Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution: Or, an Account of the Life and Character of John Church the Obelisk Preacher, Who Was Formerly a Frequenter of Vere-street, and Who Has Been Charged With Unnatural Practices in Various Places. To Which Is Annexed, a Fac-simile of a Letter, Written by Him to James Cook, Who Kept the Infamous House in Vere-street.Bell, Robert
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Religion & Morality Vindicated, Against Hypocrisy and Pollution: Or, an Account of the Life and Character of John Church the Obelisk Preacher, Who Was Formerly a Frequenter of Vere-street, and Who Has Been Charged With Unnatural Practices in Various Places. To Which Is Annexed, a Fac-simile of a Letter, Written by Him to James Cook, Who Kept the Infamous House in Vere-street.
Bell, Robert
Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Sodomy) -- England
Last evening I had an interview with Clark’s father, who wishes him
to comply with your wishes. I mentioned to him respecting Church’s
conduct, and I find the last night to be the worst. Likewise that he
would have committed the act had not Clark prevented him. The
particulars I told was when in London, but find them worse than what
I describe to you. They are not able to be at any expence; but if
the Gentlemen wish to prosecute, and to pay Clark’s expences up to
London, &c. he will have no objection to come, when you please to
send. I need only say, I wish you to inform the Gentlemen, and give
me a line.
I am, dear Sir,
Yours, &c.
C. WIRE.
* * * * *
The following is the narrative which Cook has given to his acquaintance
with _Parson Church_; and which was taken down from his own dictation by
Mr. E— B—:
In May, 1810, J. Cook was in company with Mr. Yardley and another
young man by the name of Ponder. I found after that the said Ponder
was a drummer in the Guards; but Cook went to call at a house in the
London Road, where I saw Mr. Church the first time in my life; there
was at this house about twelve or fourteen altogether drinking gin,
and Mr. Church handed me a glass of the same, which I took; Church
behaved very polite to me, and said what a fine fellow I was, he
pressed me very much to stop and get tea with them, for he said he
would call and see me when I was settled in the house in Vere-street.
I stopped a little while and was about to leave them when Church said
I should not go before I had tea, and flung down a dollar, and a man
by the name of Gaiscoin took the money and went for the tea and other
things but I would not stay, Church came out of the room with me, and
walked with me as far as the turnpike, there he met another Gentleman
which I never saw before, and I went on and left him for that time, I
think it was 6 or 8 days. I went to live at the Swan, and saw Church
again, he came about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and Mr. Yardley
accosted him, ‘Parson what are you come to see the Chappel?’ he said
‘yes, and to preach too:’ Church asked me how I was, I said I was not
very well, he asked me why I went away in that shy manner, I told him
he was a stranger to me, and I did not like to be intruding on
strange people, he said I was shy, he did not know what to make of
me, he also pressed me very much to take a walk with him, but I
declined it, he said I must go, but I still declined, and did not go
with him, he staid some time and joined the company that was in the
Back Parlour, persons by the name of Miss Fox and Miss Kitty Cambrick
was among them, and the Queen of Bohemia. As Mr. C.
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