RECTOR’S CONDUCT
GUILTY OF BAD LANGUAGE. OTHER CHARGES DISMISSED. London, May 23. The Commission of Inquiry into the case of the Rev. Hayden found him guilty of bad language and not guilty on all the other charges.—Australian Press Association. A message received on April 11 stated: 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 cir cumstances to occasion scandal and that he frequented alehouses telling improper stories and swearing habitually. Counsel, in 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 he acted wisely and honourably. The rector denies the charges, and says that the gossip must be fully investigated “for the sake of myself, my wife, and the young woman concerned.”
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Southland Times, Issue 20495, 25 May 1928, Page 7
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