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
Warren, Rev. B. E., Helena, Mont. Methodist. Charged with
immorality; resigned.
1906. Warren, Rev. F. J., Portland, Ore. Episcopal. Despoiled a
brother minister's home.
1909. Warren, Rev. L. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Presbyterian. Unprintable
crime.
1913. Warren, Rev. W. D., Columbus, O. Methodist. Attempted suicide.
1911. Watkins, Rev. R. B., Buffalo, N. Y. Presbyterian. Arrested on
"a serious charge" preferred by a young woman of Richmond, Va.
1906. Watson, Rev. J. A., No. Plainfield, N. J. Murder.
1910. Watson, Rev. W. E., Urbana, O. Methodist. Embezzlement.
1910. Way, Rev. H., Hoboken, N. J. Evangelist. Accused by 17-year-old
girl.
1909. Wear, Rev. W. M., Birmingham, Ala. Baptist. Seduction of
another's wife. Resigned.
1904. Weaver, Rev. T. E., Tazewell, Va. Methodist. Failing to account
for money placed in his hands.
1899. Webb, Rev. James, Atlantic City, N. J. Baptist. Stealing
lumber; arrested.
1905. Weeks, Rev. Mr., Toronto, Ont. Baptist. Caught in park with
female member of his own church; resigned.
1905. Welch, Rev. Clarence M., Grand Rapids, Mich. Evangelist.
Bastardy; jailed for non-support of child.
1906. Welch, Rev. C. E., Nashville, Mich. Methodist. Immoral
relations with two girls, resulting in the death of one of
them.
1899. Welch. Rev. D. S., Macksburg, O. Methodist. Fraudulently
procuring a divorce from his wife.
1909. Welch, Rev. V. P., Fostoria, O. Slander.
1911. Wells, Rev. H. H., St. Louis, Mo. Methodist. Held for trial for
passing a check which he forged.
1899. Wells, Rev. J. H., Selma, N. C. Baptist. Making moonshine
whisky; jailed.
1905. Welsh, Rev. Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa. Catholic. Drunk; assaulted
President Dreyfus of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club; suspended.
1899. Wenger, Rev. Mr., Harrisonburg, Va. Mennonite. "Transgression"
with hired girl.
1914. Werlein, Rev. Halsey, San Jose, Cal. Episcopal. Sued for
divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.
1898. Wesley, Rev. G. W., Louisa, Ky. Baptist. Convicted of having
three wives.
1909. West, Rev. J. W., Richmond, Va. Accused by little girls of
being too intimate.
1911. Westenberg, Rev. C. A., San Francisco, Cal. Swindled public in
selling stock in an alleged California placer mine.
1901. Westlake, Rev. C. M., Providence, R. I. Deserted his wife;
divorced.
1908. Weston, Rev. W. W., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Swindling.
1905. Whalen, Rev. C. D., Los Angeles, Cal. Methodist. Deserting
family and eloping with Mrs. Jennie H. Clark from Plattsburg,
N. Y.; jailed.
1900. Wharton, Rev. H. M., Ocean City, N. J. Baptist. Obtaining
property under false pretenses; jailed.
1901. Wharton, Rev. Geo., Jackson, Miss. Baptist. Attempting to hug
the female pupils of Hillman Female College, of which he was
president; fled.
1910. Wheaton, Rev. J. M., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. Abusive
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