tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475895332419668831.post1995536455809544939..comments2022-12-22T03:42:54.446-08:00Comments on CLERICAL ERRORS --- A VICTORIAN SERIES: "Opium is the Poison, We Suspect"Tom Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988424863875787910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475895332419668831.post-51139336898212980722021-09-26T04:25:14.803-07:002021-09-26T04:25:14.803-07:00Thanks very much. Glad you found the blog.Thanks very much. Glad you found the blog.Tom Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988424863875787910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475895332419668831.post-54914786063041879092021-09-12T11:57:05.144-07:002021-09-12T11:57:05.144-07:00A very interesting piece of history. I am the gre...A very interesting piece of history. I am the great-grandson of the reverend JSP's elder brother (Augustus Frederick Padley - also a clerk in holy orders), and therefore the great-great-nephew of JSP. I had not heard of this before.John Padleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4475895332419668831.post-67501425931359380862018-01-03T06:41:09.620-08:002018-01-03T06:41:09.620-08:00I want to thank Mike Norryan, chairman of the Wigs...I want to thank Mike Norryan, chairman of the Wigston Historical Society, for providing me some additional details on the Padley-Baddeley affair. I am happy, always, to hear from readers with comments, criticisms, etc. Mike objected to the blameless Rev Padley being included among all these "dodgy vicars." In truth, as you will find in other postings, many of the clerics were eventually exonerated. But, fair or unfair, "It is wonderful the interest that is taken in the peccadilloes and sins of “the cloth.” Tom Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988424863875787910noreply@blogger.com