CLERIC IN TROUBLE.
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ROBERTSON-ORR AGAIN. HELD BY THE AUTHORITIES. BREACH OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association. (Received Dec. 14, 11.5 a.m.) VANCOUVER, Dec. 13. Rev A S. Robertson-Orr was held by the immigration authorities on an information from Ottawa that.he had entered Canada illegally. Robertson-Orr was formerly the pastor of a large Presbyterian church at Vancouver, and was suspended after an inquiry into his conduct with a lady member of the congregation. Later he was made co-respondent in the divorce action of Gordon Fleck. The Court held that adultery had been proved, and granted an absolute divorce, with costs against RobertsonOrr. The pastor later assaulted the lawyer for Fleck, and was fined £2O or two months' imprisonment. His wife was the subject of a mysterious assault in the home -after the divorce case. There are no details as to who laid the charge at Ottawa. Robertson-Orr entered Canada from Wellington in 1926. He was arrested while attending a meeting of the Commission to decide if his suspension would be permanent.
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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 7
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175CLERIC IN TROUBLE. Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 7
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