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Article: Terrible lies of the kissing vicar.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- March 6, 2003
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Byline: LECH MINTOWT-CZYZ
A VICAR who bullied and sexually harassed his parishioners lied through his teeth in an effort to save his career, the Archbishop of York said yesterday.
The Reverend Harry Brown, 49, denied a long list of misdemeanours, including twice ' French kissing' a married parishioner, and decried his accusers as false witnesses.
But, describing him as 'pugnacious and manipulative' and his denials as 'false', the Archbishop, Dr David Hope, ordered that he leave his vicarage within three months.
His judgment comes 17 months after Mr Brown was stripped of his licence to preach by the Bishop of Carlisle, the Right ...