CRIMES OF THE PREACHERS
CRIMES OF THE PREACHERS is an 8x6 limited edition, signed satirical print. The background is adapted from the cover of a pamphlet first published in 1881 by M.H. Billings and Truth Seekers. The priest and his lingerie-clad lady friend were cut from an early 20th century b&w naughty postcard. I believe it was Italian. (One of a series of priestly derring-dos from the same postcard publisher.)
"Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada" by M. E. Billings critically examined clerical misconduct. Billings, collected newspaper stories with instances of what he considered moral failings among the clergy. He challenged the prevailing narrative that equates religious belief with moral integrity. Hmmm, inneresting concept.
After the first printing, Billings constantly revised and republished the pamphlet as he found more clippings, and as people around the globe sent him other printed examples of unholy behavior. The work was released more than a century before the famous Boston Globe’s spectacular expose in January of 2002.
"Crimes of Preachers in the United States and Canada" by M. E. Billings critically examined clerical misconduct. Billings, collected newspaper stories with instances of what he considered moral failings among the clergy. He challenged the prevailing narrative that equates religious belief with moral integrity. Hmmm, inneresting concept.
After the first printing, Billings constantly revised and republished the pamphlet as he found more clippings, and as people around the globe sent him other printed examples of unholy behavior. The work was released more than a century before the famous Boston Globe’s spectacular expose in January of 2002.