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Burial row exposes clergy overbroad power and cruel burial ban
A London editorial denounces harsh burial rules in the Church of England as cruel and autocratic. It recounts cases in Dore and Croft where lay baptism, unexpected interruptions, and disputed coroners’ verdicts led to unauthorised rites and indignities, urging reform of the ecclesiastical constitution.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
Osborne Morgan
Charles I
Dore
William Sanderson
Kemp
Sheffield
Sanderson
Whitby
Mr. Whitby
Croft
Leicestershire