Complex sentence: The second break from the Kirk was also prompted by issues of patronage, with minister Thomas Gillespie, deposed by the General Assembly in 1752 after he refused to participate in inducting a minister to the Inverkeithing parish since the parishioners opposed the appointment.
Split into simpler sentences: The second break from the Kirk was also prompted by issues of patronage. Minister Thomas Gillespie was deposed by the General Assembly in 1752 after he refused to participate in inducting a minister to the Inverkeithing parish, since the parishioners opposed the appointment.