VICAR DEPRIVED OF OFFICE
■ • T-+ CHARGED WITH^DRUNKENNESS. LONDON, December 10. The Rev. J. H. Taylor, who was charged with drunkenness, has been sentenced by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to deprivation of office. ""**- v - There was an amazing scene at a wedding in the parish church of Isle Abbots, a village near Hmineter, Somerset, in September. The vicar, the Rev. Jam<>s H. C. Taylor, behaved in so extraordinary a tray, first reading part of the burial service, and later on the baptismal, that other clergymen had to ,be called to com/plete $he - ceremony. A letter written at the bishop's request to the bridegroom referred to the vicar's- " disgraceful conduct and condition."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 27
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