
Maltreatment of wife; fled. |
| 1899. | Griggs, Rev. R. E., Binghamton, N. Y. Episcopal.
Deserting wife; arrested. |
| 1908. | Grimshaw, Rev. E. Cullum, Troy, N. Y. Baptist.
Theft. |
| 1912. | Grobusch, Rev. Edward, La Salle, Ill. Shirked his
debts to gamble at the races. |
| 1899. | Groenendyke, Rev. M., Hartford City, Ind. United
Brethren. Hugging and kissing young woman without her compliance. |
| 1903. | Groenveld, Rev. Mr., So. Holland, Ill. Nameless
crime; chased from town. |
| 1914. | Grogg, Rev. Philip N., St. Mary’s, Mo.
Baptist. Murderous assault. |
| 1905. | Grove, Rev. M. F., Visalia, Cal. Methodist.
Collusion to obtain divorce; previous charges of immorality
sustained. |
| 1901. | Grumbine, Rev. J. G. F., Syracuse, N. Y. Luring
girl away; defamation of her mother; held in $1,000. |
| 1913. | Gryszar, Rev. Thomas, Toronto, Ont. Roman
Catholic. Drunkenness and assault. |
| 1912. | Guernsey, Rev. R. T., Long Prairie, Minn.
Baptist. Sent to jail for bad conduct with children, and committed
suicide. |
| 1901. | Guirey, Rev. Geo., New York and Illinois.
Baptist. Relations with woman not his wife; divorced. |
| 1913. | Gullins, Rev. William R., Trenton, N. J.
Methodist. Fraud. |
| 1899. | Gumba, Rev. Mr., Fishkill, N. Y. Methodist. Undue
intimacy with young woman. |
| 1911. | Gunn, Rev. J. G., Gilmar, Kan. Revivalist.
Arrested for bigamy. |
| 1913. | Gunter, Rev. D. R., Greeneville, Tenn. Disciple.
Accused of attempted rape on own daughter. |
| 1904. | Gurley, Elder R. A., Huntsville, Ga. Christian.
Carrying concealed weapons; jailed. |
| 1906. | Haath, Rev. L. A., Rochester, N. Y. Suicide. |
| 1913. | Haff, W. P. W., Jr., Lynbrook, L. I. Lay
preacher. Baptist. Seduction and bastardy. |
| Hagaman, Rev. J. A., Anderson, Ind. Church of
God. Caused divorce suit by kissing wife of H. Morehead; called it
treatment for nervous trouble. |
| 1905. | Hagar, Rev. Washington, Hadley, W. Va. Baptist.
Raising bills from $1 to $10. |
| 1908. | Hagen, Rev. Emil, New York, N. Y. Dutch Reformed.
Theft. |
| 1900. | Hagen, Rev. Henry, Rushing, Ark. Selling whisky
without a license; arrested. |
| 1901. | Haigler, Rev. J. A., Chattanooga, Tenn. Criminal
malpractice; arrested. |
| 1900. | Haist, Rev. F. H., Chicago, Ill. Assault and
battery; arrested. |
| 1900. | Hale, Rev. Wm., Middleboro, Mass. Episcopal.
Cruel and abusive treatment of wife, who sued for divorce. |
| 1910. | Hall, Rev. E., Bloomington, Ill. Baptist.
Illegitimate parentage. Settled with mother. |
| 1899. | Hall, Rev. Henry, Peter Creek, Ky. Drunk, abused
his wife, shot by son. |
| 1907. | Hall, Rev. J. C., Kaukauna, Wis. Episcopal.
Drunkenness; deposed. |
| 1901. | Hall, Lay Pr. J. T., E. Orange, N. J. Episcopal.
Grand larceny. |
| 1900. | Hall, Rev. Wesley, Hindman, Ky. Murdered his
brother’s widow, who had refused to marry him. |
| 1909. | Hallan, Rev. A., Akron, O. Church of Christ.
Drunkenness; jailed; fined. |
| 1900. | Halloway, Rev. John, Linn, Mo. Cold-blooded
murder; hanged. |
| 1909. | Halpern, Rev. Rabbi S. M., Newark, N. J. Selling
liquor without license. |
| 1909. | Hamilton, Rev. E., Muncie, Ind. Evangelist.
Passed bogus check; two wives. |
| 1908. | Hamilton, Rev. E. A., Newman, Ill. Methodist.
Pandering. Submitted wife and daughter to wealthy libertine for money
consideration. |
| Hamilton, Rev. Jas. B., alias J. L. Douglass,
Lithonia, Ga. Evangelist. Bigamy, larceny and other crimes. |
| 1911. | Hamilton, Rev. Wm. J., Chicago. Congregational.
Adulterer. |
| 1914. | Hamrick, Rev. L. M., Pittsburgh, Kan. Methodist.
Obtaining property under false pretenses. |
| 1902. | Hance, Rev. Oscar T., Newburgh, N. Y. Stealing,
passing bad checks. |
| 1907. | Hancock, Rev. W. S., Chicago, Ill. Episcopal.
Deposed for debauchery. Held in London for poisoning his wife. |
| 1901. | Hand, Rev. A. L., Tuscumbia, La. Bigamy; arrested
at the altar. |
| 1912. | Hand, Rev. David M., Moscow, Ida. Baptist.
Convicted of improper conduct with the young daughter of his Sunday
school superintendent; sent to the penitentiary for from five years to
life. |
| 1905. | Hand, Rev. J. Howard, Rye, N. Y. Methodist.
Hugging and kissing girl. |
| 1899. | Hanks, Rev. R. T., Abilene, Tex. Baptist. Rifling
mails; indicted. |
| 1913. | Hanmer, Rev. W. G., St. Charles, Ill. Free
Methodist. Unfrocked for adultery with the wife of another
preacher. |
| 1908. | Hanna, Rev. J. C., Philadelphia, Pa. Methodist.
Slander. |
| 1899. | Hanna, Rev. T. Carson, Union City, Ct. Baptist.
Undue familiarity; promiscuous kissing. |
| 1913. | Hanon, Rev. O. M., Jetmore, Kan. Methodist.
Irregular conduct with a married woman. |
| 1912. | Hansman, Rev. Joseph E., Topeka, Kan. Convicted
of bigamy on his own confession. |
| 1901. | Hanson, Rev. M. O., LaCrosse, Wis. Lutheran. Wife
desertion; tried and expelled. |
| 1909. | Hard, Rev. E. R., New Port, N. Y. Baptist.
Alienation of a wife’s affections. Failure to pay judgment. |
| 1914. | Harder, Rev. John W., Vibbard, Mo. Christian
Union. Violating liquor law. |
| 1911. | Hardin, Rev. John, Beecher, Ill.
Congregationalism. Bigamist. |
| 1911. | Hardy, Elder E. H., Reidsville, N. C. Primitive
Baptist. Contempt of court. |
| 1907. | Hardy, Rev. E. N., Cleveland, O. Congregational.
Found in disorderly house. Arrested. |
| 1910. | Hare, Rev. Louis T., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic.
Clandestine marriage. |
| 1908. | Hargrave, Rev. James T., Richmond, Va. Fraud by
use of the mails; eight months and $100. |
| 1906. | Hark, Rev. N. S., Greenville, Pa. Evangelist.
Conduct unbecoming a minister towards young woman. |
| 1914. | Harness, Rev. Murray, Kokomo, Ind. Christian.
Adultery. |
| 1910. | Harper, Rev. E. J., Los Angeles. Presbyterian.
Forced to resign by unprintable charges. |
| 1908. | Harper, Rev. John, Chickasha, Ark. Methodist.
Horse stealing. |
| 1900. | Harper, Rev. W. H., Shelbyville, Tenn. Methodist.
Living with young woman in absence of his wife. |
| 1912. | Harrall, Rev. Fleet, Greensburg, La. Fought duels
with two men; killed one, and wounded the other. |
| 1901. | Harrington, Rev. Geo. B., Oxford, N. J.
Methodist. Suicide. |
| 1909. | Harrington, Rev. Mr., Helena, Mont. Catholic.
Drinking and misconduct with boys. |
| 1900. | Harriott, Rev. Wm. C., Fostoria, O. Consorting
with immoral women; sued for divorce. |
| 1914. | Harris, Rev. A. M., Metropolitan, Ill. Baptist.
Duelling. |
| Harris, Bishop C. R., Asheville, N. C. African
Methodist Episcopal. Arson. |
| 1903. | Harris, Rev. J. Barr, Bozeman, Mont. Methodist.
Seduction; one year in penitentiary. |
| 1901. | Harris, Rev. Sheldon A., Milburn, Ill.
Congregational. Running get-rich-quick game on his flock;
expelled. |
| 1910. | Harris, Rev. Sundy H., Cartersville, Ga.
Methodist. Suicide. |
| Harris, Rev. Thos., Spartanburg, S. C. Baptist.
Hanged for murder. |
| 1901. | Harrison, Rev. G. W., Waco, Tex. Bigamy by
direction of heaven, he said; two years in penitentiary. |
| 1907. | Harsha, Rev. Wm., Denver, Colo. Had an affinity;
horsewhipped by whitecaps. |
| 1899. | Harsha, Rev. Mr., New York. Collegiate Reformed.
Left his pulpit under charges reflecting on his moral character. |
| 1904. | Hart, Rev. C. A. B., Brooklyn, N. Y. Episcopal.
Arrested as ticket of leave man, convicted of revolting crime against
morals and deported. |
| 1908. | Hart, Rev. W. G., Groesbeck, Texas. Rape and
bastardy. Life sentence. |
| 1910. | Hastings, Rev. H. L., Chicago. Methodist. Immoral
conduct toward boy. |
| 1900. | Hastings, Rev. Mr., South Orange, N. J.
Presbyterian. Shooting game in violation of law. |
| 1913. | Hatcher, Rev. James W., Wellston, Mo. Methodist.
Wife-beating and non-support. |
| 1909. | Hathaway, Rev., J. D., Maryville, Mo. Episcopal.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | Hatton, Rev. Edward, Brooklyn, N. Y. Baptist.
Abandonment of wife; arrested. |
| 1910. | Hauberch, Rev. A. A., Miltonsburg, O. Lutheran.
Stealing jewelry. |
| 1911. | Hausman, Rev. Eugene, Kansas City, Mo. Methodist.
Bigamist. |
| 1913. | Hawkes, Rev. Roy A., Spencer, Ia. Methodist.
Indicted for murder. |
| 1905. | Hawkins, Rev. J. S., Arkansas. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1901. | Hawkins, Rev. Wm., Philadelphia. Baptist.
Incendiarism; arrested. |
| 1907. | Hawley, Rev. F. M., Fulton, Ky. Presbyterian.
Wrecked a home; horsewhipped by husband. |
| 1912. | Hawley, Rev. Richard, New York, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Drunkenness. |
| 1905. | Haynes, Rev. Myron W. Methodist. Obtaining
rail-road transportation by fraud; intimacy with a female school
teacher. |
| 1910. | Hays, Rev. Wm., Nowata, Okla. Baptist. Left wife
for affinity. |
| 1901. | Heafy, Rev. Jer. J., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic.
Getting insane man’s property by fraud. |
| 1902. | Heath, Rev. Henry R., Essex Co., N. Y. Baptist.
Larceny; jailed. |
| 1901. | Heath, Rev. Jas. T., Kansas City, Mo., and
Castile, N. Y. Baptist. Abandoning wife and getting divorce without
notice and by misrepresentation, to marry another woman. |
| 1907. | Heathcote, Rev. A., Wadena, Minn. Episcopal.
Jailed for wife-beating. |
| 1905. | Heather, Rev. Andley J., Wahoo, Neb.
Congregational. Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1911. | Hedeberg, Rev. John R., Bozeman, Mont. Swedish.
Grand larceny. |
| 1912. | Heery, Rev. P. M., Dennison, O. Roman Catholic.
Drunkenness, disorderly conduct and profanity. |
| Heideman, Rev. A. L., Calumet, Mich. Twice
arrested for violating game laws, and fined. |
| 1904. | Heilman, Rev. Edgar J., Wyndmoor, Pa. Lutheran.
Breach of promise; convicted. |
| 1899. | Hellenus, John, theological student, New York, N.
Y. Baptist. Intimacy with married woman; she confessed. |
| 1910. | Helwig, Rev. H. D., Evansville, Ind. Episcopal.
Forged check; arrested. |
| 1904. | Henderson, Rev. C. E., Butte, Mont. Methodist.
Acknowledged gambler. |
| 1903. | Henderson, Rev. Henry, Williamsburg, O. Criminal
assault on 12-year-old girl. |
| 1899. | Henderson, Rev. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. Methodist.
Traducing woman member; sued. |
| 1900. | Henderson, Rev. John M., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Slander. |
| 1899. | Henderson, Rev. W. C, St. Louis, Mo. Using mails
to defraud; jailed. |
| 1903. | Hendrick, Rev. Fr., Rochester, N. Y. Catholic.
False arrest; sued. |
| 1901. | Hendricks, Rev. A. M., LaPorte, Ind., and
elsewhere. Catholic. Swindling; pleaded guilty. |
| 1908. | Henneman, Rev. J. W, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Methodist Episcopal. Suicide. |
| 1908. | Henning, Rev. V., Winnipeg, Man. Lutheran.
Seduced girl; violated consent law; two years. |
| 1909. | Hensge, Rev. Paul, Portsmouth, O. Made, false
oath. |
| 1900. | Hensley, Rev. A. J., Yorkville, S. C. Baptist.
Slandering Dr. Scoggins, who drubbed him in a street fight. |
| 1901. | Herald, Rev. Mr., Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational.
“Coarse and brutal” slander of a woman; sued at law. |
| 1908. | Herberg, Rev. Marcellus, St. Louis, Mo.
Impersonating an officer. |
| 1908. | Herbert, Rev. D., Richmond, Ind. Drunkard and
wife beater. |
| 1901. | Herborn, Rev. John, New York. Methodist.
Interfering with officer; fined $5. |
| 1913. | Herr, Rev. William J., Rose Point, Pa.
Pentecostal. Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1912. | Hervey, Rev. Joseph L., D.D., New York, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Accused by parishioners of circulating scurrilous stories
about members of his flock. |
| 1909. | Herzog, Rev. C. A., Anthrax, O. United.
Assault. |
| 1907. | Hetland, Rev. John, Clarion, Ia. Criminal
assault. |
| 1912. | Hewitt, Rev. Jesse R., Bomarton, Tex. Baptist.
Abduction and white slavery; sentenced to fifty years’
imprisonment. |
| 1910. | Hewson, Rev. Earl, St. Louis. Congregational.
Desertion. |
| 1906. | Hibner, Rev. A. A., Hennessey, Okla. Running away
with another’s wife. |
| 1909. | Hickey, Rev. E. D., Springfield, Mass. Catholic.
Convicted of assault on girl. |
| 1902. | Hickman, Rev. R. L., McKeesport, Pa. Methodist.
Forged notes, discounted them and skipped. |
| 1913. | Hickman, Rev. Thomas A., Webb City, Mo.
Methodist. Wife-desertion; divorce granted his wife. |
| 1910. | Hicks, Rev. R. O., Columbus, O. Smashed windows;
stole jewelry. |
| 1910. | Hicks, Rev. William, Spokane, Wash. Methodist.
Sued for “get-rich-quick” swindling. |
| 1899. | Hicks, Rev. W. H., Hawesville, Ky. Baptist.
Betrayal of two young women; fled. |
| 1908. | Hicks, Rev. W. M., Paducah, Ky. Baptist.
Swindling; forgery. |
| 1905. | Hicks, Rev. W. W., Chilhowie, Va. Methodist.
Immoral conduct; suspended by conference. |
| 1899. | Higgins, Rev. Geo. W., Levant, Me. Holiness.
Breaking up homes; tarred and feathered. |
| 1906. | Higgs, Rev. J. J., Cherry Valley, Ill. Methodist.
Found in hotel room with young woman; resigned. |
| 1908. | Hilbish, Rev. J. M., Turlock, Cal. Methodist.
Horse-whipped by women whom he slandered. |
| 1901. | Hiles, Rev. Henry, Laurel, Md. Evangelist.
Cruelty and wife beating; arrested. |
| 1909. | Hill, Rev. F. W., Duluth, Minn. Methodist.
Burglary; ninety days or $100. |
| 1909. | Hill, Rev. H. J., Huntington, W. Va. Jailed for
carousing. |
| 1899. | Hill, Rev. J. Wesley, Butler, Ill. Methodist.
Taking unwelcomed liberties with young woman. |
| 1911. | Hill, Rev. Murry, with a half-dozen aliases,
Brooklyn. Methodist. Attempted grand larceny. |
| 1912. | Hill, Rev. Simeon C., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
Episcopal. Driven from the country at 75 years of age on account of his
behavior with a young girl of his congregation. |
| 1911. | Hillis, Rev. Dwight, Brooklyn. Fraud. |
| 1900. | Hills, Rt. Rev. R. P., Omaha, Neb. Episcopal.
Bigamy; left wife in England. |
| 1900. | Hilson, Rev. H. D., Kansas City, Kan. Killed
wife, who had sued him for divorce. |
| 1913. | Hilton, Rev. Thomas J., Plattsburg, Mo.
Mennonite. Bigamy. |
| 1908. | Hines, Rev. David, New York. Theft. |
| 1908. | Hines, Rev. W. P., Lexington, Ky. Baptist.
Lechery. |
| 1907. | Hinshaw, Rev. W. E., Belleville, Ind. Methodist.
Murdered wife; life sentence. Paroled, he seduced a married woman in
1908. |
| 1908. | Hinton, Rev. D. C, Pittsburgh, Pa. Episcopal.
Drunk and disorderly. |
| 1902. | Hintz, Rev. A. B., Odessa, Mo. Baptist. Bigamy;
deserted two wives. |
| 1900. | Hobes, Rev. John, Belleville, Ill. Evangelist.
Seducing married woman and mother. |
| 1906. | Hobson, Rev. Lemuel, Mitchel, Ind. United
Brethren. Found in compromising position with married woman. Shot by
husband. |
| 1905. | Hofer, Rev. Fr., LaCrosse, Wis. Catholic.
Criminal assault on orphan girl; fled; arrested; convicted. |
| 1913. | Hoffman, Rev. Henry C., Owensboro, Ky. Methodist.
Criminal assault. |
| 1899. | Hoffman, Rev. Richard, Lynchburg, Va. Baptist.
Two or more wives; sued for divorce. |
| 1900. | Hoffman, Rev. R. T., Lexington, Ky. Fighting
another preacher; fined $100 and jailed. |
| 1904. | Hoge, Rev. Chas. M., California. Episcopal.
Suicide by shooting in head. |
| 1907. | Hogg, Rev. A. J., Norwood, O. Bigamy. |
| 1908. | Holcomb, Rev. Walt., Cartersville, Ga.
Evangelist. Obscene language in the presence of a female; $200. |
| 1912. | Holden, Rev. Albert, Toledo, O. Itinerant
evangelist. Bigamy and obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1900. | Holden, Rev. John, Matewan, W. Va. Methodist.
Found in bed with Mrs. Bostock; shot at by Mr. B. and wounded. |
| 1906. | Holgate, Rev. LeGrand, Ashland, Ore. Nazarene.
Wife beating. |
| 1901. | Hollis, Rev. C. W., Davis, W. Va. Presbyterian.
Issuing fraudulent marriage certificate; other charges. |
| 1904. | Holly, Rev. J. B., Jacksonville, Fla. Baptist.
Assault and battery on Rev. W. Hobson; fined $250. |
| 1911. | Holly, J. C., Wilmington, Del. Former Quaker
preacher. Murder and arson. |
| 1906. | Holman, Rev. E. H., Ontario, Ore. Held for
defrauding a number of innocent Oregonians. |
| Holmes, Rev. W. D., Clarksville, Ark. Free Will
Baptist. Assault to commit rape; jailed. |
| Holmsen, Rev. H., Hudson, Wis. Christian. Cruelty
to wife and “more serious charges.” |
| 1901. | Holp, Rev. Philip, Angelo, Ind. Congregational.
Leading a dual life; expelled. |
| 1914. | Holper, Rev. Father, Minnesota Lake, Minn.
Catholic. Kidnapping. |
| 1903. | Holt, Rev. W. J., Elkins, W. Va. Methodist.
Lying, in that he expressed himself as penitent for gambling, although
he won $5,000. |
| 1909. | Holtgreve, Rev. J. J., Plaquemine, La. Catholic.
Criminal libel; immoral conduct with boys. |
| 1912. | Homburger, Rev. Oscar, Chillicothe, Mo.
Methodist. Wanted by the police for abducting a
17-year-old girl; is a married man with several children. |
| 1912. | Honeycutt, Rev. M. H., Jackson, Miss. Murderous
assault on a neighbor on account of a trifling dispute over a
children’s quarrel. |
| 1903. | Hook, Rev. J. W., Dickens, Ia. Assaulting little
girl criminally. |
| 1912. | Hooker, Rev. Conrad, Westfield, Mass. Sneak thief
and shoplifter. |
| 1907. | Hopkins, Rev. A., Camden, N. J. Convicted of
stealing whisky. |
| 1909. | Hopkins, Rev. F. E., Chicago, Ill.
Congregational. Unpaid bills; sued. |
| 1914. | Hopp, Rev. J. H., Portland, Ore. German
Congregational. Larceny. |
| 1913. | Horn, Rev. Frank, Richmond, Cal. Baptist.
Adultery and bigamy. |
| 1911. | Horton, Rev. John H., Joliet, Ill. Bigamy. |
| 1906. | Horton, Rev. J. B., Commerce, Ga. Baptist.
Forgery. |
| 1908. | Hoshauer, Rev. A. H., Norristown, Pa. Reformed.
Deserted wife to live with affinity. |
| 1899. | Hotema, Rev. Solomon E., Indian Territory.
Presbyterian. Murder of three neighbors; hanged. |
| 1899. | Houldsworth, Rev. H., New York, N. Y. Evangelist.
Forgery in various places. |
| 1914. | Housemann, Rev. Eugene, Kansas City, Mo.
Methodist Episcopal. Bigamy; pleaded guilty and received a three-year
sentence. |
| 1902. | Howard, Rev. Geo. N., Batavia, N. Y. Baptist.
Marital unfaithfulness with several women. |
| 1911. | Howard, Rev. Herbert W., Le Roy, N. Y. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1909. | Howard, Rev. I. J., Hartford City, Ind. Drunkard.
Seduction. |
| 1902. | Howard, Rev. L. F. B., alias Harper, Detroit,
Mich., and elsewhere. Swindling; six years in penitentiary; escaped;
retaken; bad record. |
| 1911. | Howard, Rev. Samuel E., Macon, Mo. Baptist
evangelist. Bigamy. |
| 1910. | Howard, Rev. W. M., Crook Co., Wyom. Baptist.
Fraud. |
| 1909. | Howaweeney, Bishop R., Brooklyn, N. Y. Greek.
Slander and libel. |
| 1902. | Howe, Rev. G. F., Summitville, Ind. Prison
evangelist. Burglary; killed in the act. |
| 1900. | Howe, Rev. O. Raymond, New Haven, Conn.
Accomplishing ruin of his domestic; ordered to support the child. |
| 1899. | Howell, Rev. David L., New York. Prison chaplain.
Alienating affections of Mrs. Greene;
husband brought divorce suit; Mrs. Howell secured divorce. |
| 1908. | Howell, ex-Rev. David T., Newark, N. J.
Episcopal. Suicide. |
| 1912. | Hubbard, Rev. W. J., Charleston, W. Va. Baptist.
Criminal assault. |
| 1912. | Hucless, Rev. Marcellus, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Sued for slander, and defaulted at trial. |
| 1912. | Hudson, Rev. Joseph H., Chicago, Ill. Baptist.
Assaulting two young girls in an orphan asylum of which he was head;
convicted and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. |
| 1912. | Hudson, Rev. Madison M., Terre Haute, Ind.
Evangelist. Sued for divorce on the ground of cruelty. |
| 1903. | Hudson, Rev. Roger J., New York. Evangelist.
Corrupting girls; jailed. |
| Hudson, Rev. Roy., Itinerant evangelist. Child
desertion. |
| 1913. | Huggins, Rev. George D., Jacobstown, N. J.
Methodist. Convicted of rape. |
| 1907. | Hughes, Rev. E. C., Chicago, Ill. Swindler; one
to ten years in prison. |
| Hughes, Rev. Jasper S., Holland, Mich. Methodist.
Malicious destruction of property. |
| 1910. | Hughes, Rev. P., Milwaukee. Assault on two
telephone girls. |
| 1905. | Hulme, Rev. George, Kecksburg, Pa. Church of God.
Assault on a female member of his congregation. |
| 1908. | Humble, Rev. G. T., Leetonia, Ohio. Methodist.
Liberties with women. |
| 1909. | Humes, Rev. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. Accused by two
little girls. |
| 1902. | Hungate, Rev. Frank, Painesville, O. Baptist.
Seduction; criminal operation; 15 years in penitentiary. |
| 1907. | Hunt, Rev. E. I., Adultery and bastardy.
Deposed. |
| 1906. | Hunt, Rev. Lawrence, Greenpoint, L. I.
Presbyterian. Co-respondent in divorce proceeding. |
| 1910. | Hunt, Rev. R., Atlanta, Ga. Congregational
Methodist. Fighting. |
| 1909. | Hunt, Rev. W. F., Columbus, Ind. Presbyterian.
Criminal assault. |
| 1909. | Hunt, Rev. W. S., Elizabethtown, Ind.
Presbyterian. Unbecoming conduct with young woman. |
| 1908. | Hunter, Rev. A. D., Raleigh, N. C. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1910. | Hunter, Rev. H., Lebanon, O. Conducting
harem. |
| 1909. | Hunter, Rev. T. W., Houlton, Me. Methodist.
Arson. |
| 1913. | Hurley, Rev. C. P., Stoutsville, Mo. Roman
Catholic. Drunkenness. |
| 1908. | Hutcheson, Rev. Joseph, Warren, R. I.
Defamation. |
| 1908. | Hutchins, Rev. Ed., Topeka, Kan. Whipped by boy
whose mother he insulted. |
| 1910. | Hutchinson, Rev. A. P., Butler, Pa. Libel;
indicted. |
| 1908. | Hutchinson, Rev. John, St. Louis, Mo. Evangelist.
Bastardy. |
| 1900. | Hutson, Rev. I. S., Jacksonville, Fla. Receiving
stolen goods; two years’ hard labor. |
| 1900. | Hutton, Rev. Chas. E., Saddle Rock, N. J.
Lutheran. Too wide interpretation of pastoral relations with women.
Pursued by husband with gun; resigned pulpit and departed. |
| 1899. | Hyler, Rev. John, Asheville, N. C. Free Will
Baptist. Bigamy; three wives; all living. |
| 1903. | Hylock, Rev. John, Mitchell Co., N. C. Jailed for
bigamy; six living wives. |
| 1913. | Iden, Rev. W. A., Visalia, Cal. Fraudulent sales.
Sent to penitentiary for five years. |
| 1905. | Iliff, Rev. T. C., Presiding elder and
superintendent Utah missions. Methodist. Plagiarism. Stole a sermon,
which he delivered as his own. |
| 1901. | Iliff, Rev. W. H., Hamilton, Ill. Methodist.
Malicious mischief. |
| Inman, Rev. Mr., Goldfield, Nev. Methodist.
Contempt of court. |
| 1900. | Irvine, Rev. I. N. W., Huntingdon, Pa. Episcopal.
Gross immorality; unfrocked. |
| 1901. | Israel, Rev. Wm. F., Savannah, Ga. Running
moonshine still. |
| 1900. | Jacamowics, Rev. T., Mt. Carmel, Pa. Catholic.
Embezzlement; jailed. |
| 1913. | Jackson, Rev. Crawford, Atlanta, Ga. Methodist.
Drunkenness and making improper advances to young girl. |
| 1899. | Jackson, Rt. Rev. H. M., D.D., Alabama.
Episcopal. Drunkenness; fell down at Eufala and could not get up. |
| 1911. | Jackson, Rev. John H., Cincinnati, O. Baptist.
Embezzlement. |
| 1899. | Jackson, Rev. K., Creve Coeur, Mo. Wife-beating;
fled. |
| 1909. | Jackson, Rev. L. F., Caruthersville, Mo.
Methodist. Left wife for young woman. |
| 1906. | Jackson. R. S., Boston. Bested in boxing match
before Sharkey A. C., New York. |
| 1907. | Jackson, Rev. S. T., No. Yakima, Wash. Baptist.
Embezzlement of church funds. |
| 1907. | Jackson, Rev. T. N., Waynesboro, Ga. Forgery and
larceny. |
| 1908. | Jacobs, Rev. Marvin V., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Baptist. Clerical conduct. |
| 1900. | Jacobs, Rev. M. V., N. Colebrook, Conn. Baptist.
Undue intimacy with woman; fled. |
| 1902. | Jacobwitz, Rev. Jacobs, New York. Jewish.
Brutally beating a boy; arrested. |
| 1906. | James, Rev. E. L., Decatur, Ill. Baptist. Left
town to escape consequences of his assault on child. Expelled from
church; license revoked. |
| 1912. | Jamison, Rev. Guy, Altoona, Pa. Evangelist.
Arrested for burglary. |
| 1908. | Jaques, Rev. Wm., St. Louis, Mo. Mormon.
Assaulted 11-year-old girl. |
| 1911. | Jarman, Elder, Hub City, Idaho. Mormon elder.
Adultery. |
| 1910. | Jasiak, Rev. Bartholemue, Toronto, Can. Catholic.
Rape on a girl of 10 years. |
| 1900. | Jedlika, Rev. John F., Yonkers, N. Y. Catholic.
Cruelty to animals; arrested. |
| 1914. | Jenkins, Elmer E., St. Louis, Mo. Gospel
missioner. Accused of abusing two little girls. |
| 1912. | Jenkins, Rev. John T., Lexington, N. C. Baptist.
Expelled from his pulpit for undue familiarity with one of the
sisters. |
| Jenkins, Rev. Rufus, Knoxville, Tenn. Deserted
wife for another woman; deposed. |
| 1913. | Jeffrey, Rev. B. H., Bluefield, Va. Baptist.
White slavery. |
| 1910. | Jerrett, Rev. Howard W., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Methodist. Seduction; ran away on exposure. |
| 1906. | Jesaheke, Rev. Henry, Stockholm, N. J. Unitarian.
Found in hotel with married woman; co-respondent in divorce case. |
| 1900. | Jester, Rev. Alex., London, Mo. Murder of a man
named Gates. |
| Jewell, Rev. F. W., Wolverine, Mich. Methodist.
Intimacy with married woman; ousted from church. |
| 1907. | Jewett, Rev. E. H., New York. Suicide. |
| 1907. | John, Rev. J., Chicago. Congregational.
Immorality. |
| 1907. | John, Rev. W. B., New Rochelle, N. Y. Baptist.
Fired for grafting. |
| Johnson, Rev. A. A., Oskaloosa, Ia. Methodist.
Wronging a girl, who shot and wounded him in the pulpit. |
| 1901. | Johnson, Rev. A. L., Bartow, Ga. Forgery;
bigamy. |
| 1907. | Johnson, Rev. A. S., Knox Co., Tenn. Sued for
libel. |
| 1905. | Johnson, Rev. Edward A., Newport, R. I. Baptist.
Hugging, kissing and taking other improper
liberties with girls; expelled. |
| 1911. | Johnson, Rev. George A., Baltimore, Md.
Methodist. Murder. |
| 1900. | Johnson, Rev. G. W., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Misuse of girl of 11. |
| 1903. | Johnson, Rev. H. A., Clayton, N. Y.
Congregational. Eloping with married woman. |
| 1911. | Johnson, Rev. H. H., Clarence, Mo. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1910. | Johnson, Rev. H. J., Independence, Kan.
Drunkenness. |
| 1911. | Johnson, Rev. John, Oswego, N. Y. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1900. | Johnson, Rev. J. LeB., New York, N. Y. Episcopal.
Eloped with a nurse; wife got divorce; Johnson was fire chaplain. |
| 1913. | Johnson, Rev. J. M., Fargo, Okla. Baptist.
Adultery. |
| 1911. | Johnson, Rev. M. C., Huntington, W. Va.
Methodist. Murderous assault. |
| 1909. | Johnson, Rev. M. D., Lebanon, Mo. Baptist. Shot
and killed another minister in quarrel. |
| Johnson, Rev. O. A., Oskaloosa, Ia. Fought pistol
duel in street; wounded. |
| 1900. | Johnson, T. J., Carmel, Ind. Evangelist.
Assaulted an attendant at one of his meetings; arrested; shot constable
mortally; constable returned fire, killing Johnson. |
| 1899. | Johnson, Rev. Wm., Maryville, Mo. Baptist.
Indecent proposals to woman; nine months. |
| 1900. | Johnson, Rev. Wm. E., Bamberg, S. C. Baptist.
Murdering W. T. Bellinger. |
| 1902. | Johnson, Rev. Wm. F., Brooklyn, N. Y. Corrupting
young girls. |
| 1910. | Jones, Rev. B. Canfield, Paterson, N. J.
Presbyterian. Two young women named as co-respondents by wife in
divorce. |
| 1909. | Jones, Rev. C. S., Detroit, Mich. Left home. |
| 1901. | Jones, Rev. D. B., Lagrange, N. C. Attempted
rape. |
| 1899. | Jones, Rev. E. Mona, Long Island. Baptist.
“Ministerial” conduct and other improper behavior. |
| 1907. | Jones, Chaplain H. W., U. S. S. Minnesota.
Deadbeat and too fond of women. |
| Jones, Rev. J. W., Newport, Tenn. Abduction for
purposes of prostitution. |
| 1908. | Jones, Rev. Oliver, Brenham, Texas. Evangelist.
Murderous assault. |
| 1907. | Jones, Rev. Ralph, Selma, Ind.
Kidnapping. |
| 1906. | Jones, Rev. W. H., Hendersonville, N. C. Baptist.
Criminal relations with a woman. |
| 1900. | Jones, Rev. W. H., Meriden, Conn. Methodist.
Fraudulently obtaining money. |
| 1904. | Jones, Rev. W. H. H., Junc. City, Kan. General
misconduct; expelled. |
| 1910. | Jones, Rev. N., Greenville, S. C. Seduction. |
| 1900. | Jones, Preacher, Garners, N. C. Local. Murdered
his paramour and five children. |
| 1900. | Jordan, Rev. Graham, Arlington, O. Fraudulent
sale of timber land. |
| 1908. | Jordan, Rev. John O., Jackson Hill, Ind. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1908. | Jordan, Rev. W. F., Marshalltown, Ia. Methodist.
Lying, slander, perjury; expelled from church. |
| 1912. | Jorganson, Rev. Kent, Callender, Ia. Immoral
conduct; fined in police court. |
| 1902. | Jungblud, Rev. Chas., Niellsville, Wis.
Assaulting his 8-year-old ward; eight years in penitentiary. |
| 1913. | Jurco, Rev. John, Jessup, Pa. Lutheran.
Suicide. |
| 1910. | Kain, Rev. Maurice J. L., Newark, N. J.
Episcopal. Unnatural relations with boys. |
| 1910. | Kaminski, Rev. Father, Buffalo, N. Y. Catholic.
Slander. |
| 1903. | Kammer, Rev. A. M., Guttenburg, N. J. Catholic.
Horse-whipping small girl. |
| 1902. | Kantor, Rev. J. M., Alta, Ia. Methodist.
Defrauding insurance companies. |
| 1909. | Kasel, Rev. Ed., New Hradec, N. D. Catholic.
Tampering with mails. |
| 1908. | Kaye, Rev. J. A., Oak Park, Ill. Presbyterian.
Counterfeiting; two years. |
| 1905. | Kaylor, Rev. A. H., Pittsburgh, Pa. Evangelist.
Outrageous abuse of wife; divorced. |
| 1910. | Kazinsky, Rev. Father, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic.
Perjury. |
| 1911. | Kearns, Father, Vineland, N. J. Catholic.
Assault. |
| 1901. | Keep, Rev. R. H., Middleport, W. Va. New
Jerusalem. Making love to all the marriageable women in his
congregation, and some outside. |
| 1911. | Keffer, Rev. Mr., Seattle, Wash. Evangelist.
Cruelty. |
| 1901. | Keller, Rev. John, Arlington, N. J. Episcopal.
Ravishing Mrs. Barker; shot by Barker; recovered; not tried. |
| 1901. | Kellerman, Rev. C. R., Midland, Mich. Methodist.
“Indiscretions;” fled. |
| 1905. | Kelley, Rev. Ad. A., Salem, W. Va. Methodist. Intimacy with
domestic; confessed by himself and girl. |
| 1911. | Kellmayer, Rev. E., Trenton, N. J. Presbyterian.
“Conduct unbecoming a minister.” |
| 1907. | Kelly, Rev. A. M., Nashville, Tenn.
Swindling. |
| 1913. | Kelly, Rev. Claude, San Jose, Cal. Baptist.
Improper conduct with girls. |
| 1902. | Kelly, Francis J., Jersey City, N. J. Evangelist.
Deserting family. |
| 1910. | Kelly, Rev. J. M., Nowata, Okla. Evangelist.
Adultery. |
| Kelly, Rev. Fr., Elk Point, S. D. Catholic.
Running away with young woman. |
| 1899. | Kemp, Rev. K. L., Mechanicsburg, O. Drunkenness;
arrested and fined. |
| 1908. | Kemp, Rev. Morris, Chicago. Episcopal. Corrupting
morals of boys. |
| 1911. | Kemp, Rev. R. M., Chicago. Episcopalian.
Drunkenness and immorality. |
| 1900. | Kempton, Rev. Arthur C., Janesville, Wis.
Baptist. Slander; sued by young woman for $10,000. |
| 1910. | Keniston, Rev. George, Danville, Ill.
Congregational. Criminal assault. |
| 1903. | Kennedy, Rev. R. H., Hillsboro, Ore.
Congregational. Burglary; arrested. |
| 1906. | Kenyon, Rev. J. B., Bradford, Pa. Methodist
Episcopal. Resigned under complaint of immoral conduct with young
woman. |
| 1905. | Kent, Rev. Alex, Buffalo, N. Y. Baptist. Conduct
unbecoming a minister; expelled. |
| 1912. | Kepler, Rev. Robert W., Boston, Mass. Evangelist.
Corrupting the morals of a boy and abducting a young girl; now serving
time in the penitentiary. |
| 1911. | Kerr, J. W., Portland, Ind. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1899. | Kerr, Rev. Milton R., New Haven, Conn.
Congregational. Assignation with woman of his flock. |
| 1899. | Kerr, Rev. Dr., New York. Presbyterian. Lodging
at a hotel with a young woman, with whom he afterwards fled, leaving
wife. |
| 1907. | Kessenger, Rev. Nat., Evansville, Ind.
Drunkenness. |
| 1909. | Keuling, Rev. E. J., Woodhaven, L. I. Lutheran.
Disappeared, leaving wife. |
| 1914. | Kidder, Rev. Dr. Scott, Bayonne, N. J. Episcopal.
Accused of indecent assault on a 16-year-old girl. |
| 1909. | Kiekhoefer, Rev. H. J., Naperville, Ill. Made
love to girls in his college. |
| 1899. | Killingbeck, Rev. Wm., New York. Evangelist.
Drunkenness; died intoxicated. |
| 1911. | Kimmons, Rev. James, Rev. Bunyan and Rev. Judson,
Ellijay, Ga. Baptists. Murder. |
| 1910. | King, Rev. D. D., Ithaca, N. Y. Methodist
Episcopal. Though married, made love to another
woman; resigned. |
| 1902. | King, Rev. J. V. M., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Episcopal. Drunkenness; suicide. |
| 1902. | Kinnunen, Rev. John, Houghton, Mich. Lutheran.
Murder of wife and child, and suicide. |
| 1905. | Kipartawy, Rev. H., New York. Catholic. Threat to
kill; assault; arrested. |
| 1908. | Kirreh, Rev. Justin, Port Chester, N. Y. Baptist.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1908. | Kister, Rev. Frank, Providence, R. I. Theft. |
| 1900. | Kline, Robert and May, Kansas City, Mo.
Evangelist. Theft. |
| 1902. | Kling, Rev. Walter, Canton, O. Presbyterian.
Deceiving numerous women of his flock; deposed. |
| 1902. | Knapp, Rev. D. E., Guthrie Center, Ia. Methodist.
Abduction; prosecuted. |
| 1907. | Knight, Rev. E. J., Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopal.
Fighting. |
| 1912. | Knox, Rev. Maurice E., Parkersburg, W. Va.
Methodist. Sued for divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment. |
| 1908. | Knox, Rev. Robert, Toronto, Ont. Episcopal.
Attempted suicide. |
| 1914. | Kolodzejczik, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Polish
Catholic. Contributing to dependency of 8-year-old girl;
convicted. |
| 1911. | Korb, Rev. A. B., St. Louis, Mo. Assault. |
| 1911. | Korona, Father Antona, Bayonne, N. J. Catholic.
Slander. |
| 1901. | Koslowski, Bishop, Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Charged with borrowing money from patients in his hospital, and then
causing their death by injecting strychnine in their veins. |
| 1901. | Kossalko, Rev. Mr., Bridgeport, Conn. Catholic.
Malicious prosecution; sued for $5,000. |
| 1910. | Kovach, Rev. A., Dayton, O. Reformed. Mistreated
little girl. |
| 1910. | Kowalski, Rev. Mr., Winnipeg, Man. Catholic.
Felony. |
| 1903. | Krainhardt, Rev. Fred, Josephville, Mo. Catholic.
Suicide. |
| 1912. | Kraisicki, Rev. E., Detroit, Mich. Greek.
Adultery. |
| 1902. | Krell, Rev. Samuel, Lacon, Ia. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | Kreutzer, Rev. Frederick, Syracuse, N. Y.
Methodist. Criminal assault on woman. |
| 1910. | Kruzinaki, Rev. Ignacius, Stamford, Conn.
Catholic. Embezzlement. |
| 1913. | Kuhlman, Rev. H. W., Tillamook, Ore. Methodist.
Accosting women on the street; convicted, but let off in accordance with the usual favoritism
to a preacher. |
| 1913. | Kuhn, Rev. A., Mississippi, Miss. Roman Catholic.
Child-beating. |
| 1908. | Kurtz, Rev. J. S., Lancaster, Pa. Mennonite.
Violating fishing laws; fined; pleaded guilty. |
| 1912. | Kuryllo, Rev. Constantine, Pittsburgh, Pa. Greek.
Criminal assault on a girl. |
| 1911. | Kvantkovsky, Father Bolishlav, Jersey City, N. J.
Catholic. Seduced and abducted young girl. |
| 1913. | Kwiatowski, Rev. Barslow, Jersey City, N. J.
Roman Catholic. Embezzlement; arrested ten years before for assault and
battery. |
| 1899. | Labour, Rev. John, Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Disorderly conduct. |
| 1907. | Lagan, Rev. V. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Absconded with $6,000. |
| 1913. | Laguzzi, Rev. Joseph, Batavia, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Assault. |
| 1899. | Laird, Rev. A. M., Laporte, Ind. Christian.
Adultery with member of his flock at Elkhart. |
| 1905. | Lampkin, Rev. L. D., Duncan, Mo. Evangelist.
Attempting assault on woman during revival. |
| 1909. | Lander, Rev. A. J., Chicago, Ill. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1914. | Landis, Rev. B. J., Prince’s Fork, Va.
Lutheran. White slavery. |
| 1900. | Lane, Rev. C. M., San Francisco, Cal. Desertion
of wife, who sued for divorce. |
| 1913. | Lane, Rev. John, Tulsa, Okla. Methodist and
evangelist. Drunkenness. |
| 1907. | Langan, Rev. J. J., New York, N. Y. Catholic.
Stealing. |
| 1907. | Lange, Rev. A., Evansville, Ind. Lutheran.
Divorced; decamped with hairdresser. |
| 1906. | Lange, Rev. F. X., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Sued
by head of family as father of 5-year-old member of that family. |
| 1905. | Lanning, Rev. J. C., Doniphan Co., Kan.
Evangelist. Forgery; jailed. |
| 1901. | Latimer, Rev. J. H., Rome, Ga. Baptist. Fighting
with school superintendent. |
| 1913. | Laudrais, Rev. Mr., La Rochelle, N. J. Roman
Catholic. Arson; sentenced to sixteen years at hard labor. |
| 1900. | Laurence, Rev. Thos., Montreal, Can. Jesuit.
Swindling; three years in state prison. |
| 1900. | Lawrence, Rev. John S., Cincinnati, O.
Campbellite. Unlawful cohabitation; proved. |
| 1913. | Lawrence, Bishop William, Cambridge, Mass.
Episcopal. Sued for defamation of character. |
| 1902. | Ledbrook, Rev. Dr., Moscow, Ida. Methodist.
Seduction, murder and suicide; chloroformed himself and girl with whom
he eloped. |
| 1914. | Lee, Rev. Burton H., Ossining, N. Y. Episcopal.
Sued for separation by his wife. |
| 1914. | Lee, Rev. Frank L., Cory, Ind. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1903. | Lee, Rev. Robert H., Middleburg, Ky. Murder of
two; penitentiary for life. |
| 1911. | Lenihan, Rev. Father D. C., Waterloo, Ia.
Catholic. Assault. |
| 1900. | Lenk, Rev. Otto P., Cullman, Ala. Lutheran.
Suicide by shooting. |
| 1900. | Leonard, Rev. John, Horton, Kan. Baptist.
Intimacy with choir girl; dismissed. |
| 1903. | Lepore, Rev. Felix M., Denver, Col. Catholic.
Gambling and shooting. |
| Lewis, Rev. Clay, Kansas City, Mo. Evangelist.
Selling borrowed horse and wagon. |
| 1912. | Lewis, Rev. David D., New York, N. Y. Imprisoned
for fraud; made a sensational attempt to escape, but was
recaptured. |
| 1912. | Lewis, Rev. F. E., Willard, Kan. Arson. Charged
with burning church to revenge himself on the congregation. |
| 1905. | Lewis, Rev. Harry, Richfield, Minn. Baptist.
Theft of jewelry; jailed. |
| 1903. | Lewis, Rev. James, Columbus, O. Beating
wife. |
| 1910. | Lewis, Rev. James H., Brighton, Ia. Methodist.
Adultery. |
| 1913. | Lewis, Rev. J. D., Alexis, Ill. Lutheran. White
slavery, larceny. |
| 1901. | Lewis, Rev. J. P., Petersburg, Va. Assault with
deadly weapon. |
| 1913. | Lewis, Rev. W. A., Lansdowne, Pa. Methodist.
Fined for cruelty to chickens. |
| 1903. | Lewis, Rev. W. A., Texarkana, Ark. Baptist.
Assisting prisoner to escape; jailed. |
| 1902. | Lewis, Rev. Z. D., Richmond, Va. Baptist.
Adultery; divorce proceedings. |
| 1899. | Life, Rev. J. M., Hebron, O. Methodist.
Attempting improper relations; dismissed. |
| 1906. | Life, Rev. J. M., Canton, O. Methodist. Blacked
wife’s eye; sued for divorce. |
| 1911. | Lightbourne, Rev. A. W., Wilmington, Del.
Methodist. “Irregularity.” |
| 1908. | Limbeck, Rev. H. G., Cincinnati, O. Episcopal.
Beating a boy. |
| Lindner, Rev. G. J., Nashville, Tenn.
Campbellite. Swindling banks; fled. |
| 1902. | Lindsey, Rev. Jos., Carbondale, Ill. Evangelist.
Stealing clothes. |
| 1911. | Line, Rev. Hood, Iola, Kan. Free Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1902. | Ling, Rev. F. D., Port Huron, Mich. Methodist.
Attempted intimacy with married woman. |
| 1910. | Little, Rev. Arthur W., Evanston, Ill. Episcopal.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | Little, Rev. J. C., Rossville, Ind. Expelled for
improper relations; threatens editor with gun. |
| 1901. | Little, Rev. J. W., Beecher City, Ill. Baptist.
Running away with married woman. |
| Littleton, Rev. C. B., Edna, Kan. Methodist.
Under suspicion of causing wife’s death; unfrocked. |
| 1900. | Lloyd, Rev. Williams C., Southod, L. I.
Presbyterian. Mixed in scandal involving the pregnancy of a worker in
his church. |
| 1909. | Logan, Rev. A. W., Sterling, Ill. Baptist.
Larceny. |
| 1909. | Logan, Rev. B., Tacoma, Wash. Criminal assault on
11-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | Logan, Rev. P. B., Butler, Pa. Libel;
indicted. |
| 1901. | Long, John, McKinney, Tex. Cut wife’s
throat with pocketknife. |
| 1913. | Long, Rev. J. Franklin, Canon City, Colo.
Episcopal. Unlawful cohabitation. |
| 1909. | Long, Rev. W. M., Plainfield, Ia. Methodist
Episcopal. Defaulter. |
| 1910. | Long, Rev. Wm., Monticello, N. Y. Theft; thirty
days. |
| 1900. | Lonier, Rev. A. V., Mt. Holly, N. J. Methodist.
Intimacy with another’s wife. |
| 1914. | Loomis, Rev. Chester E., Owosso, Mich. Methodist.
Improper conduct with married woman. |
| 1909. | Lorton, Rev. J. E., Edinburg, Ill. Campbellite.
Unfaithfulness and cruelty to wife. |
| 1910. | Lott, Rev. G. W., Chicago, Ill. Methodist.
Annoying women on elevated trains; fined $100. |
| 1910. | Lovejoy, Rev. M. T., Chambersburg, Pa. Church of
God. Swapped wives with the baker. |
| 1911. | Lowe, Rev. Gilbert, Willimantic, Conn. Methodist.
Forgery. |
| 1910. | Lowe, Rev. Robert B., Bellefontaine, O. Baptist.
Adultery. |
| 1910. | Lowery, Rev. M. C., Greenville, Ala. Shot his
wife. |
| 1901. | Lowther, Rev. Frank, Winfield, Kan. Methodist.
Assault and destruction of property. |
| 1909. | Lubach, Rev. Sam., Staten Island, N. Y. Assaulted
old man; fined $10. |
| 1901. | Lucas, Rev. J. H., Hancock Co., W. Va. Methodist.
Conspiracy; indicted, arrested. |
| 1899. | Lumpkins, Rev. Lewis, Scottsboro, Ala. Baptist.
Torturing by burning his young grandson, who died; ten years in the
penitentiary. |
| 1911. | Lupton, Levi, founder of the Gift of Thomas cult,
Akron, O. Adultery. |
| 1899. | Luther, Rev. L. O., Garrison, Ia. Swindling
merchants of Garrison. |
| 1910. | Lutz, Rev. Mr., Ashland, Wis. Lutheran. Arrested
for assault. |
| 1908. | Lyford, Rev. G. D., Port Huron, Mich.
Congregational. “Indiscreet” with married woman; resigned;
disappeared, leaving wife behind. |
| 1912. | Lyles, Rev. C. S., Logan, Ia. Methodist.
Suspended by the church conference for what is euphemistically
described as “high imprudence and unministerial
conduct.” |
| 1908. | Lynos, Rev. Ernest E., Suffolk, Va.
Sanctificationist. Murder. |
| 1904. | Lyons, Rev. Chas. A., Sioux City, S. D. Bigamy;
five living wives or more. |
| 1914. | Lyons, Rev. David P., Newton, Ill. Holiness.
Assault and battery; convicted. |
| Mabry, Rev. W. D., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Methodist. Discovered in compromising position with well-known
woman. |
| 1904. | MacGrail, Rev. Jos. T., Navy chaplain. Catholic.
Gross immorality; resignation required. |
| 1913. | Machlachlan, Rev. H. D. C., Richmond, Va.
Christian. Maintaining common nuisance. |
| 1899. | Mackay, Rev. T. J., Newport News. Baptist. Taking
“unusual” liberties with a woman. |
| 1912. | Mackelcan, Rev. George F. A., Detroit, Mich. Episcopal.
Habitual drunkard; committed to insane asylum on complaint of his
wife. |
| 1900. | MacKinney, Rev. Jas., Philadelphia, Pa. Enticing
young girl; fined $500. |
| 1913. | MacMurtry, Rev. Andrew J., Manilla, Ia.
Presbyterian. Adultery; divorce granted his wife. |
| 1913. | MacRorie, Rev. Willis S., Mount Hope, N. J.
Methodist. Adultery; convicted and sentenced to three months in county
jail. |
| 1914. | MacWeedsen, Rev. Robert, Willow Grove, Pa.
Baptist. Disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons. |
| 1914. | Maddox, Rev. Carroll S., Santa Monica, Cal.
Baptist. Sued for slander by woman. |
| 1899. | Maguire, Rev. H. W., Bayonne, N. J. Baptist.
Assault and battery. |
| 1913. | Main, Rev. Silas S., Britton, Mich. Christian.
Equivocal conduct with women. |
| 1903. | Malone, Rev. D. M., Wardell, Mo. Evangelist.
Deserted his wife and traveled with another woman; killed by a mob
while under arrest. |
| 1913. | Mann, Rev. Allen D., Marion, Ind. Larceny. |
| 1910. | Mann, Rev. A. M., Logan, Mich. Methodist. Immoral
conduct. |
| 1906. | Marable, Rev. J. L., Haverhill, Mass. Baptist.
Unlawful cohabitation. |
| 1912. | Marcavitz, Rev. Jos., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Collecting money under false pretenses. |
| 1913. | Marsh, Rev. Waldo B., D.D., Tacoma, Wash.
Methodist. Unfrocked for clerical impropriety. |
| 1901. | Marsh, Rev. W. H., Remington, Va. Methodist
Eloping with young girl. |
| 1906. | Marshall, Rev. C. C., Sault Ste. Marie, Can.
Baptist. Disciplined by church for striking a member of
congregation. |
| 1899. | Marston, Rev. J. F., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1909. | Martin, Rev. D. C., Pittsburgh. Presbyterian.
Larceny. |
| 1905. | Martin, Rev. G. W., Barron, Wis. Baptist.
Seduction; ousted. |
| 1904. | Martin, Rev. L. P., Philadelphia, Pa. Evangelist.
“Raising” postal money orders; confessed. |
| 1908. | Martoogessian, Rev. L. M., New York, N. Y.
Armenian. Blackmail and extortion; two years. |
| 1910. | Maslowske, Rev. S., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Attacked and mistreated a girl. |
| 1905. | Mason, Rev. John T., Albany, Mo. Baptist.
Criminal libel. |
| 1913. | Mason, Rev. O. H. L., Long Beach, Cal.
Presbyterian. Improper conduct with girl parishioners. |
| 1910. | Mason, Rev. W. A., San Bernardino, Cal. Menacing
wife’s life. |
| 1905. | Masterson, Rev. Chas. S., Garrett, Ill.
Abandonment and non-support of wife, who sued for divorce; name
connected with different women’s. |
| 1913. | Mata, Rev. Domingo A., Los Angeles, Cal.
Presbyterian. Impropriety with his organist. |
| 1900. | Matschat, Rev. G. L., Hicksville, L. I. Lutheran.
Drunk in the pulpit. |
| 1901. | Matthews, Rev. Chas. H., Cumberland, Md.
Methodist. Shooting a boy. |
| 1907. | Matthews, Rev. E. E., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Larceny. |
| 1914. | Matthews, Rev. Frederick R., Pasadena, Cal.
Methodist. Cruelty to boy. |
| 1913. | Matthews, Rev. John, Omaha, Neb. Baptist. Immoral
conduct; unfrocked on his own confession. |
| 1909. | Matthews, Rev. R. M., Connellsville, Pa.
Bigamy. |
| 1900. | Matthewson, Rev. A. C., Brockport, N. Y.
Consorting with a strange woman in Buffalo. |
| 1913. | Maxey, Rev. I. W., Decatur, Ill. Financial
crookedness. |
| 1913. | Maxson, Rev. C. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Christian.
Vagrancy and drunkenness. |
| 1901. | Maxwell, Rev. M. C., Clayton, Ala. Baptist.
Shooting in church. |
| 1905. | Maybery, Rev. Mr., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Methodist. Adultery committed in his church. Jailed, jumped bail. |
| 1899. | Maynard, Rev. R. A., Denver, Colo. Independent.
Improperly obtaining a divorce and remarrying. |
| 1905. | McAccen, Rev. Jos. E., Gethsemane, Ky. Catholic.
Theft of $110 from another priest with whom he went on a spree in New
York. |
| 1901. | McAllister, Rev. J. W., Lowells, Mich. Methodist.
Attempted seduction; disappeared. |
| 1911. | McAlwain, Rev. R. C., Council Bluffs, Ia.
Episcopal. Defendant in scandalous breach of promise suit for $30,000,
plaintiff being mother of his illegitimate child. |
| 1901. | McAmmond, Rev. F., Perth, Ont. Methodist. Drunk
and disorderly in Syracuse. |
| 1899. | McArdle, Rev. George, Troy, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Cut his throat in the presence of his wife. |
| 1906. | McAtee, Rev. J. Q., Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran.
Brutally attacked his wife; shot by daughter. |
| 1909. | McBrian, Rev. J. D., Leavenworth, Kan. Grafting
as chaplain of penitentiary. |
| 1902. | McCall, Rev. D. H., Sharon Grove, Ky. Breaking
into and robbing a store. |
| 1901. | McCammish, Rev. J., Carbondale. Ill. Second
Advent. Relations with Mrs. Brown; shot Brown in fight. |
| McCampbell, Rev. J. H., Bolckow, Mo. Methodist
Episcopal. Suicide. |
| 1899. | McCauley, Rev. Clarence, Louisville, Ky.
Evangelist. Attempted assault on woman. |
| 1909. | McClasky, Rev. W. P., Alameda, Cal. Methodist.
Left wife for affinity. |
| 1910. | McClellan. Rev. H., Bloomington, Ill. Cruelty to
wife. |
| 1900. | McClelland, Rev. G., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Falsehood and attentions to woman. |
| 1900. | McClenaghan, Rev. Mr., East Orange, N. J.
Withheld until after her death the fact that he had married a young
woman to his nephew and allowed the public to believe her child was
illegitimate; forced to resign. |
| 1899. | McCool, Rev. H. W., West Point, Neb. Lutheran.
Suicide. |
| 1909. | McCrossan, Rev. C. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Baptist
Exaggerated mine prospects. |
| 1912. | McCutcheon, Rev. T. M., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Evangelist. Adultery; caught by detectives in flagrante delicto. |
| 1913. | McDaniel, Rev. George W., Richmond, Va. Baptist.
Maintaining common nuisance. |
| 1912. | McDaniel, Rev. J. G., Rogers, Ark. Embezzlement;
sent to the penitentiary. |
| 1902. | MacDonald, Rev. Geo. A., Long Island City, N. Y.
Baptist. Drinking too much; resigned. |
| 1902. | McDonald, Rev. W. H., Spring Valley, N. Y.
Baptist. Absconding with church funds. |
| 1910. | McFall, Rev. Arthur, Orange, Tex. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1900. | McFarland, Rev. E. G., Coshocton, N. Y.
Episcopal. Adultery; confessed and quit. |
| 1903. | McFarland, Rev. J. T., Topeka, Kan. Contempt of
court; $25 fine. |
| 1903. | McFarland, Rev. Wm., Peoria, Ill. Methodist.
Gross immorality. |
| 1912. | McFarland, Rev. W. D., D.D., Greenville, Tenn.
Presbyterian. Causing girl’s death by criminal operation.
Convicted and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. |
| 1912. | McGann, Rev. William T., Elgin, Ill. Deserted his
wife, who thereupon sued for divorce. |
| 1901. | McGowan, Rev. John, South Brooklyn, N. Y.
Catholic. Undue intimacy with Sunday school teacher. |
| 1902. | McGuinness, Rev. Jas., Truxton, N. Y. Catholic.
Drunkenness; died of alcoholism. |
| 1909. | McHenry, Rev. A. C., Cleveland, O.
Congregational. Performed illegal marriage; assaulted his accuser. |
| 1907. | McHenry, Rev. John, Benton Harbor, Mich.
Campbellite. Made date with married woman. |
| McIntyre, Rev. Lee A., Louisville, Ky. African
Baptist. Malicious shooting and wounding; convicted. |
| 1901. | McIntroff, Rev. David N., Spokane, Wash.
Methodist. Defrauding a widow of $700; convicted. |
| 1904. | McKay, Rev. C. B., Mapleton, Ia. Methodist.
Seduction and rape of girls. |
| 1907. | McKay, Rev. Thos., New Haven, Conn.
Congregational. Plagiarism. |
| 1904. | McKinney, Rev. H. L., Pittsburgh, Pa. Evangelist.
Posed as girl correspondent and swindled men. |
| 1902. | McKnight, Rev. Mr., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist.
Selling liquor on Sunday. |
| 1912. | McKoy, Rev. Charles F., Bar Harbor, Me. Baptist.
Driven from town on account of his conduct with a 10-year-old
girl. |
| 1913. | McLain, Rev. E. B., Little Rock, Ark. Forgery.
Declared insane, and sent to asylum. |
| 1905. | McLaurin, Rev. Archibald, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Baptist. Too great familiarity with women, intemperance, and other
offenses. |
| 1910. | McLeod, Rev. W. H., Woodstock, Can. Baptist.
Intimacy with young women; resigned. |
| 1909. | McMasters, Rev. Josc., Galveston, Tex. Methodist.
Criminally assaulting 15-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | McMurry, Rev. W. F., Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Methodist. Accused of murder. |
| 1913. | McMurty, Rev. A. J., Oakland, Neb. Presbyterian.
Immoral conduct. |
| 1900. | McNamee, Rev. B., Urbana, O. Evangelist. Wife
beating; $50 and three months. |
| 1902. | McNellis, Rev. Ch., Titusville, Pa. Catholic.
Eloping with married woman; arrested as a vagrant. |
| 1914. | McVicker, Mrs. B. L., Marion, Ind. Quaker pastor.
Unlawful cohabitation. Even the ladies in the pulpit cannot escape the
contamination which follows the profession so persistently. |
| 1902. | McWilliams, Rev. Robt., Vineland, N. J. Cruelty
to young wife. |
| 1907. | Mears, Rev. W. H., New York, N. Y. Episcopal.
Consorting with public woman. Arrested; deposed. |
| 1899. | Melbourne, Rev. J. D., Briscoe Co., Tex. Baptist.
Counterfeiting; admitted guilt. |
| 1908. | Meloy, Rev. J. B., La Porte, Ia. United
Evangelist. Slander. |
| 1900. | Merchant, Rev. E. W., St. Louis, Mo. Adultery;
threatening wife’s life. |
| 1913. | Merington, Rev. R. W. E., Essex Falls, N. J.
Episcopal. Attempted suicide. |
| 1900. | Meriwether, Rev. P. M., Clarksville, Tenn.
Abducting for purposes of prostitution. |
| 1909. | Metcalf, Rev. E. F., Alexandria, S. D.
Campbellite. Seduction of 14-year-old girl. |
| 1914. | Metcalf, Rev. Milton Y., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist.
Embezzlement. |
| 1913. | Michael, Rev. George, Pittsburgh, Pa. Greek
Catholic. Criminal assault. |
| 1902. | Miller, Rev. Chas. B., Griffin, Ga. Methodist.
Forging and swindling. |
| 1910. | Miller, Rev. C. E., Marion, O. Campbellite.
Charged by wife with immorality; resigned. |
| 1898. | Miller, Rev. Jas. N., New Haven, Conn.
Congregational. Stealing $500 worth of books. |
| 1910. | Miller, Rev. J. M., Butler, Pa. Lutheran. Libel;
indicted. |
| 1913. | Milligan, Rev. Robert F. T., Chicago, Ill.
Evangelist. Attempted criminal assault; sentenced to from one to
fourteen years in the penitentiary. |
| 1901. | Milliken, Rev. Lee B., Cincinnati, O.
Presbyterian. Swindling; borrowed money and skipped from Washington,
Ind. |
| 1913. | Milton, Rev. Mr., Hastings, Neb. Methodist.
Unlawful intercourse. |
| 1914. | Minehart, Rev. James T., Chicago, Ill. Using
mails to defraud. |
| 1910. | Miraglia, Rev. Paolo. Catholic. Excluded as
undesirable person because of crimes in Italy. |
| 1901. | Mitchell, Rev. H. M., Sugartown, Ga. Methodist.
Fighting with a knife. |
| 1896. | Mitchell, Rev. T. E., Knoxville, Tenn. Perjury;
two years’ sentence. |
| 1914. | Mlynarezyk, Rev. Father, Cleveland, O. Polish
Catholic. Rape. |
| 1914. | Mohammed, Rev. C., Bristol, Va. Syrian. Obtaining
money under false pretenses; convicted and sentenced. |
| 1909. | Mollineaux, Rev. E. H., Hempstead, L. I. Baptist.
Eloped with another’s wife. |
| 1901. | Moment, Rev. Alfred, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Misconduct with young married woman. |
| Monda, Rev. L. A., Connellsville, Pa. Catholic.
Seduction; arrested; jumped bail. |
| 1912. | Monteuffel, Rev. Julius, Passaic, N. J. Roman
Catholic. Assault; charged with striking a woman in the face. |
| 1902. | Montgomery, Rev. Mr., Woodbridge, N. J.
Presbyterian. Conduct meriting imprisonment. |
| 1908. | Moore, Rev. Allie, Bellefontaine, O. Episcopal.
Forgery. |
| 1913. | Moore, Bishop David H., Indianapolis, Ind.
Methodist. Libel. |
| 1900. | Moore, Rev. Green, Louisa, Ky. Baptist. Convicted
on paternity charge. |
| Moore, Rev. Dr. H. H., Corry, Pa. Methodist.
Indicted on “serious charge.” |
| 1901. | Moore, Rev. Philip, Indianapolis, Ind.
Evangelist. Assault and battery on wife and child. |
| 1907. | Moore, Rev. R. L., Garrett’s Ford, Pa.
Evangelist. Larceny. |
| 1899. | Moore, Rev. W., Benton, Ky. Methodist. Immorality
with young girl. |
| 1899. | Moran, Rev. S. Wilson, Minneapolis. Episcopal.
Nameless crime. |
| 1899. | Morelle, Rev. Daniel, Wilmington, Ga. Suicide in
New York. |
| 1903. | Morgan, Rev. F. A., Oklahoma City, I. T.
Holiness. Fornication. |
| 1900. | Morris, Rev. John W., Indianapolis, Ind.
Evangelist. Adultery; eloped with married woman. |
| 1910. | Morris, Rev. Wm., Los Angeles. Episcopal. Craving
for coin and beer; arrested. |
| 1908. | Morris, Rev. Mr., Milford, Ga. Methodist.
Attempted assault on woman; shot by husband. |
| 1914. | Morrison, Rev. Arthur M., Newburyport, Mass.
Evangelist. Forgery. |
| 1905. | Morrison, Rev. A. B., Texarkana, Ark. Baptist.
Eloped with girl of 13; prosecuted under age of consent law; ten
years. |
| 1905. | Morrison, Rev. D. H., Emporia, Kan. Methodist.
Improper conduct with girl 8 years old. |
| 1899. | Morrison, Rev. G. E., Vernon, Tex. Methodist.
Wife murder; hanged. |
| 1902. | Morrison, Rev. W. F., Chelsea, Mass. Navy
chaplain. Suicide. |
| 1912. | Mortimer, Rev. Alfred G., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
Episcopal. Immorality. |
| 1911. | Moss, Rev. Richard H., Akron, O. Methodist.
Convicted of robbery. |
| 1898. | Mott, Rev. Charles A., Stockton, N. J. Baptist.
Attempted rape of married woman; confessed. |
| 1908. | Mott, Rev. Henry Elliott, D.D., Elizabeth, N. J.
Presbyterian. Immorality. |
| 1914. | Moulton, Rev. R. C., Des Moines, Ia. Methodist.
Brutal assault on child. |
| 1909. | Moyer, Rev. C. H., Chicago, Ill. Methodist
Episcopal. Confessed to embezzlement of $1,700. |
| 1912. | Muehlfeldt, Francis W., New York, N. Y. Lay
evangelist. Robbery and murder. |
| 1913. | Mueller, Rev. Kurt, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran.
Bigamy. |
| 1913. | Mueller, Rev. Philip, D.D., Stillwater, Wis.
Manslaughter. |
| 1901. | Muldoon, Rev. Mr., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Scandalous conduct, drunkenness, etc. |
| 1914. | Mullin, Rev. J. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Murder. |
| Murphy, Rev. S. E., Eufala, Ark. Evangelist.
Forgery; deserting his wife. |
| 1901. | Murray, Rev. Abr., Chicago, Ill. Methodist.
“Transgressions of the most serious sort.” |
| 1905. | Murray, Rev. O. E., Bijou Hills, S. D. Sued by H.
A. Schmidt for seduction of minor daughter. |
| 1899. | Murray, Rev. William, Dyersburg, Tenn. Methodist.
Immorality. |
| 1899. | Musgrove, Rev. C. J., Lewiston, O. Methodist
Protestant. Burglary and larceny. |
| 1908. | Myers, Rev. Clement, Portland, Ind. Debauchery,
etc. |
| 1910. | Myers, Rev. C., Boston, Mass. Baptist. Sued for
libel. |
| 1912. | Mylnarczyk, Rev. A., Utica, N. Y. Polish
Catholic. Mailing obscene literature. |
| 1906. | Mynarczyk, Rev. W. A., New Kensington, Pa.
Catholic. Rape. |
| 1913. | Nawrocki, Rev. Adelbert, Brooklyn, N. Y. Polish
Catholic. Criminal libel; pleaded guilty. |
| 1906. | Nazarian, Rev. Saliag, Fresno, Cal. Catholic.
Abduction of 14-year-old girl. |
| 1911. | Neal, Rev. B., Springfield, Ill. Christian.
Seduced a little girl, who at the age of 13 gave birth to a child. |
| 1911. | Neece, T. Clay, Dallas, Tex. Former Baptist
preacher. Horse thief. |
| 1899. | Neeley, Rev. H. D., Higginsport, O. Methodist.
Indulgence in immoralities. |
| 1913. | Neil, Rev. B. M., Modesta, Ill. Seduction of
young girl; sent to penitentiary for 25 years. |
| Nellis, Rev. Charles, Titusville, Pa. Catholic.
Elopement with married woman. |
| 1904. | Nelson, Rev. H. P., Seattle, Wash. Evangelist.
Left wife to live with another woman. |
| 1902. | Nelson, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Robbing
patients in hospital and swindling merchants. |
| 1903. | Nesbit, Rev. N. Hill. Desertion; divorce;
alimony. |
| 1913. | Nettles, Rev. Stephen A., Spartansburg, S. C.
Methodist. Improper conduct toward a young woman, assault and
miscellaneous minor offenses. |
| 1912. | Newell, Rev. William R., Chicago, Ill.
Evangelist. Excommunicated by Moody Church for misconduct with women,
habitual use of narcotic drugs, and unreliability of statements. |
| 1914. | Newill, Rev. E. P., Los Angeles, Cal. Contempt of
court. |
| 1899. | Newman, Rev. Newman, Waco, Tex. Evangelist.
Counterfeiting; one year in the penitentiary. |
| 1909. | Newman, Rev. P. I., Vandalia, Ill. Crime against
little girl; one to twenty years’ sentence. |
| 1900. | Newsom, Rev. Mr., Elizabethtown, Ky. Methodist.
Fighting on the street. |
| 1900. | Nichols, Rev. C. E. O., Burlington, N. J.
Episcopal. Maltreating a boy pupil; fled. |
| 1899. | Nichols, Rev. C. W. DeL., New York. Episcopal.
Gross immorality; deposed by Bishop Potter. |
| 1900. | Nichols, Rev. J. E., Riverhead, L. I. Methodist.
Living with another man’s wife. |
| 1904. | Nichols, Rev. R. A., Worcester, Mass. Church of
Christ. Mishandling funds entrusted to him. |
| 1903. | Nickelsen, Rev. C. D., Colfax, Wash. Methodist.
Enticing a woman; withdrew from the ministry. |
| 1913. | Nickerson, Rev. Wm. H., Westfield, Ill. United
Brethren. Murderous assault. |
| 1904. | Nickerson, Rev. Mr., Columbus, O. Baptist.
Bigamy; penitentiary for one year. |
| 1909. | Nieman, Rev. John, Pittsburgh, Pa. Abused
15-year-old girl; struck wife. |
| 1908. | Nimmo, Rev. J. H., Barriefield, Ont. Anglican.
Eloped; deposed. |
| 1913. | Niskowici, Rev. A., Youngstown, O. Independent
Catholic. Forgery. |
| 1912. | Nix, Rev. J. W., Clarkson, Miss. Methodist.
Convicted of attempted assault on a 9-year-old girl; sentenced to one
year in prison. |
| 1913. | Noon, Rev. Samuel H., Cambridge, Mass. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1912. | Norris, Rev. J. Frank, Fort Worth, Tex. Baptist.
Accused of arson. |
| 1899. | Norris, Rev. Reginald, St. Paul, Minn.
Evangelist. Bigamy; four or five wives. |
| 1900. | Northrup, Rev. C. V., Owosso, Mich. Baptist.
Seduction; deposed. |
| 1900. | Norton, Rev. A. Q., Amityville, N. Y. Methodist.
“Indiscreet conduct;” fined $25. |
| 1906. | Norton, Rev. J. G., Valdosta, Ga. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1911. | Novak, Rev. Matthew, Milwaukee, Wis. Catholic.
Viciously assaulted a boy. |
| 1898. | Nye, Rev. D. C., North Coshocton, N. Y.
Methodist. Left wife and eloped with young woman. |
| 1900. | Nye, Rev. Moses, Newark, O. Evangelist. Assaulted
brother preacher. |
| 1912. | Oakes, Rev. John A., Belford, N. J. Methodist.
“Indiscretion” with young girls. |
| 1899. | Oakes, Rev. J. A., Sharpestown, N. J. Methodist.
Indecent assault on girl. |
| 1910. | O’Brien, Rev. D., Sandy Hill, N. Y.
Catholic. Immoral relations with school teacher. |
| 1905. | O’Callaghan, Rev. P. J, Chicago, Ill.
Catholic. Keeping gambling house; arrested. |
| 1900. | O’Cantey, Rev. Mr., Elliott, S. C.
Ravishing 10-year-old girl. |
| 1904. | O’Connell, Rev. M. J., New York, N. Y.
Catholic. Attempting suicide. |
| 1909. | O’Dell, Rev. Sol., Lebanon, Mo.
Presbyterian. Drew knife on a minister who then shot him. |
| 1914. | Odjada, Rev. Macairo, San Bernardino, Cal. Head
of Spanish mission. Failure to provide for family. |
| 1900. | O’Donnell, Rev. John J., New York, N. Y.
Catholic. Suicide. |
| 1900. | Odum, Rev. B., Atlanta, Ga. Baptist.
“Beating landlady out of his board bill.” |
| 1912. | Offstedahl, Rev. M. E., Grafton, N. D. Lutheran.
Suicide. |
| 1905. | Oggle, Rev. Mr., Roan Mountain, Term. Baptist.
Organized church club into which females were initiated nude; lodged in
jail in Bakersville, N. C. |
| O’Hara, Rev. Anthony, Philip, S. D.
Catholic. Rape of 12-year-old girl. |
| 1899. | Olden, Rev. G. D., Topeka, Kan. Baptist.
Parentage of illegitimate child. |
| 1899. | Oliver, Rev. Robt., Atlantic City, N. J. Stealing
lumber to fit up camp grounds. |
| 1909. | Olson, Rev. O. M., Batavia, Ill. Methodist.
Disorderly conduct. |
| 1907. | Oplinger, Rev. H. J., Slatington, Pa. Young woman
the mistress, wife the domestic in his household. |
| 1912. | O’Ryan, Father William, Denver, Colo.
Catholic. Attempted to bribe a witness. |
| 1902. | Orwick, Rev. J. F., Jackson, Mich. Visiting
assignation houses; habitual immorality. |
| 1909. | Osborn, Rev. A. O., Bloomfield, Ind. Campbellite.
Embezzlement. |
| 1909. | Osborn, Rev. Joel, St. Joseph, Mo. Baptist.
“Peeping Tom;” fined. |
| 1899. | O’Shay, Rev. Charles, Chillicothe, O.
Christian. Intimacy with woman not his wife; breaking up home of Ch.
Summers. |
| 1900. | O’Shea, Rev. Chas., Provo, Utah. Known to
be a bigamist; suspected of murder. |
| 1908. | Osterfield, Rev. Dudley, Ozone Park, L. I.
Methodist. Violation of marriage vows; sued for divorce. |
| 1904. | O’Tool, Rev. M. J., New Sharon, Ia.
Peddling without license; arrested. |
| 1909. | Owen, Rev. Gustave, Clarksville, Tenn. Selling
liquor without license; chain gang. |
| 1908. | Owen, Rev. Thomas, Newton, Mass. Episcopal.
Adultery. |
| 1909. | Owen, Rev. W. D., Augusta, Ga. Campbellite.
Jailed for land frauds. |
| 1901. | Owens, Rev. C. T., Atlanta, Ga. Methodist.
Drunkenness and breach of promise. |
| 1912. | Owens, Rev. Eben J., New York City. Evangelist.
Extortion. |
| 1913. | Owens, Rev. Joe, Rosedale, Va. Baptist. Adultery
and embezzlement. |
| 1913. | Owens, Rev. Joseph, Abingdon, Va. Baptist. White
slavery. |
| 1913. | Owens, Rev. Oscar Lee, Baltimore, Md. Baptist.
cruelty to wife; separation granted her. |
| 1912. | Oxnard, Rev. Henry E. E., New Bedford, Mass.
Constructive larceny. |
| 1901. | Pace, Rev. John P., Russellville, Ala. Baptist.
Adultery; six months’ sentence. |
| 1914. | Paciarelli, Rev. Joseph, Altoona, Pa. Methodist.
Libel. |
| 1910. | Paisley, Rev. J. A., Moorsville, N. C.
Presbyterian. Seduction, adultery. |
| 1901. | Papageorgopoulos, Rev. Agathodorus A., New York.
Greek Catholic. Adultery; co-respondent in divorce suit. |
| 1913. | Papineau, Rev. Arthur B., Wayland, Mass.
Episcopal. Sued for defamation of character. |
| 1912. | Pappilon, Rev. J. J., Willimantic, Conn. Roman
Catholic. Obstructing justice. |
| 1900. | Pappon, Rev. Karol, Springfield, Mass. Catholic.
Assaulting a woman. |
| 1899. | Parish, Rev. F. G., Indianapolis, Ind. Baptist.
Cruelty to wife; divorced. |
| 1907. | Park, Rev. W. H., Goshen, Ind. Suicide. |
| 1907. | Parker, Rev. G. C., Hopkinsville, Ky. Methodist.
Used church collection to get drunk. |
| 1912. | Parker, Rev. J. A., Kempton, Ind. Christian.
Adultery. |
| 1901. | Parker, Rev. J. T., Baltimore, Md. Baptist.
Bigamy. |
| 1907. | Parker, Rev. W. G., Goshen, Ind. Suicide. |
| 1901. | Parker, Rev. W. H., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Interfering
with an officer; jailed. |
| 1910. | Parkinson, Rev. B. E., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Methodist. Engaged to young woman; wife in Iowa. |
| 1897. | Parrish, Rev. Geo., Marshalltown, Ia.
Congregational. Forgery. |
| 1912. | Passley, Rev. Robert, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Grand larceny. |
| 1912. | Patten, Rev. Samuel, Cincinnati, O. Disorderly
conduct and attempted suicide. |
| 1901. | Patterson, Rev. C. T., Minneola, Fla. Methodist.
Threatening life of wife; arrested. |
| 1907. | Patterson, Rev. E., Enid, Okla. Jailed for
stealing. |
| 1910. | Patterson, Rev. V. M., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Congregational. Left wife to court former sweetheart. |
| 1913. | Pawlikowski, Rev. Roman, St. Louis, Mo.
Alienation of affections; verdict against him of $750. |
| 1899. | Payne, Rev. Thos. J., Benton, Tenn. Baptist.
Making moonshine whisky. |
| Payseur, Rev. J. J., Charlotte, N. C. Baptist.
Shot farmer on whose lands he was hunting. |
| 1902. | Peabody, Rev. D. C., Decatur, Ill. Episcopal.
Suicide. |
| 1907. | Peabody, Rev. P. B., Utica, N. Y. Episcopal.
Petty larceny; six months. |
| 1909. | Pembroke, Rev. D., St. Joseph, Mo. Catholic.
Blackmailing; six months. |
| 1912. | Perinchef, Rev. Percy, D.D. Methodist. Accused of
slandering and intimidating a woman. |
| Perkins, Rev. G., Marshalltown, Ia. Baptist.
Cheating by false pretenses. |
| 1912. | Perkins, Rev. Reece W., New Orleans, La. Baptist.
Frequented houses of ill fame. |
| Perry, Rev. Harry M., Lincoln, Neb. Methodist.
Violation of liquor law. |
| 1910. | Perry, Rev. Isaac, Williamsburg, Ky. Murder. |
| 1910. | Perry, Rev. M. W., Gadsden, Ala. Adultery and
embezzlement of $165. |
| 1909. | Person, Rev. R. T., Philadelphia, Pa. Made love
to workingman’s wife. |
| 1913. | Peterson, Rev. Carl, Northampton, Mass. Using
mails to defraud. |
| 1900. | Peterson, Rev. Jacob B., New York, N. Y.
Armenian. Drunk and disorderly; demolished furniture. |
| 1912. | Peterson, Rev. W. A., Oshkosh, Wis. Methodist.
“Indiscretion” with lambs of the female persuasion. |
| 1903. | Petty, Rev. W. O., Gainesville, Ga. Shooting at a
divekeeper and hitting another man. |
| 1906. | Phalen, Rev. J. R., Clement City, Mich. Baptist.
Jailed for passing worthless checks. Received compromising letters from
women of congregation. |
| 1910. | Pheley, Rev. Dr. W. H., Providence, R. I.
Presbyterian. Drinking habits. |
| 1908. | Phelps, Rev. James Duane, Syracuse, N. Y.
Methodist. Suicide. |
| 1899. | Phelps, Rev. J. D., Buffalo, N. Y. Methodist.
Immoral character, according to rumor. |
| 1901. | Phillips, Rev. E. S., Hazleton, Pa. Catholic.
Came to New York on a spree, and died in a disorderly house. |
| 1903. | Phillips, Rev. Harry L., Randolph, Co., W. Va.
Methodist. Forgery. |
| 1900. | Phillips, Rev. J. H., Huntsville, Ala. Left wife
and disappeared with another. |
| 1909. | Pick, Elder E., Mount Lebanon, N. Y. Shaker.
Unbecoming conduct with eldress; unfrocked. |
| 1906. | Pickle, Rev. John, Colfax, Wash. Jailed for
wife-beating. |
| 1905. | Pierce, Rev. David, Southbury, Conn.
Congregational. Attempting to shoot wife and daughter; placed in an
asylum. |
| 1909. | Pike, Rev. G. R., Eau Claire, Wis.
Congregational. Detraction; prosecuted. |
| 1900. | Piner, Rev. W. F., Hopkinsville, Ky. Methodist.
Called on wife; whipped husband who objected. |
| 1910. | Pippen, Rev. W. E., Shreveport, La. Baptist.
Obtaining money by false pretenses. |
| 1913. | Pippin, Rev. William E., Prescott, Ark. Baptist.
Forgery; sentenced to three years in penitentiary. |
| 1900. | Pirstle, Rev. B. J., Jasper, Tenn. Presbyterian.
Suicide. |
| 1910. | Pittman, Rev. A. J., Brandenburg, Ky. Baptist.
Wife-beating. |
| 1903. | Plannette, Rev. E. E., Los Angeles, Cal.
Presbyterian. Petty larceny; confessed; jailed. |
| 1905. | Plant, Rev. Robert, Rockland, Me. Episcopal.
Libel; sued. |
| 1913. | Plantz, Rev. Howard J., Sycamore, Ill. Free
Methodist. Corrupting morals of child; confessed guilt. |
| 1911. | Plass, Rev. Norman, Boston, Mass. Protestant.
Sold bogus mining stock. |
| 1904. | Platt, Rev. A. L., Santa Cruz, Cal. Christian.
Deserting wife and eloping. |
| 1908. | Pledger, Rev. C. P., Warrensburg, Ill.
Evangelist. Defamation. |
| 1909. | Pniak, Rev. Simon, Utica, N. Y. Catholic.
Criminal assault on girl. |
| 1913. | Podin, Rev. Carl, New York, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Non-support of wife. |
| 1905. | Pohl, Rev. Titus, Chicago, Ill. Lutheran.
Bastardy; resigned. |
| 1903. | Poleet, Rev. John, Springfield, Ill. Murder of C.
Isaksson; confessed; life sentence. |
| 1907. | Poole, Rev. G., Gloucester City, N. J. Baptist.
Put out of church on serious charges. |
| Pooler, Rev. G., Burr Oaks, Mich. Presbyterian.
Cruelty to and non-support of wife. |
| 1900. | Popke, Rev. A., Baltimore, Md. Catholic.
Adultery; woman’s husband got divorce. |
| 1902. | Porter, Rev. C. H., Newport, R. I. Unitarian.
Cruelty to wife, who secured a divorce. |
| 1900. | Porter, Rev. Farley, Batavia, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Slander; sued for $5,000. |
| 1912. | Porter, Rev. Robert B., Downieville, Pa. Sued for
divorce on grounds of cruelty and neglect. |
| 1904. | Porter, Rev. Wm., Huntsville, Ala. Embezzling
funds; arrested. |
| 1900. | Porterfield, Rev. C. L., Franklin, Pa. Baptist.
Assaulting 15-year-old girl; sent to Western Penitentiary. |
| Porubsky, Rev. John, Binghampton, N. Y. Catholic.
Misappropriation of church funds. |
| 1903. | Posey, Rev. O. K., Pottawatomie Co., Kan.
Christian. Deserting wife; eloping with young girl. |
| 1899. | Potter, Rev. Daniel, New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Improper conduct with his housekeeper. |
| 1904. | Powell, Rev. George, Utica, N. Y. Attempted
suicide. |
| 1900. | Powell, Rev. James, Elfort, O. Evangelist. The
murder of Frank Reed. |
| 1912. | Powell, Rev. J. W., Van Buren, Ark. Baptist.
Convicted of criminal assault on a young girl. |
| 1899. | Powell, Rev. Thos., Madison, Ind. Drunkenness;
lost pulpit through drink. |
| 1900. | Power, Rev. J. W., New York, N. Y. Catholic.
Procuring will in his favor through fraud. |
| 1909. | Powers, Rev. P., Chicago. Methodist
Episcopal. Held
responsible for suicide of woman. Removed by bishop. |
| 1901. | Powers, Rev. Samuel, Philadelphia, Pa. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1912. | Prentess, Rev. S. Henry, Charlottesville, Va.
Evangelist. Burglary. |
| 1907. | Presby, Rev. J. H., New Haven, Conn. Sued for
divorce; intimate with young woman of congregation. |
| 1899. | Preston, Rev. Charles E., Jamestown, N. Y.
Disappeared from steamer Puritan under circumstances pointing to
suicide, leaving a note, in which he said, “Let not those
‘insane babblers’ or Infidels get hold of this for their
miserable God-dishonoring, yearly book on the crimes of
preachers.” He was afterward found in Albany, N. Y., living with
a woman member of his church as her husband.
Expelled from ministry, wife securing divorce. |
| 1908. | Preston, Rev. E. J., Glens Falls and Enterprise,
W. Va. Methodist. Swindling. |
| 1914. | Price, Rev. Jacob E., D.D., New York. Methodist
Episcopal. Improper conduct with women; admonished by church
court. |
| 1911. | Price, Rev. Dr. Walter, McKeesport, Pa.
Presbyterian. Improper conduct with girls. |
| 1907. | Pritchett, Rev. A., Clayton, Mo. Methodist
Episcopal. Chased out of town by women he slandered. |
| Protisch, Rev. G. D., Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran.
Deserted wife for another woman; deserted her. |
| 1914. | Pruitt, Rev. L. B., Colena, Ia. Baptist.
Drunkenness; fined in police court. |
| 1907. | Puffer, Rev. C. H., Salem, Mass. Universalist.
Made love to another’s wife while on “trial divorce”
from his own. |
| 1900. | Queen, Rev. Z. T., Mystic, Ia. Campbellite. Two
wives; found guilty by his church. |
| 1904. | Quick, Rev. S., Sigourney, Ia. Evangelist.
Alienating the affections of married woman. |
| 1901. | Quimby, Rev. David B., Brooklyn, N. Y. Passing
worthless check. |
| 1906. | Quinn, Rev. Mr., Atlantic Highlands, N. J.
Catholic. Found dead in New York lodging house with rectory
housekeeper. Married man. |
| 1902. | Rabe, Rev. Wm. G., Omaha, Neb. Baptist.
Asphyxiated in close embrace with a lady missionary, in pastor’s
room of church. |
| 1904. | Raczaszeek, Rev. I. Paul, New York. Catholic.
Slander; arrested. |
| 1900. | Radford, Rev. Walter, Waubay, S. D.
Congregational. Ruining his own daughter; confessed. |
| 1899. | Rafferty, Rev. C. P., Columbus, O. Catholic.
Drunkenness; death due to alcoholism. |
| 1907. | Rafter, Rev. W. S., Oxford, Conn. Episcopal.
Deposed for low morals. |
| 1914. | Ragdale, Rev. C. B., Atlanta, Ga. Perjury. |
| 1910. | Rakowski, Rev. W., St. Joseph, Mo. Catholic. Took
$300 to save a soul; stayed away. |
| 1904. | Ramsey, Rev. Alex., New Castle, Pa. Evangelist.
Horse stealing; convicted; jailed. |
| 1909. | Ramsey, Rev. J. J., Fruita, Col. Seduction; girl
attempted suicide. |
| 1901. | Raub, Rev. F. E., Frankford, Pa. Moravian. Breach
of promise; convicted. |
| 1905. | Ravens, Rev. D. F., Farmington, Wash.
Campbellite. Abusing wife who sued for divorce. |
| 1900. | Ravidon, Rev. M., Evans, W. Va. Baptist.
Ravishing 11-year-old girl. |
| 1905. | Rawlins, Rev. G. W., Valdosta, Ga. Murdering the
two children of the Rev. W. L. Carter; hanged. |
| 1908. | Ray, Rev. J. M., Peoria, Ill. Swindling. |
| 1909. | Raycroft, Rev. J. R., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Home insanitary; child died for lack of medical attention. |
| 1913. | Raymond, Rev. Charles E., Peoria, Ill. Lutheran.
Deposed and expelled from the synod for immoral conduct. |
| 1910. | Raymond, Rev. R. D., Boston, Mass. Baptist.
Forgery. |
| 1906. | Rea, Rev. J. L., Mangum, Okla. Campbellite.
Murder; suicide. |
| Reams, Rev. A. R., Merced, Cal. Baptist.
Seduction; arrested; escaped. |
| 1912. | Reardon, Rev. Mr., Peoria, Ill. Name given by a
Roman Catholic priest, who was arrested in a state of beastly
intoxication. |
| 1913. | Redecker, Rev. C. E., Tacoma, Wash. Methodist.
Sued for divorce for non-support; formerly kicked out of pastorate for
attentions to women. |
| Reed, Rev. A. M., Oakland, Cal. Evangelist. Theft
of a horse from his fiancee. |
| 1913. | Reed, Rev. Draper, Newburg, Ind. Free Methodist.
Assault and battery of wife; fined for offense. “The devil was in
me,” his excuse. |
| 1913. | Reed, Rev. Robert H., McCleary, Wash. Methodist.
Sending obscene letters through the mail; sentenced on his own
confession. |
| 1909. | Reese, Rev. D. L., Anderson, Ind. Lutheran.
Drunkenness. |
| 1913. | Reinhardt, Rev. Max, Soldier, Ida. Baptist.
Stealing church building. |
| 1899. | Renear, Rev. B., Millville, N. J. Attempting
suicide. |
| 1900. | Rexroad, Rev. J. T., Weston, W. Va. Evangelist.
Fomented bloody feud; was asked to leave and did. |
| 1909. | Reynolds, Rev. E. V., Los Angeles, Cal. Catholic.
Murder; arrested in Salt Lake City for immoral conduct with boys. |
| 1906. | Reynolds, Rev. G. L., Columbus, O. Baptist.
Arrested for bigamy. |
| 1902. | Reynolds, Rev. J. M., Bedford City, Pa.
Presbyterian. Juggling funds; untruthfulness; expelled from the
ministry. |
| 1901. | Reynolds, Rev. J. S., Riverton, Ill. Campbellite.
Embezzlement and bigamy. |
| 1899. | Rhianhart, Rev. J., Steinauer, Neb. Catholic.
Eloped with a married woman. |
| 1912. | Rhodes, Rev. Walter R., Onancock, Va. Baptist.
Suicide. |
| 1905. | Rice, Rev. John Bell, Louisville, Ky. Suicide by
shooting. |
| 1909. | Rice, Rev. J. R., Toledo, O. Implicated in
hold-up. |
| 1908. | Rice, Rev. T. M., Columbus, Kan. Baptist. Bigamy;
pleaded guilty; five years at hard labor. |
| 1913. | Rice, Rev. U. T. S., Mattoon, Ill. Baptist.
Embezzlement; pleaded guilty and sent to penitentiary for from one to
ten years. |
| 1900. | Rich, Rev. Alonzo, Kansas City, Mo. Evangelist.
Convicted of perjury; a bigamist. |
| 1900. | Rich, Rev. E. L., Watsonville, Cal. Presbyterian.
Selling pork that had died of itself. |
| 1901. | Rich, Rev. John M., Hackensack, N. J. Slander;
apologized to avert consequences. |
| 1909. | Richards, Rev. E. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Campbellite. Swindling. |
| Richardson, Rev. John, Missouri. Abducting girl
for immoral purposes. |
| 1911. | Richeson, Rev. C. V. T., Boston. Baptist.
Murder. |
| 1909. | Richey, Rev. J. W., Carmel, Ind. Methodist. Sold
mortgaged property. Left wife for young woman. Two years. |
| 1907. | Richmond, Rev. W. C., Cambridge, Mass. Baptist.
Divorced by wife. Larceny; jailed. |
| 1905. | Richtartsik, Rev. E. F., Bayonne, N. J. Catholic.
Assault and battery; arraigned. |
| 1909. | Richter, Rev. W. J., Grand Rapids, Mich. Divorced
for cruelty. |
| 1902. | Rickey, Rev. Albert, Scottsburg, Ind. Baptist.
Theft of a cow; arrested; escaped. |
| 1900. | Riddick, Rev. J. E., White Plains, Va. Methodist.
Manslaughter; convicted. |
| 1902. | Ridge, Rev. Thomas, Hart, Mich. Murder of W. L.
Shafer. |
| 1912. | Riedl, Rev. John, Milwaukee, Wis. Roman Catholic.
Offering bribe to chief truancy officer to secure his brother’s
appointment as an officer. |
| 1901. | Riegel, Rev. C. P., Cheltenham, Pa. Catholic.
Came to New York on a spree; got into bad company; found dead in
hallway. |
| 1909. | Rightmeyer, Rev. G., Dayton, O. Lutheran.
Drunkenness; arrested. |
| 1910. | Ringland, Rev. Thos., Weldon, Ill. Methodist.
Disorderly conduct; arrested with girl. |
| 1911. | Ringle, Otto, Duluth, Minn. Former preacher.
Drunkard and vagrant. |
| Ritanour, Rev. A. M., Bedford, Va. Baptist.
Expelled from church on charges by wife. |
| 1908. | Ritchie, Rev. Wm., Charlottesville, Ind.
Methodist. Defaulted; embezzled church funds; disappeared with servant
girl, leaving family dependent on congregation. |
| 1906. | Rittgers, Rev. J. B., Glendola, N. J. Methodist.
Implicated in church scandal; resigned. |
| 1913. | Rivera, Rev. J. M., Brooklyn, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Seduction; ran away. |
| 1914. | Robbins, Rev. E. E., Salinas, Cal. Methodist.
Mailing improper letters; three years in the Federal prison. |
| 1907. | Robbins, Rev. J. W., Maurice, Ind. Campbellite.
Immoral conduct with children. |
| 1907. | Roberts, Rev. John, Cocke Co., Tenn. Ten years
for murder. |
| 1909. | Roberts, Rev. J. T., Noblesville, Ind. United
Brethren. Criminal libel. |
| 1907. | Roberts, Rev. N. J., Shreveport, La. Methodist
Episcopal. Expelled from conference for immorality. |
| Roberts, Elder Sam, Stuart, Ia. Church of God.
Eloping with the wife of Elder Sharp. |
| 1904. | Robinette, Rev. M. D., Richmond, Va. Baptist.
Making moonshine whisky. |
| 1900. | Robinson, Rev. B., New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Forgery. |
| 1910. | Robinson, Rev. C. W., Philadelphia, Pa.
Episcopalian. Seduction. |
| 1910. | Robinson, Rev. G. J., Dayton, O. Methodist.
Removed under a cloud. |
| 1900. | Robinson, Rev. Lewis, Camden, N. J. Evangelist.
Attempting the life of his wife. |
| 1910. | Robinson, Rev. S. D., Herkimer, N. Y. Methodist.
Betrayed 19-year-old girl; left town. |
| 1907. | Robinson, Rev. Wm., Helena, Ark. Swindling. |
| 1900. | Robottom, Rev. P. J., Lancaster, Pa. Episcopal.
Intimacy with woman; husband sought divorce. |
| 1911. | Rockwell, Rev. C. W., Waynesburg, Pa. Baptist.
wife-beater. |
| 1910. | Rockwell, Rev. R. H., Butler, Pa. Presbyterian.
Libel; indicted. |
| 1901. | Rodgers, Rev. J. E., Bloomington, Ind. Baptist.
Arrested on paternity charge of 16-year-old girl. |
| 1910. | Roehl, Rev. William E., St. Louis, Mo. Traveling
evangelist. Drunkenness. |
| 1910. | Rogers, Rev. J. A., Chicago, Ill. Theft. |
| 1902. | Rogers, Rev. J. L., Santa Cruz, Cal. Baptist.
Arson; arrested; confessed. |
| 1900. | Roney, Rev. M. F., Philadelphia, Pa. Catholic.
Delirium tremens in Cincinnati. |
| 1903. | Rooks, Rev. T. S., Bridgewater, Ia.; Col., Cal.,
Okla. Adultery; seduction; jail; tar and feathers. |
| 1913. | Rorsos, Rev. Steven, Delray, Mich. Assault and
battery committed on 10-year-old boy. |
| 1911. | Rose, Rev. B. L., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist.
Charged with felony. |
| 1912. | Rose, Rev. J. B., Lemoore, Cal. Presbyterian.
Used obscene language in the presence of women, and threatened to
murder an editor. |
| Rose, Rev. J. D., Campbell, Ark. Baptist.
Deserting wife and children and eloping with girl of 15; forged check
for $65. |
| 1900. | Rose, Rev. Owen W., Sabula, Ia. Leading lynching
mob. |
| 1908. | Roseberry, Rev. H. E., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Abduction; three years. |
| 1909. | Rosell, Rev. W. H., Oxford, O. Evangelist.
Fraud. |
| 1902. | Ross, Rev. I. S., El Reno, Ark. Betrayal of
financial trust. |
| 1908. | Rowe, Rev. F., Carthage, Mo. Adventist. Jailed
for wife abandonment. |
| 1911. | Rowe, Rev. Gilbert J., Willimantic, Conn. Passed
bogus check. |
| 1901. | Rowland, Rev. J. M., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Christian. Suicide. |
| 1907. | Royer, Rev. John, Columbus, Ind. Methodist.
Kissing member of congregation; suspended. |
| 1899. | Ruby, Rev. H. W., Ponca City, Ok. Free Methodist.
Killing a deputy sheriff. |
| 1912. | Rucker, Rev. Thomas, Benton, Mo. Methodist.
Forgery. |
| 1899. | Rumpf, Rev. Charles, Union Hill, N. J. Lutheran.
Drunkenness and wife-beating; 90 days. |
| 1908. | Runyan, Rev. P. D., West Derry, Pa. Baptist. Beat
a little girl; fined $10. |
| 1901. | Russell, Rev. F. B., New York, N. Y. Extortions
as head of a law and order league. |
| 1900. | Russell, Rev. L. M., Eddyville, Ky. Methodist.
Writing love letters to a married woman; withdrew from church. |
| 1911. | Ruth, Rev. Leroy, Sultan, Wash. Methodist.
Criminally assaulted a girl 10 years old. |
| 1900. | Rutledge, Rev. Wm., Paducah, Ky. Baptist. Making
and selling moonshine whisky. |
| 1908. | Rutledge, Rev. W. E., St. Louis, Mo. Baptist.
Used mails to defraud. |
| 1905. | Ryan, Rev. J. A., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Adultery; named as co-respondent in divorce suit. |
| 1909. | Ryan, Rev. J. A., Denver, Colo. Catholic. Eloped
with girl. |
| 1910. | Ryan, Rev., Benton Harbor, Mich. Catholic.
Seduction. |
| 1899. | Rymarfski, Rev. L., Cleveland, O. German
evangelist. Suicide by poison. |
| 1912. | Sachs, Rev. William P., St. Louis, Mo. Lutheran.
Arrested for deserting his wife. |
| 1908. | Samson, Rev. Maurice, Spring City, Pa. Reformed.
Marital unfaithfulness. |
| 1913. | Sanders, Rev. L. L., Spokane, Wash. United
Presbyterian. Using mails to defraud; pleaded guilty. |
| 1901. | Sanderson, Rev. D. C., Almonte, Ont. Methodist.
Drunkenness and debauchery at Syracuse. |
| 1911. | Sandford, Rev. Frank, Portland, Me. Head of Holy
Ghost and Us Society. Caused death of six of his followers on voyage of
yacht. |
| 1908. | Saphore, Rev. E. Warren, Syracuse, N. Y.
Episcopal. Enticing young woman. |
| 1906. | Savery, Rev. H. S., St. Martin’s, Can.
Congregational. Attempted to marry young woman, though having a wife in
Boston. |
| 1905. | Sayre, O. L., Byesville, O. Methodist. Attempted
rape; lynching threatened. |
| 1913. | Schade, Rev. Augustus E. F., Panama. German
Reformed. Suicide. |
| 1912. | Schell, Rev. L. C., Indianapolis, Ind. Methodist.
Accused of improper conduct toward fair parishioner. |
| 1907. | Schell, Rev. Jos., Tony, Wis. Catholic. Obtaining
money under false pretenses. |
| 1909. | Schenk, Rev. G. F., St. Louis, Mo. Evangelist.
Seduced girl of his household. |
| 1913. | Schenck, Rev. Hallack F., Manasquan, N. J.
Methodist. Convicted in church trial of indiscretions with female
members, and forced to resign. |
| 1899. | Schermerhorn, Rev. L. B., N. Ottawa, Kan.
Bigamy. |
| 1900. | Schermerhorn, Rev. L. M., Dubuque, Ia. Baptist.
Desertion and non-support of wife. |
| 1907. | Schmidill, Rev. Chas., Chicago. Ministerial
masher. Arrested. |
| 1913. | Schmidt, Rev. Hans, New York, N. Y. Roman
Catholic. Murder; convicted. |
| 1911. | Schmidt, Rev. Lawrence, Rochester, N. Y. Robbed
his wife of watch and money after their separation. |
| 1911. | Schock, Rev. J. T., Plainfield, N. J. Reformed
church. Under arrest for complicity in
fraudulent get-rich-quick scheme. |
| 1912. | Schoenlein, Rev. G. A., Lima, O. Lutheran. Sued
by wife for divorce on account of improper attentions to other
women. |
| Schultz, Rev. H. D., Sunbury, Pa. Evangelist.
Sued wife for divorce, and was shown by her counsel to be an immoral
man. |
| 1905. | Schultz, Rev. Wm., Freelandsville, Ind.
Evangelist. Fraud, swindling, lying, etc.; deposed. |
| 1908. | Schwartz, Rev. Robert E., Des Moines, Ia.
Drunkenness; divorced. |
| 1907. | Schwerzmann, Rev. S., Cortez, Colo. Methodist.
Theft and forgery. |
| 1911. | Scotford, Rev. H. C., Chicago, Ill.
Congregationalist. In same predicament as his colleague Schock, and for
similar offense. |
| 1906. | Scott, Rev. G. E., Waterloo, Ia. Eloped with
16-year-old girl. |
| 1903. | Scott, Rev. Mark, Seattle, Wash. Methodist.
Violation of colored girl, aged 14, who gave birth to a child and died;
jailed. |
| 1900. | Scott, Rev. W. D., San Francisco, Cal. Became a
physical wreck through drunkenness and debauchery. |
| 1909. | Scoville, Rev. V. P., Climax, Ga. Married couple
against wishes of girl’s parents. |
| 1913. | Scull, Rev. William, Joliet, Ill. United
Brethren. Carrying concealed weapons. |
| 1908. | Seachery, Rev. J. W., Moore, Mont. Rape. |
| 1914. | Sears, Dr. F. W., New York, N. Y. New Thought.
Adultery; wife obtained divorce. |
| Secombe, Rev. S. H., Goshen, Mass.
Congregational. Gained sympathy and money by fake. |
| 1911. | See, E. A., Chicago, Ill., founder of
“Absolute Life” cult. Abducted 17-year-old girl, whom he
“took for a wife” on the European plan. |
| 1904. | Selby, Rev. Isaac, San Francisco, Cal.
Evangelist. Attempt to kill Judge Hebbard on the bench; a noted
“Infidel smasher.” |
| 1903. | Senesac, Rev. Jos. E., Waterbury, Conn. Catholic.
Alienating the affections of a wife; sued by husband. |
| 1914. | Settles, Rev. Edward W., Los Angeles, Cal.
Larceny. |
| 1911. | Severence, Rev. C. M., Bangor, Me. Under
suspended sentence, after pleading guilty to charge of using mails to
defraud. |
| 1902. | Seytone, Rev. W. R., Dunkirk, N. Y. Disciples.
Forging signatures to a note. |
| 1907. | Sezeigell, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Shot two;
killed one. |
| 1901. | Shaffer, Rev. George, Bellevue, Pa. Methodist.
Conspiracy; indicted; arrested. |
| 1908. | Shaffer, Rev. Wm. H., Morganstown, Pa. Methodist.
Ministerial conduct. |
| 1902. | Shannon, Rev. T. H., Glen Easton, W. Va.
Methodist. Bastardy; expelled. |
| 1901. | Sharp, Rev. W. D., Alvin, W. Va. Methodist. Using
mails to defraud; confessed to series of forgeries. |
| 1910. | Sharpe, Rev. C. D., Schenectady, N. Y. Abduction
of 14-year-old girl. |
| 1908. | Shaw, Rev. C. F., Clare, Mich. Congregational.
Swindling. |
| 1909. | Shaw, Rev. W. S., Onaway, Mich. Drunkenness;
resigned. |
| 1901. | Shepherd, Rev. Geo. C. E., Liverpool, O.
Methodist. Slander and conspiracy; indicted by grand jury at Dunbar,
Pa.; arrested. |
| 1908. | Shepherd, Rev. J. E., Webb City, Mo.
Presbyterian. Assault. |
| 1906. | Shepley, Rev. E. H., Geneva, Ill. Congregational.
Threatened life of girl if she refused to marry him; resigned, left
town. |
| 1911. | Sherman, William, New York, N. Y. Former Catholic
priest. Attempted to extort money from saloon-keeper while posing as an
officer; held for trial. |
| 1899. | Shields, Rev. D. H., Navy chaplain. Methodist.
Drunkenness; scandalous immorality; courtmartialed. |
| 1908. | Shinn, Rev. C., Riverton, N. J. Urged wife to
debase herself to raise money. |
| 1908. | Shipman, Rev. S. P., Hurlock, Md. Methodist.
Immorality; found in married woman’s bedroom. |
| 1909. | Siana, Rev. N., Newark, N. J. Catholic.
Abduction. |
| 1913. | Silke, Rev. Cornelius A., Moravia, Ill. Roman
Catholic. Assault. |
| 1906. | Simmons, Rev. G. H., Peoria, Ill. Expelled from
town on charges of immoral conduct preferred by boys; mismanaged bank
of which he was president; suicide. |
| 1899. | Simpson, Rev. J. A., New England. Baptist.
Thievery, incendiarism, bigamy and murder. |
| 1907. | Sims, Rev. W. P., Utica, N. Y. Found an
affinity. |
| 1899. | Sinclair, Rev. F. N., Rochester, N. Y. Catholic.
Slander; accusation made by another priest. |
| 1908. | Skaggs, Rev. Elijah, Prophet of the Millennium,
Fort Smith, Ark. Assault and rape. |
| 1913. | Skeley, Rev. Alexander, Brownsville, Pa. Reformed
Presbyterian. Larceny. |
| 1912. | Skovgard, Rev. Thale P., Council Bluffs, Ia.
Lutheran. Sued by wife for separate maintenance. |
| 1913. | Skulik, Rev. Bernard L., Rock Island, Ill. Polish
Catholic. Fraudulent use of mails; skipped bail. |
| 1910. | Skulik, Rev. B., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Arrested
in hotel in company of 15-year-old girl. |
| 1903. | Skyles, Rev. John, Port Gibson, Miss. Bigamy;
seven wives. |
| 1913. | Slater, Rev. Virgil B., Youngstown, O. Wife
desertion. |
| 1909. | Slaughter, Rev. A. J., Tulsa, Okla. Baptist.
Fighting. |
| 1906. | Slayton, Rev. J. R., U. S. Navy. Deserted. |
| 1911. | Slick, Rev. Joseph, Lincoln, Neb. “Cruelty
and misconduct with other women,” is the charge in his
wife’s suit for divorce. |
| 1900. | Small, Rev. Sam, Havana, Cuba. Evangelist.
Swindling operations; jailed. |
| 1902. | Small, Rev. Sam, Georgia. Evangelist. Too drunk
to lecture at Brattleboro, Vt. |
| 1899. | Smalley, Rev. M. J., Waterbury, Conn.
Congregational. Offensive attentions to young women; biffed by a
worker; left. |
| 1910. | Smith, Rev. A. F., Nowata, Okla. Methodist.
Eloped with wife’s money and another woman. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. A. N., Paterson, N. J. Methodist
Episcopal. Sued for slander. |
| 1911. | Smith, Rev. Ben., Swainsboro, Ga. Wounded officer
sent to arrest him for a petty offense, and was hanged by a mob. |
| 1900. | Smith, Rev. Chas. F., Michigan. Deserted wife;
eloped with unmarried woman. |
| 1908. | Smith, Rev. Charles W., Wyoming, Pa. Methodist.
“Ministerial conduct.” |
| 1909. | Smith, Bishop C. S., Atlanta, Ga. African
Methodist Episcopal. Grafting and tyranny. |
| 1905. | Smith, Rev. C. W., Binghamton, N. Y. Methodist.
Attempted seduction of 16-year-old girl; guilty. |
| 1900. | Smith, Rev. C. Y., Louisville, Ky. Methodist.
Skipped, leaving unpaid bills. |
| 1903. | Smith, Rev. E. A., McMinnville, Ore. Took prize
won on a stolen oration. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. Francis F., Newark, N. J. African
Methodist. The statutory offense; pleaded guilty; six months. |
| 1899. | Smith, Rev. F. M., Houston, Tex. Murder of Mrs.
Varoters; sentenced to death; had killed wife and mother-in-law in
Alabama. |
| 1900. | Smith, Rev. Guy, Oakland, Cal. Campbellite.
Indiscreet conduct with woman; divorced his wife by
misrepresentation. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. Herman L., Binghamton, N. Y.
Obtaining merchandise under false pretenses. The defense is the usual
convenient kind of insanity which is noticed only when one is caught in
the act, and no other excuse will work. |
| 1909. | Smith, Rev. H. J., Columbus, O. Methodist.
Alienated wife’s affection; abused husband for not receiving her
back. |
| 1908. | Smith, Rev. John A., West Suffield, Conn.
Congregational. Perversion. |
| 1899. | Smith, Rev. John F., New York, N. Y. Evangelist.
Stealing from his employer. |
| 1911. | Smith, Rev. Joseph R., Sewanee, Tenn. Pleaded
guilty of making moonshine whisky. |
| 1911. | Smith, Rev. J. A., Omaha, Neb. Suspended for
slander and because of a bad financial record. |
| 1913. | Smith, Rev. Milford H., Saranac Lake, N. Y. Sued
for libel. |
| 1904. | Smith, Rev. Oscar, Seattle, Wash. Methodist.
Rifling U. S. mails. |
| 1913. | Smith, Rev. Paul Jordan, Chicago, Ill.
Congregationalist. Cruelty to wife and children; wife granted divorce
with custody of children. |
| 1911. | Smith, Rev. Samuel G., St. Paul, Minn. Arrested
for tampering with a jury. |
| 1904. | Smith, Rev. Sidney, New York, N. Y. Using threats
and a pistol to extort money; two years in Sing Sing. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. Simon, Purvis, Miss. Eloping and
wife-desertion. The preacher possesses a wife and five children. The
oldest child is twelve and the youngest was born this summer, after the
elopement, which was with his wife’s sister. |
| 1902. | Smith, Rev. Victor C., New York, N. Y. Episcopal.
Suicide. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. William R., Marshall Co., Ga.
Methodist. Using mails to defraud; convicted. |
| 1907. | Smith, Rev. W. N., Middleburg, Fla. Murderer of
step-daughter. |
| 1914. | Smith, Rev. W. P., Wolf Creek, Ore. Presbyterian.
Run out of town by citizens for vile slanders against women. |
| 1901. | Smith, Rev. Mr., Waco, Tex. Baptist. Fighting
with Rev. Mr. Cranfill. |
| 1905. | Smouse, Rev. J. W., Dallas Centre, Ia. Methodist.
Seduction; arrested. |
| 1900. | Smythe, Rev. Thomas, Sing Sing, N. Y. Catholic.
Attempting suicide. |
| 1911. | Snyder, Rev. Charles, Attica, Ind. Catholic.
Stripped of priestly authority and secretly removed from town after a
drunken debauch. |
| 1911. | Snyder, Rev. Frank, Topeka, Kan. Christian. Sued
for divorce by invalid wife on grounds of cruelty and neglect. |
| 1908. | Snyder, Rev. Leonard W., Richmond, Va. Immoral
practices. |
| 1911. | Snyder, Rev. R., Goldfield, Nev. Presbyterian.
Dismissed because of criminal intimacy with married woman, and left
town after being beaten by the injured husband. |
| 1910. | Solomon, Rabbi I., Logansport, Ind. Jewish.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1913. | Solomon, Rev. Jacob, Rockaway Beach, L. I.
Baptist. Violating prison parole, after sentence for larceny. |
| 1914. | Soper, Rev. Ben W., Cresco, Ia. Adultery.
Arrested, and skipped his bail. |
| 1911. | Sorenson, Rev. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Arrested
for threatening to kill man with whom he was associated in
business. |
| 1908. | Sower, Rev. D. W., Oak Harbor, Ohio. Methodist.
Lechery. |
| 1907. | Spates, Rev. D. D., Nacogdoches, Tex.
Embezzlement. |
| Spencer, Rev. E. J., Columbia, Mo. Methodist.
Adultery; convicted on two counts. |
| 1912. | Spray, Rev. Walter, Kokomo, Ind. Holiness. Caught
in compromising position with a woman. |
| 1901. | Springfield, Rev. W. H., Woodbridge, Cal. Leaving
his wife and eloping with his niece. |
| 1911. | Stalnaker, Rev. W. K., Kansas City, Mo.
Methodist. Criminally assaulted his niece and adopted daughter, aged
12; pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten years in the pen. |
| 1899. | Stamm, Rev. Robert, Anderson, Ind. Evangelist.
Assault with revolver and slung shot; arrested. |
| 1899. | Stampers, Rev. A., Dawson, Ga. Assassination of
George Dennard. |
| Stanford, Rev. John, Utica, N. Y. Methodist
Episcopal. Suicide. |
| 1909. | Stanley, Rev. A. B., Flat Rock, Mich. Baptist.
Eloped with stenographer. |
| 1906. | Stanley, Rev. H. D., Seattle, Wash. Church of
Christ. Fraud; misappropriating funds. |
| 1905. | Stanley, Rev. Robert Lee, Hamburg, Tenn.
Presbyterian. Drunk and created public
disturbance in Waco, Tex.; fined in city court. |
| 1900. | Stanton, Rev. Frank, Clinton, Ind. Catholic. Made
co-respondent in divorce suit of John L. Horney. |
| 1905. | Stark, Rev. J. B., Lakeview, Ore. Methodist.
Appropriating funds belonging to congregation; dishonesty and lying;
deprived of his standing by conference. |
| 1900. | Starr, Rev. S. A., Portland, Ore. Methodist.
Immorality; expelled from ministry. |
| 1909. | Staskiewicz, Rev. J., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Embezzlement; raffling. |
| 1901. | Stauffer, Rev. Byron H., Buffalo, N. Y.
Methodist. Slander; sued for $10,000 damages; assault. |
| 1907. | Steed, Rev. G., Cal. Methodist. Immoral conduct
toward a woman. |
| 1912. | Steele, Rev. William, Gray, Ind. Murder. |
| Stephan, Rev. T., Sioux City, Ia. Lutheran.
Abused his wife. |
| 1908. | Stettler, Rev. Martin H., Reading, Pa.
Slander. |
| 1910. | Stetson, Rev. Oscar F., Sutton, Mass.
Congregational. Adultery. |
| 1899. | Steumpeges, Rev. J. J., Mitchell, S. D.
Methodist. Fraudulent sale of mortgaged property; arrested. |
| 1905. | Stevens, Rev. Edward, New York, N. Y. Methodist.
Attempted suicide; locked up. |
| 1899. | Stevens, George H., Easton, Pa. Incendiarism;
nine years’ imprisonment. |
| 1908. | Stevens, Rev. O. C., East Liverpool, O. Abusive
language; five days and $15. |
| Stevenson, Rev. Alten Z., New York, N. Y.
Methodist. Mailing scurrilous postcard. |
| 1900. | Stewart, Rev. Clifford, Laporte, Ind.
Campbellite. Confessed to leading a double life. |
| 1914. | Stewart, Rev. C. A., D.D., Clinton, Ia. Inciting
riot; fifteen days in jail. |
| 1909. | Stewart, Rev. P., Oakland, Cal. United
Presbyterian. Charged by wife with having six affinities. |
| 1908. | Stickney, Rev. Alfred, Howell county, circuit,
Mo. Methodist. Abandonment. |
| 1903. | Stiles, Rev. Samuel, Cuero, Tex. Baptist. Murder
of Henderson Edwards. |
| 1903. | Stiles, Rev. Fred, New London, Conn. Baptist.
Jumped board bill and eloped with daughter of the house, whom he
deserted in New York. |
| 1912. | Still, Rev. Roy, Seymour, Ind. Holiness. Assault
and attempted murder. |
| 1903. | St. John, Rev. Jos., Pontiac, Mich. Evangelist.
Assaulting colored girl; 18 months in pen. |
| 1901. | Stofilet, Rev. Jas. P., Jersey City, N. J.
Presbyterian. Having girl in woods after sunset; girl had illegitimate
child. |
| 1912. | Stokley, Rev. C. L., Turner, Kan. Baptist. Sued
for divorce for undue intimacy with the wrong woman. |
| 1913. | Stockwell, Rev. George W., D.D., Fort Plain, N.
Y. Methodist. Assault and battery. |
| 1907. | Stokes, Rev. R. W., Clarksville, Tenn.
Drunkenness. |
| 1914. | Stough, Rev. Henry W. Evangelist. Sued for
slander. |
| 1899. | Stout, Rev. A. W., Hartford, Ind. Methodist.
Criminal intimacy with young girl. |
| 1903. | Stout, Rev. Chas. L., Lawrenceburg, Ind. Baptist.
Abusing wife and eloping with another woman. |
| 1906. | Stovall, Rev. J. M., South Bend, Ind. Baptist.
Violation of court order; eloped with woman whose intimacy with him
caused her husband’s death. |
| 1908. | Strauss, Rev. V., Herrman, Mo. Evangelist.
Homicidal mania; shot several persons. |
| 1899. | Streeter, Rev. Lewis R., So. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Methodist. Concerned in Kootenai water swindle. |
| 1907. | Strouse, Rev. C. B., Bowling Green, Ky.
Immoral. |
| 1910. | Strunk, Rev. Thomas, Frankfort, Ky. Criminal
assault. |
| 1909. | Stuart, Rev. A. K., Don Luis, Ariz. Assaulting
11-year-old girl. |
| 1900. | Stuart, Rev. D. E., Wyoming, Pa. Baptist. Killing
his young wife by a criminal operation. |
| 1909. | Stuckey, Rev. Wallace M., Waukegan, Ill.
Campbellite. Abduction; convicted; fled and recaptured in 1914. One to
five years’ imprisonment. |
| 1908. | Studeven, Rev. James G., Newark, N. J.
Congregational. Bigamy. |
| 1910. | Sturdevant, Rev. Sam., Baltimore, Md. Assault;
three years. |
| 1901. | Stutchell, Rev. W. T., Jersey City, N. J.
Presbyterian. Having girl in his room at night; girl had illegitimate
child. |
| 1908. | Summers, Rev. G., Gardiner, Ore. Abduction;
bastardy. |
| 1905. | Sutherlin, Rev. U. G., Albany, Ind. Christian.
Arrested on warrant charging wife murder. |
| 1911. | Sutton, Rev. E. B., Seattle, Wash. Found guilty
of fraudulently entering names upon registration books. |
| 1901. | Swallow, Rev. Silas C., Harrisburg, Pa.
Methodist. Lying; suspended by conference committee. |
| 1911. | Swartz, Rev. C. E., Woodsfield, O. Presbyterian.
Murderous assault. |
| 1910. | Swartz, Rev. W. P., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Accused
of fraud in will case. |
| 1902. | Sweeney, Rev. M. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist.
Suicide. |
| 1911. | Sweeney, Rev. Zack, Indianapolis, Ind. Embezzled
more than $7,000 while fish and game commissioner. |
| 1911. | Sweet, Rev. Chester H., Middletown, Conn.
Congregational. Misappropriated church funds and pleaded guilty. |
| 1899. | Sweet, Rev. John, Owosso, Mich. Slander; assessed
$1,000. |
| 1907. | Sweeten, Rev. H. W., St. Louis. Evangelist.
Cruelty to wife; non-support. |
| 1901. | Swift, Rev. Charles L., E. Liverpool, O.
Methodist. Conspiracy; indicted; arrested. |
| 1907. | Swift, Rev. J. H., Winterset, Ia. Campbellite.
Blackmail. |
| 1909. | Switzer, Rev. G. W., Lafayette, Ind. Methodist.
Evading taxes. |
| 1908. | Sydow, Rev. Mr., Big Run, Pa. Rape; jumped
bail. |
| 1909. | Sykes, Rev. John, Trenton, N. J. Embezzlement and
forgery. |
| 1911. | Symington, Rev. Geo. A., Seattle, Wash.
Episcopal. Pleaded guilty to a technical charge of assault in the
second degree involving an immoral act, and sentenced to jail. |
| 1907. | Szcygiel, Rev. Ludwig, Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic.
Murdered two. |
| 1909. | Szepessy, Rev. J., Cleveland, O. Sued for breach
of promise. |
| Talbot, Bishop E., Central Penn. Episcopal.
Violation of ordination vows; woman in the case. |
| 1910. | Tallent, Rev. O. S., Atlanta, Ga. Congregational
Methodist. Fighting. |
| 1902. | Tart, Rev. E., Richmond, Va. Baptist.
Appropriating funds of church. |
| 1907. | Tartt, Rev. Eli, Petersburg, Va. Baptist. Assault
with pistol; thirty days and $25. |
| 1911. | Tate, D. P., Danville, Va. Former Methodist
minister. Swindler. |
| 1902. | Taylor, Rev. Chas., Richmond, Ind. Convicted of
assault on young girl. |
| 1907. | Taylor, Rev. C. F., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swindling. |
| 1903. | Taylor, Rev. I. B., Wilmington, Del. Bigamy; four
years. |
| 1904. | Taylor, Rev. J. B., Sigourney, Ia. Evangelist.
Bigamy; four years. |
| 1907. | Taylor, Rev. J. M., Saginaw, Mich. Made love to
married woman. |
| Taylor, Rev. Wm., Innisfail, Can. Presbyterian.
Drunkenness, profanity, lying, consorting with lewd women; deadbeat and
liar, says an acquaintance. |
| 1908. | Taylor, Rev. Wm. L., Cincinnati, O. True
Reformer. Swindling. |
| 1910. | Temple, Rev. J. C., Harrisburg, Pa. Assault on
his wife. |
| 1900. | Tenney, Rev. Chas., Lynn, Mass. Baptist.
Assaulting a girl of 4 years. |
| 1910. | Tenney, Rev. C. T., Des Moines, Ia. Baptist.
Criminal assault on 8-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Tesnon, Rev. H. M., Denver, Col. Visiting houses
of prostitution; wife sued for divorce. |
| 1913. | Tetreault, Rev. Frederic, Drummondville, Quebec.
Roman Catholic. Libel. |
| 1913. | Thacker, Rev. James, Rome, Ga. Congregational
Methodist. Immoral relations; convicted and sentenced to six months on
the chain-gang. |
| 1907. | Thoburn, Bishop J. M., Syracuse, N. Y. Methodist
Episcopal. Fined $500 for slander. |
| 1905. | Thomas, Rev. A. C., Sidney, O. Methodist.
Intimacy with two girls; ducked in the Miami river by
congregation. |
| 1907. | Thomas, Rev. C. H., Rockford, Ill. Accomplice in
forgery. |
| 1901. | Thomas, Rev. George, Urbana, O. Baptist.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1908. | Thomas, Rev. Jas., Malvern, Ark. Methodist.
Cattle thief. |
| 1910. | Thomas, Rev. Jas., Piqua, O. Criminal assault on
7-year-old girl; jailed. |
| 1913. | Thomas, Rev. John, Camden, N. J. Unnatural
practices. |
| 1910. | Thomas, Rev. J., Nowata, Okla. Selling whisky in
prohibition state. |
| 1905. | Thomas, Rev. J. C., Palmyra, N. Y. Baptist.
Enticing wife of one of his parishioners. |
| 1902. | Thomas, Rev. J. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Baptist.
Breach of promise; judgment, $2,500. |
| 1908. | Thomas, Rev. J. P., colored, Kokomo, Ind.
Breaking up a home. |
| 1910. | Thomas, Rev. Wm., Corona, L. I. Evangelist.
Confessed bigamist. |
| Thomas, Rev. William J., Evanston, Ill.
Evangelist. Disorderly conduct; convicted and fined. |
| 1903. | Thompson, Rev. Ab’m S., Paterson, N. J.
Alienating affections of married woman; sued for $50,000. |
| 1913. | Thompson, Rev. C. C., Waco, Tex. Presbyterian.
Cruelty to wife, for which divorce was granted her; assault and
contempt of court. |
| 1907. | Thompson, Rev. D. W., Des Moines, Ia. Used mails
to defraud. |
| Thompson, Rev. G. T., Philadelphia, Pa. Baptist.
Sued for slander by stock market men. |
| 1911. | Thompson, Rev. H. M. D., Montrose, Cal. Baptist.
Embezzler. |
| 1911. | Thompson, Rev. J. E., Cleveland, Ohio. Baptist.
Charged with criminal slander. |
| 1907. | Thompson, Rev. Wm., Chicago, Ill. Caused
girl’s downfall; procured criminal operation. |
| Thompson, Rev. Wm., Cartersville, Ga. Local.
Marrying three wives; divorcing none. |
| 1910. | Thornton, Rev. Jesse B., New York, N. Y.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| 1912. | Thurman, Rev. J. M. D., Hagerstown, Md.
Christian. Murderous assault. |
| 1908. | Thurston, Rev. L. L., Oklahoma City, Okla.
Methodist Episcopal. Immorality; suspended. |
| 1909. | Tilburn, Rev. O., Linton, Ind. Campbellite.
Embezzled church funds; seduced girl. |
| 1910. | Tillmans, Rev. Theo., Chicago, Ill. Lutheran.
Abandoned wife; friendly with shop girl. |
| 1900. | Toal, Rev. Wm. H., Newburgh, N. Y. Catholic.
Raising a disturbance in New York; sent to Bellevue Hospital. |
| Todd, Rev. Thos., Cedar Falls, Ia. Expelled from
church and normal school for illicit relations with woman of
faculty. |
| 1913. | Tompkins, Rev. George, Brookline, Mass.
Larceny. |
| 1908. | Toms, Rev. F. E., Kan. Baptist. Bigamy. |
| Tomson, Rev. G. W., Woodbury, N. J. Presbyterian.
Love entanglement with three women. Suicide. |
| 1899. | Torrey, Rev. R. A., Chicago, Ill. Evangelist.
Permitted three of his children to die from lack of medical
attendance. |
| Totheroh, Rev. Dr., Chicago, Ill. Presbyterian.
Dalliance with lady member. |
| 1899. | Townes, Rev. C. H. W., Cincinnati, O.
Presbyterian. Stealing gifts intended for the poor. |
| 1900. | Towns, Rev. C. Hill, Columbus, Ind. Methodist.
Drunk and disorderly; fined. |
| 1907. | Townsend, Rev. T. J., Nashville, Tenn. Baptist.
Carrying concealed weapons. |
| 1900. | Tracey, Deacon E., Somerset, Me. Baptist. Eloping
with girl 17 years old, leaving wife. |
| 1910. | Tranter, Rev. W. W., Covington, Ky.
Forgery. |
| 1908. | Trick, Rev. Albert, New York, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Suicide. |
| 1910. | Trimble, Rev. D. H., Eugene, Ore. Methodist.
Slander. |
| 1914. | Triplett, Rev. J. Edwin, Jr., Woodbury, Conn.
Presbyterian. Sued by wife for separation for cruel and inhuman
treatment. |
| 1907. | Triplett, Rev. J. E., New York, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Criminal libel. |
| 1899. | Trompen, Rev. J. N., Hackensack, N. J. Reformed.
Criminal abuse of adopted girl. |
| 1910. | Troy, Rev. John H., New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Attempted seduction. |
| 1910. | Tucker, Rev. S. W., Scuffletown, Va. Nine wives;
jumped his bail. |
| 1909. | Tucker, Rev. T. P., Wilson, N. C. Arrested for
desertion. |
| 1907. | Tupper, Rev. K. B., Philadelphia, Pa. Sued for
unpaid note; many overdue debts. |
| 1910. | Turley, Rev. F., Cincinnati, O. Methodist.
Disorderly conduct; arrested and fined. |
| 1912. | Turner, Rev. David, Jersey City, N. J. Baptist.
Procuring women for immoral purposes. |
| 1909. | Turner, Rev. S. D., Huntington, Ark. Jailed for
arson. |
| 1911. | Turner, Rev. William, Jackson, Ga. Colored.
Incited race riot. |
| 1899. | Turney, Rev. Wm., Muncie, Ind. United Brethren.
Attacking sick woman in bed. |
| 1900. | Tyron, Rev. Wm., Chillicothe, O. Forgery, bigamy,
murder. |
| 1911. | Ulitsky, Rev. Alexander, Jersey City, N. J. Greek
Catholic. Charged with malicious mischief. |
| 1913. | Upsher, Rev. John, Baltimore, Md. Accessory to
larceny. |
| 1912. | Upton, Rev. T. A., Okla. Rape. |
| 1909. | Vahey, Rev. F. V. G. H., Jersey City, N. J.
Methodist. Suicide pact with wife; both dead. |
| 1909. | Van Auken, Rev. H. R., Ashland, Neb.
Congregational. Deserted wife and children; eloped with nurse. |
| 1905. | Van Buren, Rev. Otto, Utica, N. Y. Lutheran.
Unwelcome attentions to married woman, whom he sought to entice. |
| 1899. | Vance, Rev. Frank E., Piqua, O. Methodist.
“Indiscretion.” |
| 1901. | Vance, Rev. Thos., Irvington, Ind. Christian.
Shooting at his daughter’s young man. |
| 1902. | Van de Water, Rev. Geo. R., New York, N. Y.
Episcopal. Adultery; co-respondent in Watt divorce suit. |
| 1899. | Van Herlich, Rev. J., Wichita, Kan. Episcopal.
Denying his wife; “graver charges;” escapade in the
Tenderloin. |
| 1910. | Vanover, Rev. Robert, Williamsburg, Ky.
Fighting. |
| 1900. | Van Winkle, Rev. Jas., Indianapolis, Ind. Petty
theft; ducked by students at Butler University. |
| 1904. | Vaughan, Rev. E. W., Denver, Colo. Confessed to
killing a child. |
| 1912. | Vaughn, Rev. Thurston U., Greenville, S. C. Baptist. Criminal assault;
convicted on his own confession; sentenced to death. |
| 1909. | Venerable, Rev. W. D., Keokuk, Ia. Baptist.
Embezzlement. |
| 1900. | Vernon, Rev. Jas., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Missionary. The attempted violation of unmarried woman. |
| 1908. | Villiers, Rev. W. H., Chicago, Ill. Divorced;
ordered to pay alimony. |
| 1904. | Vincent, Rev. Mr., Winnipeg, Man. Seduction of
member of his choir. |
| 1901. | Vines, Chas. N., Bremen, Ga. Methodist.
Counterfeiting. |
| 1906. | Von Buren, Rev. Otto, New York, N. Y. Lutheran.
Made love to organist; expelled. |
| 1907. | Waddel, Rev. C. W., New Albany, Miss. Evangelist.
Murder. |
| 1906. | Wade, Rev. Goodone, Waukegan, Ill.
Congregational. Sending obscene literature through mails to boys;
attempted suicide. |
| 1910. | Wade, Rev. J. W., Chicago, Ill. Universalist.
Forgery and fraud. |
| 1899. | Wade, Rev. N. E., W. Kortright, N. Y. United
Presbyterian. Stealing; expelled by church. |
| 1904. | Wade, Rev. W. H., Velpin, Ind. Campbellite.
Passing counterfeit money; indicted. |
| 1905. | Wadsworth, Rev. W. W., Hartwell, Ga. Methodist.
Immorality; suspended. |
| 1904. | Wagner, Rev. Samuel, Croton, O. United Brethren.
Criminally assaulting girl of 14. |
| 1909. | Wagner, Rev. Mr., Wyalusing, Wis. Threatened by
women for breaking up a home. |
| 1906. | Wainscot, Rev. John, Elkinsville, Ind.
Evangelist. Assault. |
| 1901. | Wainwright, Rev. H., Roanoke, Va.
Sanctificationist. Housebreaking and robbery. |
| 1902. | Waldrop, Rev. Emmet L., Cleveland, O. Lying,
stealing, neglect of family. |
| 1907. | Walenta, Rev. M. J. H., New York, N. Y. Found his
platonic affinity in parishioner’s wife. |
| 1903. | Wales, Rev. J. W., Charlottesville, Va. Baptist.
Co-respondent in divorce suit. |
| 1912. | Walker, Rev. J. Franklin, Cincinnati, O. Baptist
Corrupting morals of young girls. |
| 1913. | Walker, Rev. Raymond B., Providence, R. I.
Baptist. Wife-beating. |
| 1910. | Walker, Rev. Raymond D., Boston, Mass. Episcopal.
Forgery. |
| 1906. | Walker, Rev. R. D., Windham, Vt. Baptist. Dropped
by church for moral and commercial irregularity. |
| 1909. | Walker, Rev. R. E., Providence, R. I. Forgery;
arrested. |
| 1899. | Wall, Rev. Rufus, Memphis, Tenn. Wife
murder. |
| Wallace, Rev. Foy. Traveling evangelist;
Campbellite. Run out of town for attempt to seduce married woman. |
| 1903. | Walling, Rev. W. A., New York, N. Y. Fraud;
locked up. |
| 1903. | Wallis, Rev. E. H., Evening Shade, Ark.
Methodist. Lying; convicted on four counts. |
| 1911. | Walstrom, Rev. W. H., Versailles, Ill. Pastor
Christian church. Stole collection of rare old coins, and confessed
after; found with aid of bloodhounds. |
| 1913. | Walt, Rev. J. W., Springfield, Mo. Methodist.
Abduction. |
| Walters, Rev. Alex., Hackensack, N. J. Methodist.
Assault and battery on girl. |
| 1914. | Walton, Rev. M. R., Glendale, Cal. Methodist.
Improper advances to women. |
| 1900. | Walton, Rev. T. J., Burton, Ky. Shooting John
Gray. |
| 1910. | Wand, Rev. John B., Meppen, Ill. Catholic.
Criminal assault. |
| 1906. | Wannamaker, Rev. H. S., Elyria, O.
Congregational. Made love to organist; divorced by wife; dropped by
church. |
| 1905. | Ward, Rev. D. F., Claremont, Va. Episcopal.
Fighting; thrashed outgoing pastor Ridout. |
| 1912. | Ward, Rev. L. T., Collierville, Tenn.
Embezzlement. Confessed and sentenced to three years’
imprisonment. |
| 1909. | Ward, Rev. S., Freewater, Ore. Baptist. Bigamy;
four wives; five years. |
| 1900. | Ward, Rev. Wm., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Catholic. Drunk
and disorderly; arrested. |
| 1906. | Ware, Rev. G. G., Deadwood, S. D. Episcopal.
Conspiracy to defraud the government with false
homestead entries. |
| 1905. | Ware, Rt. Rev. Archdeacon T. C., Black Hills
District, S. D. Episcopal. Hilarious drunk in Lead City. |
| 1906. | Warlick, Rev. Mr., Elorado, Okla. Violation of an
18-year-old girl. |
| 1902. | Warner, Rev. A. J., Clinton, N. C.
Misappropriation of money; indicted. |
| 1905. | Warner, Rev. H. H., Denver, Col. Bigamy; living
with one wife and supporting another. |
| 1899. | Warren, Rev. B. E., Helena, Mont. Methodist.
Charged with immorality; resigned. |
| 1906. | Warren, Rev. F. J., Portland, Ore. Episcopal.
Despoiled a brother minister’s home. |
| 1909. | Warren, Rev. L. W., Los Angeles, Cal.
Presbyterian. Unprintable crime. |
| 1913. | Warren, Rev. W. D., Columbus, O. Methodist.
Attempted suicide. |
| 1911. | Watkins, Rev. R. B., Buffalo, N. Y. Presbyterian.
Arrested on “a serious charge” preferred by a young woman
of Richmond, Va. |
| 1906. | Watson, Rev. J. A., No. Plainfield, N. J.
Murder. |
| 1910. | Watson, Rev. W. E., Urbana, O. Methodist.
Embezzlement. |
| 1910. | Way, Rev. H., Hoboken, N. J. Evangelist. Accused
by 17-year-old girl. |
| 1909. | Wear, Rev. W. M., Birmingham, Ala. Baptist.
Seduction of another’s wife. Resigned. |
| 1904. | Weaver, Rev. T. E., Tazewell, Va. Methodist.
Failing to account for money placed in his hands. |
| 1899. | Webb, Rev. James, Atlantic City, N. J. Baptist.
Stealing lumber; arrested. |
| 1905. | Weeks, Rev. Mr., Toronto, Ont. Baptist. Caught in
park with female member of his own church; resigned. |
| 1905. | Welch, Rev. Clarence M., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Evangelist. Bastardy; jailed for non-support of child. |
| 1906. | Welch, Rev. C. E., Nashville, Mich. Methodist.
Immoral relations with two girls, resulting in the death of one of
them. |
| 1899. | Welch. Rev. D. S., Macksburg, O. Methodist.
Fraudulently procuring a divorce from his wife. |
| 1909. | Welch, Rev. V. P., Fostoria, O. Slander. |
| 1911. | Wells, Rev. H. H., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist. Held
for trial for passing a check which he forged. |
| 1899. | Wells, Rev. J. H., Selma, N. C. Baptist. Making
moonshine whisky; jailed. |
| 1905. | Welsh, Rev. Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Drunk;
assaulted President Dreyfus of the
Pittsburgh Baseball Club; suspended. |
| 1899. | Wenger, Rev. Mr., Harrisonburg, Va. Mennonite.
“Transgression” with hired girl. |
| 1914. | Werlein, Rev. Halsey, San Jose, Cal. Episcopal.
Sued for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. |
| 1898. | Wesley, Rev. G. W., Louisa, Ky. Baptist.
Convicted of having three wives. |
| 1909. | West, Rev. J. W., Richmond, Va. Accused by little
girls of being too intimate. |
| 1911. | Westenberg, Rev. C. A., San Francisco, Cal.
Swindled public in selling stock in an alleged California placer
mine. |
| 1901. | Westlake, Rev. C. M., Providence, R. I. Deserted
his wife; divorced. |
| 1908. | Weston, Rev. W. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist.
Swindling. |
| 1905. | Whalen, Rev. C. D., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist.
Deserting family and eloping with Mrs. Jennie H. Clark from Plattsburg,
N. Y.; jailed. |
| 1900. | Wharton, Rev. H. M., Ocean City, N. J. Baptist.
Obtaining property under false pretenses; jailed. |
| 1901. | Wharton, Rev. Geo., Jackson, Miss. Baptist.
Attempting to hug the female pupils of Hillman Female College, of which
he was president; fled. |
| 1910. | Wheaton, Rev. J. M., Chicago, Ill. Methodist.
Abusive trespasser. |
| 1908. | Wheeler, Rev. A. J., New York, N. Y. Adventist.
Suicide. |
| 1901. | Wheeler, Rev. G. F., Greendale, Mass. Baptist.
Kissing and hugging young ladies to the neglect of his wife;
disciplined. |
| 1910. | Wheeler, Rev. James M., Akron, O. Methodist.
Malicious destruction of property. |
| 1900. | Wheeler, Rev. J. B., Bridgeport, Conn.
Missionary. Leading women astray. |
| 1913. | Whitaker, Rev. T. A., Waltham, Mass. Baptist.
Non-support of wife. |
| 1908. | Whitaker, Rev. Wm. G., Exeter, Kan. Episcopal.
Fraud. |
| 1914. | White, Rev. Dennis, Windsor, Conn. Arson;
convicted and given a prison sentence of two to five years. |
| 1899. | White, Rev. D. R., Palmyra, Mo. Baptist.
Shoplifting; caught with goods on. |
| 1901. | White, Rev. Geo. W., Orion, Ill. Baptist.
Incontinence and dishonesty; deposed. |
| 1909. | White, Rev. H., Marion, Ind. Bigamy; six
wives. |
| 1900. | White, Rev. John W., Chillicothe, Mo. Methodist.
Beating children with iron poker; arrested. |
| 1903. | White, Rev. J. L., Washington, D. C. Obtaining
money under false pretenses. |
| 1901. | White, Rev. Minor, Elkinsville, Ind. Ministerial
misconduct; locked out by congregation. |
| 1905. | White, Rev. M. J., Carthage, Mo. Catholic.
Threatening life of A. L. Franks; arrested. |
| 1910. | White, Rev. R. G., Portland, Ore. Presbyterian.
Fell in love with student under him; expelled from academy and
ministry; divorced. |
| 1908. | White, Rev. Samuel, St. Paul, Minn. Larceny;
chain gang. |
| 1914. | Whitfield, Rev. Joseph, Rock Island, Ill.
Baptist. Assault with a deadly weapon. Indicted. |
| 1900. | Whitlock, Rev. Mr., Lima, O. Methodist. Assault
and battery; arrested. |
| Whittaker, Rev. Thos., Vilonia, Ark. Methodist. A
revivalist, he was forced to leave Vilonia for kissing a girl against
her will. |
| 1910. | Whorley, Rev. A. H., Pensacola, Fla.
Wife-beating. |
| Wiant, Rev. Warren, Urbana, O. Methodist.
Slander; held for grand jury; declared all women unchaste who
dance. |
| 1901. | Wickham, Rev. C. M., Sioux City, Ia. Christian.
Seduction; justified by scripture. |
| 1912. | Wickham, Rev. Noah, Oklahoma City, Okla. Accused
of cruel treatment of orphans and dependent children in home of which
he was superintendent; convicted in former years for similar
offenses. |
| 1899. | Widdemer, Rev. H. T., Asbury Park, N. J.
Congregational. Indiscreet familiarity with typewriter girl; out. |
| 1911. | Wigginton, Rev. G. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. Named as
co-respondent in divorce suit brought on the ground of adultery. |
| 1905. | Wilberforce, Rev. D. F., Missionary to Africa.
United Brethren. Apostasy and bigamy. |
| 1905. | Wilbur, Rev. A., Los Gatos, Cal. Horse stealing;
confessed. |
| 1899. | Wilburn, Rev. W. R., Flat Hollow, Ky. Divorced
his wife; fought with her; fatally injured. |
| 1906. | Wilding, Rev. A., Greensburg, Pa. Baptist. Ran
away with another’s wife. |
| 1911. | Wilhite, Rev. A. L., Topeka, Kan. Sent to jail
for “bootlegging” whisky, thus depriving the government of
profit on license. |
| 1903. | Wilkins, Rev. Mr., Ladonia, Tex. Presbyterian.
Associating with prostitutes. |
| 1901. | William, Rev. M., Charleston, S. C. Baptist.
Pension frauds; convicted; one year. |
| 1913. | Williams, Rev. Elmer L., Chicago, Ill. Methodist.
Defamation of character. |
| 1905. | Williams, Rev. E. E., Shawnee, Okla. Baptist.
Prostituting his daughters. |
| 1908. | Williams, Rev. G. F., Washington, D. C.
Episcopal. Immoral conduct with seamstress; unfrocked; old
offender. |
| 1908. | Williams, Rev. I. D., Denver, Colo. Violating
postal laws. |
| 1914. | Williams, Rev. James T. W., Newcastle, Pa.
Congregational. Elopement and adultery. |
| 1909. | Williams, Rev. J., Bellecenter, O. Methodist.
Charged with false arrest and imprisonment. |
| 1909. | Williams, Rev. J. D., New York, N. Y. Baptist.
Larceny. |
| 1902. | Williams, Rev. J. W., New Castle, Pa. Baptist.
Picking pockets; ordered out of town. |
| 1900. | Williams, Rev. R. B., Paxton, Ill. Evangelist.
Insulting young lady; pummeled by her father. |
| 1906. | Williams, Rev. S. V., Laporte, Ind. Campbellite.
Leading a dual life. |
| 1914. | Williams, Rev. W. L., Los Angeles, Cal.
Cumberland Presbyterian. Malicious destruction of property. |
| 1900. | Willis, Rev. Elijah, Chillicothe, O. Baptist.
Deserted wife and eloped with married woman. |
| 1902. | Wills, Rev. Joshua, West Chester, N. Y. Baptist.
Convicted of fraud; compelled to refund. |
| 1900. | Willy, Rev. E. E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Congregational. Negotiating a forged draft; arrested. |
| 1909. | Wilmer, Rev. H., Rome, Ga. Embezzlement; three
years. |
| 1908. | Wilson, Rev. Aubrey, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Presbyterian. Theft. |
| 1913. | Wilson, Rev. Cecil P., Brookland, Pa. Episcopal.
Drunkenness. |
| 1900. | Wilson, Rev. C. H., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. False
arrest; prosecuted. |
| 1901. | Wilson, Rev. Emanuel S., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Baptist. Adultery; arrested. |
| 1914. | Wilson, Rev. Isaac, Milan, Mich. Methodist.
Invented a story of assault and robbery to account for inability to pay
his bills. |
| 1901. | Wilson, Rev. Jas., Guthrie, Okla. Evangelist.
Arrested for double murder in Missouri, in 1869. |
| 1910. | Wilson, Rev. J. H., Savannah, Ga. Church of
Ascension. Wronged girl; cowhided by mother. |
| 1902. | Wilson, Rev. Morris Genoa, W. Va. Baptist. Read
Bible and then cut his wife’s throat with a razor. |
| 1905. | Wilson, Rev. W. S., Altoona, Pa. Methodist.
Dissipation; died in police cell. |
| 1906. | Wilson, Rev. Yancey, Tustin, Cal. Adventist.
Desertion. |
| 1912. | Winchester, Rev. Sirl J., Winchester, Ind.
Failure to provide for young daughter. |
| 1907. | Wingert, Rev. A. E., Tillamook, Ore.
Presbyterian. Forgery and swindling. |
| 1900. | Winkfield, Rev. Z., Ensley, Ala. Murder of a man
attentive to his wife. |
| 1910. | Winn, Rev. W. G., Pittsburgh, Pa. Christian. Left
it to the Lord to pay board bill; sued for $80. |
| 1905. | Winters, Rev. F. W., Newark, N. J. Catholic.
Obtaining money under false pretenses. |
| Witt, Rev. W. L., Los Angeles, Cal. Second
Advent. Left wife and lived with widow; pleaded guilty. |
| Wittlinger, Rev. T., Rome, N. Y. Lutheran. Caught
looking in at window when women were retiring. |
| 1901. | Wohl, Rev. John H., W’m’son, W. Va.
Presbyterian. Shot D. Stokes; was killed by return fire. |
| 1902. | Wolfe, Rev. John B., Quincy, Ill. Methodist. Put
up at hotel with woman not his wife; condemned by conference. |
| 1914. | Wolfendale, Rev. N. S., Seattle, Wash. Circuit
rider. Larceny. |
| 1906. | Wolfington, Rev. W. W., Freetown, Ind. United
Brethren. Arrested on charge of young girl. |
| 1909. | Wolfram, Rev. C. A., Atlanta, Ga. Took a married
woman for his soulmate. |
| 1900. | Wollpert, Rev. D. C., Zenia, O. Methodist.
“Immoral and unchristian practices.” |
| 1899. | Wood, Rev. E. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. Methodist.
“Ecclesiastical” immorality; women complainants. |
| 1911. | Wood, Rev. J. B., alias Woodard, Coffeyville,
Tex. Bigamist. |
| 1902. | Wood, Rev. Wm. A., Glens Falls, N. Y. Baptist.
Instigating a riotous demonstration. |
| 1907. | Woodring, Rev. W. H., Ashtabula, O. Methodist.
Assault. |
| 1909. | Woodruff, Rev. W. L., Lorain, O. Lutheran. Raised
money under false pretenses; 30 days and $10. |
| 1903. | Woods, Rev. J. S., Evanston, Ill. Cruelty to his
son; summoned. |
| 1904. | Woodson, Rev. A. R., Indianapolis, Ind.
Presbyterian. Improper liberties with young women. |
| 1900. | Woodward, Rev. J. D., Commerce, Ga. Baptist.
Found guilty of bigamy; four years. |
| 1899. | Woodward, Rev. W. L., Oak Harbor, O. Disciples.
Suicide by shooting. |
| 1901. | Wooton, Rev. J. A., Philadelphia, Pa. Unlawfully
mailing letters containing threats. |
| 1902. | Workman, Rev. S. N., Bluefield, W. Va. Pleaded
guilty to charge of bigamy; one year. |
| 1908. | Wormser, Rev. Andrew, Cincinnati, O. Dutch
Reformed. Swindling. |
| Wright, Rev. G. H., Chillicothe, O. Evangelist.
Triple murder in Provo Co., Utah. |
| 1910. | Wright, Rev. W. R., Wood, N. M. Baptist.
Murder. |
| 1900. | Wye, Rev. L., Croswell, Mich. Episcopal. Paid
unwelcome attentions to young woman and beat father who objected. |
| 1906. | Wylie, Rev. J. R., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist.
Bigamy. |
| 1902. | Xavier, Rev. H. F., Yonkers, N. Y. Catholic.
False arrest; sued by a young woman for $20,000. |
| 1900. | York, Rev. S. P., Brownsville, Ky. Giving and
furnishing liquor to a young woman; indicted. |
| 1900. | Youberg, Rev. W., Chicago, Ill. Missionary.
Stealing scrap iron to repair mission. |
| 1901. | Young, Rev. Clarence, Newark, N. J. Evangelist.
Bigamy; tried and found guilty. |
| 1911. | Young, Rev. J. Henry, Mattoon, Ill. Bigamist.
Young disappeared when he learned a warrant was out for his arrest for
having two wives. |
| 1911. | Young, Rev. J. H., Leechburg, Pa. Lutheran.
“Too familiar with young girls.” This charge was to have
been heard at a church trial. |
| 1909. | Young, Rev. P., Oakland, Cal. Episcopal.
Embezzled $15,000. Courted young woman; wife in Boston. |
| 1908. | Young, Rev. Wm. C., Paterson, N. J. Seduction;
six months. |
| 1906. | Zakelsky, Rev. G. A., Chicago, Ill. Catholic.
Issuing worthless checks in gambling game; sued. |
| 1906. | Zechel, Rev. A. H., Appleton, Wis. Violating
Sunday law. |
| 1900. | Zeperian, Rev. E., New York, N. Y. Missionary.
Stealing a watch; arrested. |
| 1901. | Zeutgraff, Rev. J. R., Brooklyn, N. Y. Catholic.
Slander; sued for $5,000 damages. |
| 1908. | Ziegler, Rev. Mr., Hutchinson, Kan. United
Brethren. Eloping, leaving his wife and six children. |
| 1910. | Zimmerman, Rev. A. H., Utica, N. Y. Methodist.
Over-flirtatious, and disappeared mysteriously. |
| 1908. | Zimmerman, Rev. E. H., Omaha, Neb. Lutheran.
Obscenity; pleaded guilty; six months and $100. |
| 1914. | Zook, Rev. Isaac, Fresno, Cal. Methodist.
Adultery. |
| 1909. | Zuccarelli, Rev. Jas., Newark, N. J. Catholic.
Broke up home; embezzled $400. |
| 1912. | Zwickert, Rev. John D., Altoona, Pa. Roman
Catholic. Alienation of affections. |
| 1900. | Zwinger, Rev. E., Hempstead, N. Y.
Lutheran. Slander and assault; arrested. |