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A priest hunter was a person who, acting on behalf of the English and later British government, spied on or captured Catholic priests during Penal Times. Priest hunters were effectively bounty hunters .
This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 11-11-11 (film) A. Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion; ... Priest (1994 film) The Priest and the Girl (1958 film)
Another priest hole made by Nicholas Owen in the library in Harvington Hall The same priest hole inside. For many years, Owen worked in the service of the Jesuit priest Henry Garnet and was admitted into the Society of Jesus as a lay brother. [7] He was arrested in 1594 and tortured at the Poultry Compter but revealed nothing. He was released ...
Pages in category "Priest hunters" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. John Arnold of ...
The priest abuse scandals were erupting into the public consciousness in 2004 as Fichter was writing the screenplay. He decided to make them part of the storyline.
Edward Tyrrell (died May 28, 1713) was a priest-hunter based in Ireland.He travelled the country from 1710 onwards looking for Catholic priests and bishops. Tyrrell was working to enforce the Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery, commonly known as the Popery Act or the Gavelkind Act, which was an Act of parliament of the Parliament of Ireland passed in 1703 and amended in 1709, one of a ...
Films about bounty hunters, private agents working for bail bonds who capture fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty.The occupation has traditionally operated outside the legal constraints that govern police officers and other agents of the state.
Philip Evans was born in Monmouth in 1645, and educated at Jesuit College of St. Omer (in Artois, now in France).He joined the Society of Jesus in Watten on 7 September 1665, and was ordained at Liège (now in Belgium) and sent to South Wales as a missionary in 1675.