Crimes of Preachers in the United States and CanadaBillings, M. E.
Religion
Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada
Billings, M. E.
Clergy -- Malpractice -- Canada; Clergy -- Malpractice -- United States; Criminals -- Canada; Criminals -- United States
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
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