Crimes of Preachers in the United States and CanadaBillings, M. E.
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Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada
Billings, M. E.
Clergy -- Malpractice -- Canada; Clergy -- Malpractice -- United States; Criminals -- Canada; Criminals -- United States
he was principal of the college.
Van Dersall, Rev. S. S. Forest Grove, Or. M. E. and Immoral assault on Widow Marsh; slander and
Cong. libel; read a paper before college trustees,
alleging that she tried to seduce him, and was a
bad woman with others; lying; expelled; perjury
on slander trial; a most infamous scoundrel;
convicted by a jury.
1878 Webster, Rev. Prof. Wheaton, Ill. Cong. Slander, lying; so says Rev. Blanchard,
president of the "parson factory."
1882 Willoughby, Rev. N. R. Yorkville, Can.; Brompton, M. E. Immoral assault on Miss Graham; church trial;
Can. lying.
Waite, Rev. A. A. North Adams, Mass.; St. Adultery, seduction, incest, with Lena Capron,
Louis, Mo.; Troy, N. Y. his twenty-year-old niece; deserting wife and
three children; beating wife; paramour
confessed; he was arrested; he "exposed
Spiritualism."
Whipple, Rev. Madison, O. Rape on girl 11 years old, he 70; arrested,
jailed.
Wharton, Rev. Henry Louisville, Ky.; Eufaula, Bap. Drunkenness oft repeated; church trial,
La. suspended.
Whipple, Rev. Henry Evanston, Ill. Grossly swindling a brother preacher, Rev. John
McComber, of Minnesota; gross fraud, sued.
1879 Webster, Rev. Lowell, Mich. Bap. Counterfeiting, prison.
1882 Waggoner, Rev. James Waverly, Tenn. Chris. Swindling creditors, fled.
Wharton, Rev. J. G., or J. W. Carthage, Mo.; M. E. Adultery, seduction, elopement with organist,
Wharton, alias J. D. Hill. Elizabethtown, Ky.
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