CHURCH SCANDAL.
CONDUCT OF A RECTOR. DENIAL OF THE CHARGES. (United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, April 11. The village of Averring, in Gloucestershire, is JKcited over the opening of a Commission of Inquiry appointed >y the Bishop of Gloucester to investigate allegations regarding the conduct of the Rector, the Rev. 0. E. Hayden. It is alleged that he paid court to the village schoolmistress under circumstances to occasion scandal, and that he frequented' alehouses, telling improper stories, and. habitually swearing. Counsel, in outlining the complaints, said that, having regard to the Rector's own reputation and the>iact that he was a married man, . apart from being a clergyman, the Commission would have to ask whether he acted wisely and honourably. Mr Hayden deniedtne charges,, and says the gossip must be fully investigated, "for the sake of myself and my wife and the young woman concerned." —Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 155, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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