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Sexual misconduct by clergy.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Litchfield, Conn. South Farms Church disciplinary records, 1781.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0912
Abstract In 1768 the South Farms Church was gathered in the recently designated South Farms Parish of Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1772 George Beckwith Jr. was installed as the first minister of the church. He was removed in 1781 after an ecclesiastical council found him guilty of adultery. The South Farms Church, now Morris Congregational Church, continues to serve the local community today. This collection contains the records of the ecclesiastical council which removed Beckwith from his ministerial...
Dates: 1781