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
Bastardy.
1899. Bumkala, Rev. Jos., Chicago, Ill. Catholic. Absconding with
church funds.
1913. Bunn, Rev. W. G., Geneva, N. Y. Reckless speeding while drunk.
Fined on his plea of guilty.
1903. Bunnell, Rev. Noah, Up. Sandusky, O. Attempting suicide.
1907. Burbridge, Rev. A., Wichita, Kan. Murdered wife; attempted
suicide; executed.
1900. Burgess, Rev. C. C., Wolfville, N. S. Baptist. Though married,
seduced single woman; deposed.
1903. Burgess, Rev. Dawson, alias Bert Dawson, Wessington, S. D.
Christian. Left wife in Iowa; married again in S. D. and
decamped with mortgaged property, leaving creditors.
1911. Burgess, Rev. Dr. Frederick, Brooklyn. Episcopal. Arrested for
speeding auto.
1900. Burrows, Rev. Edward, Camden, N. J. Congregational. Bigamy;
arrested; three wives.
Burt, Rev. O. C, Quarryville, Pa. Methodist. Eloping with a
parishioner; whipped by girl's father and deposed; wife and two
children; bigamist.
1899. Bush, Rev. J. W., Cincinnati, O. Methodist. Theft and grafting.
1906. Butcher, Rev. A. C., Clinton, Ind. Arrested for criminal
assault on 14-year-old girl. Held for $1,500.
1900. Butler, Rev. J. B. K., Norfolk, Va. Baptist. Unministerial
conduct.
1912. Butler, Rev. George H., Sherwood Park, N. Y. Episcopal. Sued
for assault on a woman.
1911. Butler, Rev. G. H. H., Yonkers, N. Y. Episcopal. Slander.
1914. Butterworth, Rev. Robert F., Seattle, Wash. Reorganized Church
Latter Day Saints. Murderous assault. The clergyman refused to
quit a shack condemned by the city, and shot the health
inspector, who tried to eject him.
1907. Buttington, Rev. J. H., Hamilton, O. Jailed with his companion,
a married woman.
1903. Byars, J. P., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist. Eloping with
married woman.
1914. Byles, Rev. Charles H., Lockport, Ill. Congregational. In
trouble with his church for divers alleged improprieties.
1907. Byrnes, Rev. Wm., Luverne, Minn. Methodist. Suspended from
clergy for immoral conduct with two young girls.
Calaway, Rev. J. L., Adair, Mo. Methodist. Stealing horse and
buggy; woman in the case.
1903. Caldwell, Rev. J. M., Chicago. Methodist. Arrested on a serious
charge; attempted suicide.
1913. Call, Chaplain W. J., San Quentin, Cal. Grafting on prisoners.
Confessed and was removed.
1911. Callahan, Father Michael F., Denver. Catholic. Misappropriated
funds.
Calvin, Rev. John, Green Co., Ala. Methodist. Killed one man
and fatally wounded another in fight; intimacy with wife of man
killed.
1914. Cameron, Rev. Edward C., Palisade, Colo. Baptist. Larceny and
fraud.
1909. Campbell, Rev. H. R., Stamping Ground, Ky. Campbellite. left
wife for affinity; resigned; arrested.
Campbell, Bish. W. B., Toledo, O. Evangelist. Embezzling church
funds; arrested.
1900. Campeau, Rev. J.
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