LEARN about the sensational scandal of the vicar of Berkeley, Rev. John Seton Karr, in a new book about the Victorian clergy.
Arriving in Berkeley in 1839, unmarried and newly ordained, he was popular with the raffish crowd at the castle, despite previously being caught up in a scandal involving a married woman in Cambridge.
Well-known to attract female attention, this time it was the local solicitor’s wife, Elizabeth Gaisford, who was seen to be getting too friendly. Her husband quickly became obsessively jealous of Mr Karr.
Eventually he tracked the pair to a house of ill-repute in London, sparking a series of dramatic trials.
Enjoy the full tale in Clerical Errors - A Victorian Series, Vol. 2 by journalist Tom Hughes, available on Amazon.co.uk. Contact victorianga@aol.com with any queries.
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