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John Lunt | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Jonathan Lust |
| Occupation | preacher |
| Known for | seductions |
John Lunt was an infamous go-preacher,[1] of the New Dispensationists, a Protestant sect that believed that they were free from moral law. He seduced several women and girls under the guise of being a prophet.
He stood trial for rape on 29 June 1793[2], that of Sarah, daughter of Archelaus Hammond. Archelaus was charged with aiding him.[3]
Though they were both acquitted[4], Lunt fled to the United States, where he published a satirical newspaper known as The Tickler.
References
[edit]- ^ Grant, [compiled by] B.J. (1987). Fit to print. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane Editions. pp. 242–8. ISBN 0864920733.
- ^ George A. Rawlyk (29 July 1994). Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7735-1221-4.
- ^ Archivaria. Association of Canadian Archivists. 1990. p. 115.
One of the more demented New Dispensationists, John Lunt, was charged with rape in 1792, assisted by the father of the [..]
- ^ UNB law journal. 1987. p. 147.
Further reading
[edit]- James Manning; James Innis; David Graham Bell (1984). The Newlight Baptist Journals of James Manning and James Innis. United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces. Baptist Historical Committee. Acadia Divinity College and the Baptist Historical Committee of the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces. pp. 80–83, 360, 373. ISBN 978-0-88999-251-1.
- Patterson, Paul (1841). The Playfair papers, or Brother Jonathan, the Smartest Nation in All Creation. Vol. III. Hugo Playfair [pseud.?]. London: Saunders and Otley. pp. 26–40.
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