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- Harold_Davidson abstract "Harold Francis Davidson (14 July 1875 – 30 July 1937), generally known as the Rector of Stiffkey, was a Church of England priest who, after a notorious court case in 1932, was convicted on charges of immorality and defrocked by the Church. Davidson strongly protested his innocence, and to raise funds for his reinstatement campaign he exhibited himself in a barrel on the Blackpool seafront. He performed in other sideshows of a similar nature and died after being attacked by a lion in whose cage he was appearing in a seaside show.Before his ordination in 1903, Davidson had a brief career on the London stage as an entertainer. As a young curate he became actively involved with charitable work among London's poor, an interest he maintained following his appointment in 1906 as rector of the rural Norfolk parish of Stiffkey. After the First World War, in which he served as a naval chaplain, he devoted himself almost exclusively to his London work. Styling himself the "Prostitutes' Padre", his declared mission was the rescue of young girls he considered in danger of falling into vice. In this role he approached and befriended hundreds of girls, and although there was little direct evidence of improper behaviour, Davidson was frequently found in compromising situations. His neglect of his parish and family strained relations in Stiffkey; after a formal complaint, the Bishop of Norwich instituted disciplinary proceedings. Davidson's defence was severely compromised by his own eccentric conduct and was damaged beyond repair when the prosecution produced a photograph of Davidson with a near-naked teenage girl.After his defrocking, Davidson's later career as a showman earned him much notoriety but little money. His attempts at legal redress were unsuccessful, despite recognition even in church circles that he had not been fairly treated in the court hearing that had condemned him. The case continued to attract public interest decades after his death, with fictional and stage representations. His descendants have continued to assert his innocence of any wrongdoing, and later commentators have generally accepted that however unwise and inappropriate his behaviour, his basic motives were genuine and that he did not deserve the humiliations he endured.".
- Harold_Davidson birthDate "1875-07-14".
- Harold_Davidson birthPlace Hampshire.
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- Harold_Davidson birthYear "1875".
- Harold_Davidson deathDate "1937-07-30".
- Harold_Davidson deathPlace Lincolnshire.
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- Harold_Davidson deathYear "1937".
- Harold_Davidson religion Anglicanism.
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- Harold_Davidson caption "Davidson preaching in 1932".
- Harold_Davidson children "2".
- Harold_Davidson church Church_of_England.
- Harold_Davidson dateOfBirth "1875-07-14".
- Harold_Davidson dateOfDeath "1937-07-30".
- Harold_Davidson deathDate "1937-07-30".
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- Harold_Davidson name "Davidson, Harold Francis".
- Harold_Davidson name "Harold Francis Davidson".
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- Harold_Davidson ordination "* 1903 ; * 1904".
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- Harold_Davidson placeOfDeath "Skegness, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom".
- Harold_Davidson quote ""I can earnestly assure you in the sight of God that my conscience is free from any knowledge of breach of the moral law ... or of vice of any form with women or girls ... I believe with all my soul that if [Christ] were born again in London in the present day he would be found constantly walking in Piccadilly"".
- Harold_Davidson quote ""The Reverend Mr Davidson's downfall ... was girls. Not a girl, not five or six girls even, not a hundred, but the entire tremulous universe of girlhood. Shingled heads, clear cheeky eyes, nifty legs, warm, blunt-fingered workaday hands, small firm breasts and, most importantly, good strong healthy teeth, besotted him."".
- Harold_Davidson quote ""The campaign to clear his name, very real at first, declined with gimmicky tricks until it became an outré side-show in which goggle-eyed holidaymakers would cram themselves to see a real live Sunday newspaper sensation."".
- Harold_Davidson quote ""We have no hesitation in saying that the conduct of the case by the Bishop's legal advisers was tragically ill-advised ... A Consistory Court is still, in the eyes of the law, a Court Christian. We might at least have expected in it a higher tone than we get in secular courts. We did not find it ... the spirit in which [the proceedings] were conducted has shocked the public conscience."".
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- Harold_Davidson source "Ronald Blythe, The Rector of Stiffkey".
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