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
Jordan, 8th Regt., Ill. Co-respondent in divorce
case.
1900. Cheney, Rev. T. B., Washington C. H., O. Methodist. Suicide by
cutting throat.
1903. Cherry, Rev. B. A., Winchester, Tenn. Subornation of perjury;
incendiarism; fraud; expelled.
1899. Cheshire, Rev. Chas. B., Newark, N. J. Obtaining money under
false pretenses.
1908. Chew, Rev. F. R., Missouri. Methodist. Irregularities.
1900. Childs, Rev. John P., Marysville, O. Church of Christ. Failing
to provide for wife; sued for divorce.
1913. Chiles, Rev. John, Topeka, Kan. Illegal liquor-selling.
1911. Chilton, Rev. Charles H., Birmingham, Ala. Baptist. Arrested
for adultery.
1911. Chincaloni, Father Felice, Youngstown, Pa. Catholic. Arrested
for kidnapping.
1914. Chip, Rev. E. G., Parsons, W. Va. Deserting wife and child and
eloping with a woman.
1909. Christian, Rev. R. W., Ashtabula, O. Baptist. Embezzlement of
church funds; forgery.
1913. Christy, Rev. Robert, Columbus, O. Keeping disorderly house.
1912. Cissel, Rev. Cassius C., D. D., Kokomo, Ind. Methodist.
Unfrocked for adultery.
1899. Civill, Rev. Acton T., Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Methodist. Voluntarily
resigned as "unfit."
1909. Claflin, Rev. M. C., Garden City, Minn. Methodist. Disappeared
with money and girl not his own.
1899. Clare, Rev. E. H., Brooklyn, N. Y. Lutheran. Slander; summoned
to police court.
1908. Clark, Rev. Geo., Roseburg, Ore. Methodist. Money under false
pretenses. Eloped with 17-year-old girl.
1900. Clark, Rev. Thos., Wood Co., W. Va. Shot his neighbor, Dempsey,
dead.
1905. Clark, Rev. Warren E., New York. Episcopal. Raising and not
accounting for Japanese orphan fund.
1905. Clarkson, Rev. Nestor, Chicago, Ill. Evangelist. Non-payment of
alimony to wife who divorced him.
1901. Cleary, Rev. B. F., Chattanooga, Tenn. Methodist. Eloped with
16-year-old girl.
1898. Clear, Rev. M. J., Grafton, O. Catholic. Assault on girl; fined
and transferred.
1901. Clemmons, Rev. H. E., Memphis, Tenn. Baptist. Selling mortgaged
property; arrested.
1913. Click, Rev. William, McAlester, Okla. Apostolic. Manslaughter.
1909. Clifton, Rev. J. J., Sioux City, Ia. Campbellite. Criminal
assault on 4-year-old girl.
1906. Cline, Rev. E. C., Eden Valley, Kan. Methodist. "Led about a
sister" not his own wife.
1912. Coad, Rev. J. E., Butte, Mont. Methodist. Charged with
immorality.
1904. Cockran, Rev. W. F., So. Bethlehem, Pa. Methodist. Gambling;
suspended.
1905. Codman, Rt. Rev. Bishop, Diocese of Maine. Episcopal. Criminal
libel; indicted by grand jury.
1908. Coff, Abis, Tahlihina, Okla. Choctaw Indian Missionary. Murder.
1899. Coffey, Rev. Wm. N., Des Moines, Ia. Christian. Robbed an old
lady of her life savings, $600.
1908. Coffman, Rev. S. C., Marion Co., W. Va. Methodist. Wife murder.
1913. Cohron, Rev. J. L., St Louis, Mo. Baptist.
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