Libel and proof in the process of deposition, pursued at the instance of Mr Robert Deans, kirk-treasurer of Lerwick, against the Revered Mr John Macleod minister of the parishes of Lerwick and Gulberwick, in Shetland, before the presbytery of Shetland, with their sentence of deposition therein, &c.
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
1797?]
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Lerwick, 28th June 1797.--below caption title.
Document outlining the case, "libel", against Reverend John Macleod, minister of the parishes of Lerwick and Gulberwick on Shetland, who was accused by kirk treasurer Robert Deans of inappropriate behaviour. The text concludes with the decision by the presbytery of Shetland on 19 August 1797 that Macleod was "often guilty of quarrelling, striking, profane swearing, and excessive drunkenness, especially on the Sabbath day", as well as indecent behaviour with his female servant and negligence in his duties as minister. Macleod is recorded in the "Fasti ecclesiae Scoticanae" (vol. 7, p. 286) as having subsequently moved to the United States.
ESTC
Macleod, John, 1763-
Church of Scotland
Sexual misconduct by clergy
Scotland Edinburgh.