Canada alcohol abuse clergyman attack

A clergyman in Canada was attacked by an angry husband after he criticised the women in his local community for allegedly indulging in alcohol abuse and smoking.

He was publicly horse-whipped by the husband after he gave a fiery sermon about alcohol abuse and smoking at his church – and he even stacked bottles of liquor and cigars and cigarettes around the pulpit to make his point.
His campaign was inspired by a group of young clergymen called the ‘Savonarola,’ which originated in Toronto, Canada, and campaigned against the use of alcohol and tobacco in Toronto and throughout Ontario.
The attack took place in Cobourg, Ontario.
It’s a pretty well-known fact that the temperance movement, or what we might nowadays call the anti alcohol abuse movement, was pretty militant.
However, this case is unusual, because it reveals that there was sometimes a backlash against this militancy.
Photo below: the original ‘Canada alcohol abuse clergyman attack’ story, which was originally published in a British newspaper in 1901.