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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Irish bishop, caught in a sexual relationship with a soldier and charged with sodomy, but allowed to escape.  Most senior churchman to be involved in a public homosexual scandal in the nineteenth century
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Irish bishop, caught in a sexual relationship with a soldier and charged with sodomy, but allowed to escape.  Most senior churchman to be involved in a public homosexual scandal in the nineteenth century.
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==See Also==
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* [[LGBTQ Ireland]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 15:43, 24 January 2016

Percy Jocelyn

Country

Ireland

Birth - Death

1764 - 1843

Occupation

Religion

Description

Irish bishop, caught in a sexual relationship with a soldier and charged with sodomy, but allowed to escape. Most senior churchman to be involved in a public homosexual scandal in the nineteenth century.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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