CLERICAL ERRORS --- A VICTORIAN SERIES

An early Victorian observer decried the "superfluity of naughtiness" among the men of the Church of England. It was indisputable that whenever a clergyman was involved in a scandal of morals, the public attention it received was magnified exponentially. Clerical Errors: A Victorian Series, Volume 2, newly published in paperback and for Kindle, recalls the scandals that enmeshed five such Victorian clergymen.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

An Intolerable Fear of Exposure

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The Rev. Peter William Browne was the vicar of St. Katharine's Church in the small Lancashire coal-mining village of Blackrod. He came...
Monday, May 21, 2018

"Shocking Scandal; Remarkable Letters"

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The Rev William Malam, vicar of St. John the Baptist, Buxton, began tutoring Miss Annie Rose in her Latin declensions in December 1883. An...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Curious Conduct of a Coatham Curate

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On 21 August 1865, the papers in Liverpool reported that the Rev Alfred Henry Ferries (or Ferris), was found lying near death at the foot ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

A Monkey Suit at St Peter's Walworth

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The Rev John William Horsley had been rector of St Peter’s Walworth since 1894. He was a well beloved figure in the urban parish, ran a so...
Friday, March 30, 2018

"You Should be Found Out": The Rev. Oswald Reichel of Sparsholt

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The Rev. Oswald Reichel arrived in the Berkshire village of Sparsholt in 1869. He was the new vicar of the Church of the Holy Cross. A Yor...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

A Sudden Death in a Questionable Setting

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All Saints, Eyke, Suffolk* The 12th century church of All Saints, Eyke, is slightly set back from the A1152. The church may once have h...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

The Sermon-Monger Trade

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A Lithographed Sermon In Shaw's great play, Mrs. Warren's Profession , the Rev. Samuel Gardner has been visiting with his son Fr...
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