A VILLAGE SENSATION.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RECTOR. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SET UP (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April 11. The village of Avening, Gloucestershire, is excited over the opening of a commission of inquiry appointed by the Bishop of Gloucester to investigate allegations regarding the. conduct of the rector, the Rev. O. E. Hayden. It. is alleged that he. paid court to the village schoolmistress under circumstances to occasion scandal, and that lie. frequented ale-houses telling improper stories and habitually swearing. . Counsel outlining the complaints said that, having regard to the rector’s own reputation and the fact that- he was a married man apart from being a clergyman, the commission would have to ask whether lie acted wisely and honourably.
Mr. Hayden denies the charges, and says the gossip must be fully investigated “for the sake of myself, my wife and the young woman concerned. ’ ’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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149A VILLAGE SENSATION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 April 1928, Page 5
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