Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada
Part 10
famous politician McDonald, who says: "She became a fanatic in religion, and the brute brought a tremendous religious influence to bear on her. Under his powerful leverage, the church, he made her an easy prey. To think that he lived on me, blessed my food, took my children on his knee and blessed them!" Mower, Rev. Mr. Pa. U. B. Immorality and forgery. McFarland, Rev. A. B. Pittsburgh Pa. Assault and terrible cruelty to wife; divorce given her. Mills, Rev. Michael Detroit, Mich. Arrested for seduction and many immoralities with women. Martin, Rev. N. H. Chatham, Ont. Epis. Breach of promise (engaged to three girls); fled. 1891 Moore, Rev. Geo. Louisville, Ky. Bap. Theft of Bible and other property. Marshall, Rev. W. F. Kinderhook, N. Y. Seduction under promise of marriage, and desertion. Moore, Rev. H. H. Warren, Pa. Charged with immoralities. Mayer, Rev. Mr. Erie, Pa. Wantonness; tarred and feathered. Moore, Rev. Lewis Nashville, Tenn. Incest. Matlock, Rev. Robt. Izard Co., Ark. Murder. Martin, Rev. R. L. Evansville, Wis. Drunkenness. Maczynski, Rev. Father Cath. Charged with embezzlement of $3,700. McArthur, Rev. Julius Dover, N. H. Bap. Horse-stealing and murder. Moore, Rev. Henry C. Little Rock, Ark. Charged with passing counterfeit money. Nailand, Rev. Jas. Springfield, Mo. Theft; imprisoned ten days. Norto, Rev. L. L. Macon City, Ga. Charged with theft. Nutting, Rev. W. W. Lisbon, N. D. Elopement. Nelson, Rev. Walter Port Burwell, Ont. Elopement and wife-desertion. Orne, Rev. A. L. Haverhill, Mass. Faith Cure. Allowing child to die without medical service. O'Donnell, Rev. Father Sedamsville, O. Cath. Drunkenness. Orvis, Rev. Wm. Philadelphia, Pa. Cong. Medical swindling. Oftedal, Rev. Gus. Wahpeton, N. D. Luth. Charged with whipping his servant-girl for her spiritual discipline. O'Riordan, Rev. M. V. Buffalo, N. Y. Cath. Drunkenness; forgery; consorting with lewd women; embezzling church money. Owen, Rev. Thos. Vernon, Ala. Bap. Insulting ladies who would not attend his meeting; mobbed out of the neighborhood; convicted. Overton, Rev. W. A. Greene Co., Ga. Bap. Suicide. O'Sullivan, Rev. John Camillus, N. Y. Cath. Charged with seduction and deposed. Orbach, Rev. C. L. Sauk Rapids, Minn. Luth. Charged with adultery. O'Connor, Rev. Father Wilmington, Del. Cath. Drunkenness. O'Connor, Rev. Father Chicago, Ill. Cath. Criminal intercourse with girl under fourteen. Otis, Rev. Father Calumet, Mich. Cath. Charged with seduction. Phillips, Rev. R. D. Elmira, N. Y. Meth. Forgery. Payne, Rev. J. H. Columbus, O. Theft. Prouty, Rev. Enoch Beloit, Wis. Bap. Dishonesty, lying, wife-desertion, adultery. Percival, Rev. Harold Detroit. Bap. Sodomy. Powell, Rev. Wm. Macon. Ga. Perjury. Parsons, Rev. M. Perry, Ia. Bap. Charged with embezzlement. Pierce, Rev. Geo. J. Salem, Mass.; Philipston, Cong. Charged with many immoralities. Mass; Bangor, Me.; Danbury, N. H.; Portsmouth, N. H. Parker. Rev. F. Sherman, Tex. Meth. Charged with forgery. Parrault, Rev. Father Dickinson. N. D. Charged with forgery. 1889 Packard, Rev. J. Los Angeles, Cal. Hol. Ran up board bill until landlady became embarrassed for money; suggested that he pawn her watch for her, and did so and absconded with the proceeds. 1891 Peters, Rev. J. H. Marienfeld, Tex. Cath. With Father Andrews governed a convent of boys; one escaped and revealed that the two priests had killed a student, telling the escaped one that priests had a right to murder; Andrews, with the justice of peace who held inquest, and, being a strong Catholic and under the priest's control, returned verdict of suicide, arrested; Peters missing. Pettit, Rev. Mr. Lafayette, Ind. Arrested for wife-poisoning. Perry, Rev. Spurgeon Philadelphia, Pa. Horse-stealing. Prather, Rev. E. L. Lincoln, Ill. Pres. Charged with many seductions; deposed. Pistor, Rev. Mr. Albuquerque, N. M. Luth. Drunkenness and embezzlement of church funds; deposed. Phillips, Rev. J. W. Joliet, Ill. Adultery. Petty, Rev. W. P. Maysville, Tex. Meth. Charged with indecencies with girls. Paul, Rev. Mr. Heraldsburg, Cal. Meth. Libel. Poole, Rev. Pedro Vera Cruz. Cath. Murder. Price, Rev. J. W. Ottumwa, Ia. Bap. Criminal connection. Quinn, Rev. Father Spokane Falls, Wash. Cath. Indecent liberties with little girls; under assumed character of John Smith sentenced to ninety days in workhouse, whereupon revealed true profession and was but fined $100. Quay, Rev. Father Snohomish, Wash. Cath. Sodomy. Reynolds, Rev. Allen Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Adultery. 1892 Robinson, Rev. Mr. Detroit, Mich. Meth. Criminal connection. Ransford, Rev. Edw. New York, N. Y. Assault with intent to rape. Roe, Rev. John F. Wooster, O. Theft. Roberts, Rev. R. M. Graham Co., N. C. Elopement with another man's wife, deserting his own. Rymarsky, Rev. Louis Carlstadt, N. J. Pres. Assaults on girls between twelve and fifteen with intent to rape. Rheinhart, Rev. J. P. Norwood. Evan. Theft of a theological work and other books. Ryan, Rev. Francis Philadelphia, Pa. Cath. Theft. Robinson, Rev. E. Girard, Ga. Meth. Charged with theft; fined for fighting in church. Rollins, Rev. J. M. Bonne Terre, Mo. Meth. Adultery, confessed; charged with sodomy. Ray, Rev. John S. Wooster, O. Meth. Burglary. Rodgers, Rev. Mr. Colton, Cal. Hol. Indecent conduct with women. Riley, Rev. J. T. Pittsburgh, Pa. M. E. Indecent conduct with women. Roberts, Rev. G. W. Toronto. Gross immorality. Robertson, Rev. J. D. Savannah, Ga. Pres. Immoralities. 1890 Ryan, Rev. Peter Lowville, N. J. Cath. Struck lady in face with prayer-book and used indecent language to her, because she refused share of assessment demanded; deposed. Richards, Rev. W. L. Stockton, Minn. M. E. Charged with embezzlement. Ross, Rev. Orville Lockford, Cal. Cong. Killed wife, son, and self because wife would not support him. 1889 Rogers, Rev. Euclid B. Franklin, Pa. Bap. Cruelty to wife; expelled; wife got divorce. 1888 Riley, Rev. John Council Grove, Kan. Adv. Sending to wife of a parishioner, with whom he maintained a liaison, a love-letter such that he was arrested for mailing obscene matter. Reed, Rev. J. C. Grand Island, Neb. Bap. Elopement. Rodden, Rabbi Max. Trenton, N. J. Heb. Fighting in church; arrested. Roberts, Rev. Peter Scranton, Pa. Cong. Breach of promise; $3,000 damages. Richardson, Rev. J. W. Marshfield, Mo. Chris. Elopement with fourteen-year-old girl, deserting