ANTI-RITUALISTS.
JOHN KENSIT CREATES A SCENE. London, April 15. Wycliffite preachers, headed by Mr John Kensit, who was some time ago expelled from the Church of England on account of his extreme methods in protest against ritualism, disturbed the celebration of the Veneration of the Cross at Holy Trinity Church at Hoxton, a district of Loudon, two miles north-east of St. Paul’s.
Mr Kensit, approaching the chancel, shouted : “ This idolatry in the Church of England must cease.”
Choristers barred the way with a wooden cross. Loud words and a scuffle ensued.
A clergyman endeavouring to secure the cross, was carried off his feet and fell. The cross was snatched from its socket and broken in the struggle. Police were summoned, but the Wycliffites left voluntarily. Mr Kensit telegraphed to the Bishop of Loudon reminding him of his undertaking that the Adoration ot the Crucifix would not be allowed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 980, 18 April 1911, Page 3
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148ANTI-RITUALISTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 980, 18 April 1911, Page 3
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