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
Sent to jail for
"bootlegging" whisky, thus depriving the government of profit
on license.
1903. Wilkins, Rev. Mr., Ladonia, Tex. Presbyterian. Associating with
prostitutes.
1901. William, Rev. M., Charleston, S. C. Baptist. Pension frauds;
convicted; one year.
1913. Williams, Rev. Elmer L., Chicago, Ill. Methodist. Defamation of
character.
1905. Williams, Rev. E. E., Shawnee, Okla. Baptist. Prostituting his
daughters.
1908. Williams, Rev. G. F., Washington, D. C. Episcopal. Immoral
conduct with seamstress; unfrocked; old offender.
1908. Williams, Rev. I. D., Denver, Colo. Violating postal laws.
1914. Williams, Rev. James T. W., Newcastle, Pa. Congregational.
Elopement and adultery.
1909. Williams, Rev. J., Bellecenter, O. Methodist. Charged with
false arrest and imprisonment.
1909. Williams, Rev. J. D., New York, N. Y. Baptist. Larceny.
1902. Williams, Rev. J. W., New Castle, Pa. Baptist. Picking pockets;
ordered out of town.
1900. Williams, Rev. R. B., Paxton, Ill. Evangelist. Insulting young
lady; pummeled by her father.
1906. Williams, Rev. S. V., Laporte, Ind. Campbellite. Leading a dual
life.
1914. Williams, Rev. W. L., Los Angeles, Cal. Cumberland
Presbyterian. Malicious destruction of property.
1900. Willis, Rev. Elijah, Chillicothe, O. Baptist. Deserted wife and
eloped with married woman.
1902. Wills, Rev. Joshua, West Chester, N. Y. Baptist. Convicted of
fraud; compelled to refund.
1900. Willy, Rev. E. E., Minneapolis, Minn. Congregational.
Negotiating a forged draft; arrested.
1909. Wilmer, Rev. H., Rome, Ga. Embezzlement; three years.
1908. Wilson, Rev. Aubrey, Brooklyn, N. Y. Presbyterian. Theft.
1913. Wilson, Rev. Cecil P., Brookland, Pa. Episcopal. Drunkenness.
1900. Wilson, Rev. C. H., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. False arrest; prosecuted.
1901. Wilson, Rev. Emanuel S., Grand Rapids, Mich. Baptist. Adultery;
arrested.
1914. Wilson, Rev. Isaac, Milan, Mich. Methodist. Invented a story of
assault and robbery to account for inability to pay his bills.
1901. Wilson, Rev. Jas., Guthrie, Okla. Evangelist. Arrested for
double murder in Missouri, in 1869.
1910. Wilson, Rev. J. H., Savannah, Ga. Church of Ascension. Wronged
girl; cowhided by mother.
1902. Wilson, Rev. Morris Genoa, W. Va. Baptist. Read Bible and then
cut his wife's throat with a razor.
1905. Wilson, Rev. W. S., Altoona, Pa. Methodist. Dissipation; died
in police cell.
1906. Wilson, Rev. Yancey, Tustin, Cal. Adventist. Desertion.
1912. Winchester, Rev. Sirl J., Winchester, Ind. Failure to provide
for young daughter.
1907. Wingert, Rev. A. E., Tillamook, Ore. Presbyterian. Forgery and
swindling.
1900. Winkfield, Rev. Z., Ensley, Ala. Murder of a man attentive to
his wife.
1910. Winn, Rev. W. G., Pittsburgh, Pa. Christian. Left it to the
Lord to pay board bill; sued for $80.
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