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
Milford H., Saranac Lake, N. Y. Sued for libel.
1904. Smith, Rev. Oscar, Seattle, Wash. Methodist. Rifling U. S.
mails.
1913. Smith, Rev. Paul Jordan, Chicago, Ill. Congregationalist.
Cruelty to wife and children; wife granted divorce with custody
of children.
1911. Smith, Rev. Samuel G., St. Paul, Minn. Arrested for tampering
with a jury.
1904. Smith, Rev. Sidney, New York, N. Y. Using threats and a pistol
to extort money; two years in Sing Sing.
1914. Smith, Rev. Simon, Purvis, Miss. Eloping and wife-desertion.
The preacher possesses a wife and five children. The oldest
child is twelve and the youngest was born this summer, after
the elopement, which was with his wife's sister.
1902. Smith, Rev. Victor C., New York, N. Y. Episcopal. Suicide.
1914. Smith, Rev. William R., Marshall Co., Ga. Methodist. Using
mails to defraud; convicted.
1907. Smith, Rev. W. N., Middleburg, Fla. Murderer of step-daughter.
1914. Smith, Rev. W. P., Wolf Creek, Ore. Presbyterian. Run out of
town by citizens for vile slanders against women.
1901. Smith, Rev. Mr., Waco, Tex. Baptist. Fighting with Rev. Mr.
Cranfill.
1905. Smouse, Rev. J. W., Dallas Centre, Ia. Methodist. Seduction;
arrested.
1900. Smythe, Rev. Thomas, Sing Sing, N. Y. Catholic. Attempting
suicide.
1911. Snyder, Rev. Charles, Attica, Ind. Catholic. Stripped of
priestly authority and secretly removed from town after a
drunken debauch.
1911. Snyder, Rev. Frank, Topeka, Kan. Christian. Sued for divorce by
invalid wife on grounds of cruelty and neglect.
1908. Snyder, Rev. Leonard W., Richmond, Va. Immoral practices.
1911. Snyder, Rev. R., Goldfield, Nev. Presbyterian. Dismissed
because of criminal intimacy with married woman, and left town
after being beaten by the injured husband.
1910. Solomon, Rabbi I., Logansport, Ind. Jewish. Obtaining money
under false pretenses.
1913. Solomon, Rev. Jacob, Rockaway Beach, L. I. Baptist. Violating
prison parole, after sentence for larceny.
1914. Soper, Rev. Ben W., Cresco, Ia. Adultery. Arrested, and skipped
his bail.
1911. Sorenson, Rev. A., Battle Creek, Mich. Arrested for threatening
to kill man with whom he was associated in business.
1908. Sower, Rev. D. W., Oak Harbor, Ohio. Methodist. Lechery.
1907. Spates, Rev. D. D., Nacogdoches, Tex. Embezzlement.
Spencer, Rev. E. J., Columbia, Mo. Methodist. Adultery;
convicted on two counts.
1912. Spray, Rev. Walter, Kokomo, Ind. Holiness. Caught in
compromising position with a woman.
1901. Springfield, Rev. W. H., Woodbridge, Cal. Leaving his wife and
eloping with his niece.
1911. Stalnaker, Rev. W. K., Kansas City, Mo. Methodist. Criminally
assaulted his niece and adopted daughter, aged 12; pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to ten years in the pen.
1899. Stamm, Rev. Robert, Anderson, Ind. Evangelist.
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