A Confession

Literary Fiction

Peccavi

by E. W. HORNUNG (1866 - 1921)

How does a man who as committed a heavy sin — not a crime, but a sin with terrible consequences — atone for his behaviour? What if the man is a priest of the Church of England? That is the central question of E. W. Hornung’s Peccavi (I have sinned). The Rev. Robert Carlton, rector of the rural parish of Long Stow, now finds not only his parishioners turned against him, but also his patron Wilton Gleed, for under English ecclesiastical law’s allowance of advowson, a patron (usually a notable) could in effect name a particular clergyman to a church living, or benefice, under his control. What the patron could not do, however, was to eject a rector from his church and his rectory; that was a matter for the local bishop, not him. ( Nicholas Clifford)

Listen next episodes of Peccavi:
A Duel Begins , A Fresh Discovery , A Haven of Hearts , A Little Child , A Very Few Words , Advent Eve , An Escape , At the Flint House , Design and Accident , Devices of a Castaway , End of the Duel , Fire , Glamour and Rue , His Own Lawyer , Labour of Hercules , Midsummer Night , Sanctuary , Signs of Change , The First Winter , The Last Resort , The Letter of the Law , The Lord of the Manor , The Man Alone , The Night's Work , The Second Time , The Sinner's Prayer , The Turning Tide , The Way of Peace , The Woman's Hour , Three Weeks and a Night