Abijah Hoadley

The Reverend Abijah Hoadley is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft for his short story "The Dunwich Horror".
==In Lovecraft's Works==
Hoadley is mentioned briefly in the opening chapter of "The Dunwich Horror", where it is mentioned that he delivered a sermon to the Congregational Church at Dunwich Village in 1747, having recently arrived in town. Soon after giving his oration, he disappeared. A copy of the sermon, printed in nearby Springfield, has managed to remain intact. It reads as follows:
==In the Expanded Mythos==
In Robert M. Price's short story "Young Goodwife Doten", Reverend Hoadley features as a secondary character. Here, he is shown to be a duplicitous parson, offering condolences to the titular goodwife Doten on the loss of her child one moment, whilst spreading rumours of her heretical practices to others at other times. He is also an enthusiastic participant in the burning of the Dotens at the story's conclusion.
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