The Priest and the Acolyte / With an Introductory Protest by Stuart Mason
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John Francis Bloxam was an undergraduate at Exeter College, Oxford when his story, "The Priest and the Acolyte", appeared in the sole issue of The Chameleon: A Bazaar of Dangerous and Smiling Chances, a periodical which he also served as editor.The story details the love affair of a young Anglican priest and his lover, a 14-year-old boy. The affair, when discovered, triggers a suicide pact of both priest and boy.The contents of The Chameleon, which also included Lord Alfred Douglas's notorious poem "Two Loves", would be used against Oscar Wilde in his trial, where he was accused of being the a...
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