Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada

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family. Robinson, Rev. Mr. Clarkston, Mich. M. E. Charged with indecent conduct with young ladies, and proposing adultery to married. Rogers, Rev. E. B. Burlington, Ia. Charged with deliberately planning the cruelties that forced his wife to get divorce, so he could marry another woman. 1890 Smith, Rev. D. A. Clam Falls, Minn. Elopement with a parishioner's wife. Sanborn, Rev. Geo. M. Eureka, Cal. Cong. Elopement with a parishioner's wife. Stone, Rev. Saml. G. Cowan, Ont., Can. Meth. Improper relations with a parishioner's wife. Sims, Rev. G. P. Atwood, Ill. Immorality; deposed; threatened to kill church officers; arrested for carrying concealed weapons. Steffens, Rev. Aloysius. L'g Isl'd City, N. Y. Cath. Slander; $1,000 damages given. Schaberhorn, Rev. A. A. Clarkstown, N. Y.; Nyack, Pres. Drunkenness; using lewd language to women; N. Y. desertion of wife and children. Smedley, Rev. Mr. Des Moines, Ia. Meth. Charged with lying. 1889 Sutton, Rev. D. G. Boone, Ia. Blackmail. Savage, Rev. Samuel Celina, Tenn. Bap. Twice running away with woman for a short time; finally absconding with one altogether and leaving wife in want. Smith, Rev. Wm. A. Boston, Mass. Bap. Immorality, drunkenness; expelled. Shelton, Rev. T. J. Little Rock, Ark. Chris. Non-support of wife; divorce granted her; arrested for intoxication. Stewart, Rev. Wm. J. Port Norris, N. J. M. E. Accused of seduction. Simmons, Rev. W. H. Springfield, O. Meth. Charged with indecent conduct to married lady; her husband and others dragged him from the pulpit and stopped his preaching. Samuels, Rev. A. Chicago, Ill. Swindling. Sherwood, Rev. Dr. South Om'ha, Neb. Cruelty to boys. Squire, Rev. S. R. New Portage, O. Immoralities. Stevens, Rev. L. G. St. John. N. B. Epis. Charged with adultery. Schmotz, Rev. Carl Challicoon, N. Y. Ref. Intoxication and indecent liberties. Seals, Rev. C. B. E. Lynn, Ill. Elopement. Smith, Rev. Father Delavan, Wis. Cath. Conducting lottery at church fair; arrested. Scott, Rev. Monroe W. Baton Rouge, La. Attempted bigamy; murder and suicide. Simmons, Rev. W. H. Springfield, O. M. E. Indecent liberties. Snowden, Rev. Frank Chicago, Ill. Chris. Assault and battery. Small, Rev. Sam. Charged with swindling in the sum of $1,000 by a clergyman of Newton Lower Falls, Mass. Souderstom, Rev. H. M. Burlington, Ia. Meth. Fraud; lying; suspended. Saddlier, Rev. R. A. Minneapolis, Minn. Meth. Drunkenness, habitual; expelled. Spencer, Rev. Joel F. Richmond, Mo. Chris. Borrowed $350 and left, leaving note that he should commit suicide. Stone, Rev. S. C. Tenn., Miss. & Ark. Murder. Stratton, Rev. Mr. Oakland, Cal. Charged with hugging and kissing one of his female teachers after she had retired for the night. Smith, Rev. John St. Johns, N. B. Swindling hotel. Shibrow, Rev. Mr. Ono, Wis. Indecent conduct. Squier, Rev. E. A. Taylorville, Ill. Meth. Charged with slander and lying. Smith, Rev. R. M. Sterling, Ill. Meth. Charged with adultery. Schwabe, Rev. F. B. Rock Island, Ill. Pres. Intoxicated; arrested. Staunton, Rev. Benj. Fort Green, N. Y. Pres. Adulteries, and cruelty to wife. Slusser, Rev. Jas. G. Stark Co., O. Charged with adultery. Spurlock, Rev. M. Geneseo, Ill. Lying; immorality; adultery. Shelter, Rev. John McClure, O. U. B. Selling liquor without license. Smith, Rev. W. R. Hastings, Neb. Forgery; libel; embezzlement; opening others' letters; false entries. Serche, Rev. F. J. Syracuse, N. Y. R. C. Indecent assault on eight-year-old girl. Staples, Rev. Alfred Amherst, N. S. Bap. Swindling; engaged to many girls at once; fled. Stevens, Rev. W. L. Santa Cruz, Cal. M. E. Improper liberties with women; gambling; drunkenness; expelled. Schoonover, Rev. Mr. New Haven, Mich. Bap. Charged with drunkenness. Seymour, Rev. D. Janesville, Minn. M. E. Elopement with Mrs. Henry; taking with him missionary funds; leaving wife and five children destitute; she leaving husband and two children. Stone, Rev. Mr. Tacoma, Wash. Meth. Charged with desertion of wife for Mrs. McIntyre, upon the latter's receiving $6,000 insurance money. 1891 Shaffer, Rev. A. H. Des Moines, Ia. M. E. Cruelty to wife; adultery; falsehood. Seeley, Rev. Father Granville, Wis. Cath. Indecent liberties with little girls at parochial school; fled from tar and feathers. Stevenson, Rev. Mr. Des Moines, Ia. Meth. Desertion of wife for other women. Smith, Rev. C. Hudson Boston, Mass. Cong. Desertion of wife; liaison with prostitute; return and redesertion of wife for same prostitute. Schrieves, Rev. S. R. Moss Run, O. Desertion of wife and children; evangelizing accompanied by another woman as pretended wife. Turner, Rev. R. G. Little Rock, Ark. M. E. Swindles aggregating several thousand dollars; his conference in a warning circular describes him as "a good preacher--can talk and cry a man into believing him a saint." Tipton, Rev. John C. W. Va. Forgery; two murders; threefold bigamy; theft; arrested in pulpit at close of sermon. Tatum, Rev. Jos. Camden, Ark. Murder of wife; hanged. Trunnell, Rev. Evan Marion, Ind. Arrested on charge of burning church to get insurance. Triffit, Rev. J. F. Columbus, O. Adulteries. Taylor, Rev. J. H. Jefferson City, Mo. Bap. Bigamy. Thayer, Rev. O. B. Clinton, Ill. Pres. Swindling. 1892 Temple, Rev. John Evansville, Ind. Charged with murder. Turrell, Rev. C. W. Wyandotte, Mich. Meth. Adultery. Tighe, Rev. R. H. New York, N. Y. Charged with adultery and libel. Tupper, Rev. C. T. Leavenworth, Kan. Epis. Charged with adultery. Tevis, Rev. A. H. Kansas City, Mo. Meth. Charged with lying; suspended. Trager, Rev. W. A. Washington, Ind. Charged with horse-stealing. Vanetten, Rev. J. P. Youngstown, O. Meth. Embezzlement of $1,200 from a widow. Van Buskirk, Rev. Dr. Indianapolis, Ind. Chris. Adultery with parishioner's wife. Vedder, Rev. A. A. New York, N. Y. Pres. Seduction. Vancil, Rev. George W. Duquoin, Ill. Counterfeiting. Vest, Rev. E. B. Martinsville, Ind. Immodest conduct with a young lady; forced to resign. Van Horn, Rev. David Athens Co., N. Y. Forgery. 1889 Williams, Rev. G. W. Brooklyn, N. Y. Grand larceny--renting a furnished house and selling the furniture; was found in Buffalo living with a mulatto girl. Woodward, Rev. J. H. Greenbush, Wis. Meth. Charged with "scandalous conduct." Wharton, Rev. F. L. Milwaukee, Wis. M. E. Arrested on charge of slander. White, Rev. J. H. Gonzales, Tex. M. E. Indecent language and letters; suspended one year. Whitman, Rev. Edw. Joliet, Ill. Bap. Thefts and improper conduct with girl. Wood, Rev. D. C. Tama City, Ia. U. B. Elopement, leaving wife and seven children. Woodruff, Rev. Chas. Boyleston, Ind. U. B. Elopement with Mrs. Covert, she taking considerable of her husband's money. West, Rev. Wm. T. A. Chesterton, Ind. Meth. Seduction and murder by poison of Susie Beck. Wilson, Rev. Wm. Waco, Tex. Chris. Horse-stealing. 1893 Webster, Rev. S. E. Minneapolis, Minn. Charged with forgery. Wood, Rev. D. W. Sioux City, Ia. Obtaining $17,000 under false pretenses. Wilbur, Rev. Sidney Susp. Bridge, N. Y. P. E. Immorality. Weih, Rev. John N. Hudson Co., N. J. Robbery of six churches. Wright, Rev. J. N. Indianapolis, Ind. Meth. Suicide. Watkins, Rev. M. Pleasant Plains, Ill. Rape. Wood, Rev. C. F. Tulare, Cal. Cong. Indecent proposals to fifteen-year-old girl. Worden, Rev. Jarvis New York, N. Y. Dishonesty; lying; suspended. Ward, Rev. W. M. Portland, N. D. Meth. Criminal connection; fled, deserting wife and family. Welton, Rev. Sidney St. John, N. B. Bap. Charged with swindling. Watson, Rev. W. L. Little Black, Wis. Epis. Charged with illegal liquor-selling. Woolford, Rev. N. D. Indianapolis, Ind. U. B. Charged with coercing a weak-minded woman into giving $20,000 to an institution of his. Widemar, Rev. Howard Philadelphia, Pa. Epis. According to charges, persuaded wife to live apart from him, and used this absence as ground for divorce; obtained bishop's consent to remarry by saying ground was adultery. Wood, Rev. Andrew Los Angeles, Cal. U. B. According to charges paid improper attention to Mrs. Bell; kicked wife out of bed because she would not receive Mrs. Bell; threatened to put her in jail; made her kneel and swear to obey him in all things as the Bible commands, and consent to his courting Mrs. Bell; arrested. Washington, Rev. W. H. Marysville. Adultery with W. Dyer's wife; murder of Dyer. Wilson, Rev. J. T. C. Beresford, Ia. Meth. Arrested on charge of rape of a thirteen-year-old girl. Waters, Rev. G. L. Cortland, N. Y. Desertion of family; immoralities with female parishioners in Canada. Watkins, Rev. W. F. Philadelphia, Pa. Charged with sodomy with boys. Yodyzus, Rev. Math. Brooklyn, N. Y. Cath. Assaults, drunkenness, embezzlement; deposed. Young, Rev. John Butte, Mont. Pres. Habitual drunkenness. Young, Rev. Conrad Chicago, Ill. Charged with embezzlement. Zyla, Rev. John Chicago, Ill. Cath. Assault and battery.

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