VICAR KNIGHT
MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. CAUSE OF DISAPPEARANCE. (Received Livst Night. 13.15 o'clock.) LONDON February 17. The Daily Mail states that Captain Hutchinson, of the Port Lincoln, transmitted the Rev. Knight's message by wireless to the Bishop of Ripon. relinquishing the latter's priestly orders, .and also a statement to the public to the effect that while working in Leeds in connection with the white slavery question, lie lost a good reputation and the reputation of a comrade working with him, through the babbling of tongues of those who saw eril where none existed. ''While •seeking to prevent a girl fro.-n be : ng sent to a house of ill-fame in Leeds, I was openly accused of evil, by one of my church workers," said Mr Knight. "Feeling that I brought ruin and disgrace to the Church, T thought by leaving one country I might recover for myself and restore to ;ny comrade a new reputation." Mr Knight; adds: "My wife is not blameworthy. lam nreparecl to bear the consequences. I have no definite plans except that of working for a living, ;.nd seeking even as an outcast to do some good in the world to redeem what appears evil."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 February 1913, Page 5
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199VICAR KNIGHT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 18 February 1913, Page 5
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