Complex sentence: Virginia's clergy participated little in witchcraft accusations and trials--unlike in New England--and preached a pious, private viewed religion as a private relationship with God, and ecclesiastical influence in local courts was much less than in those of New England.
Split into simpler sentences: Virginia's clergy participated little in witchcraft accusations and trials--unlike in New England--and preached a pious, private relationship with God. Ecclesiastical influence in local courts was much less than in those of New England.