CLERGYMAN ACCUSED

Grey River Argus, 12 April 1928, Page 5

CLERGYMAN ACCUSED

Is it Only Gossip ? ENGLISH VILLAGE EXCITED. (Received April 11 at 7.30 p.m.) LONDOxNI, Aflrik 11. The village of Aveuiug, in Glouees tershire, is uxeited over the opening of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the Bishop of Gloucestershire, to investigate certain allegations regarding lhe conduct ot th,o local Rector, the Reverend O. E. Hayden. It i» alleged that Rev Hayden paid court to a village school mistress undetr such circumstances as to occasion scandal. That he . frequented ale houses, telling improper stones, and that, he has habitually been swearing are' other allegations. ' Counsel, in outlining the complaints sail! that having regard to the Rec tor’s own reputation, and the tact that lie is a married man, apart tiom being a. clergyman, th- r '''‘“7", would have 1o ask whether he had acted wisely and honourable. Bev lltivdeu denies the charges, ami he says that, the gossip must be fully investigated ‘‘for the sake of myself, my wife, and the young woman concerned.”