Clerical Abuse in the Church in Trollope'sThe Warden

Abstract

The present thesis tries to explore the issues of clerical abuse during the time of nineteenth century. Anthony Trollope has attempted to dismantle the abuse and corruption undergoing inside the church. In the mid nineteenth century there were a number offinancial scandals in the Church of England including those of Rochester. The endowments which should have supported the King’s School Canterbury had been diverted to the Dean and Chapter. Rev. Francis North, later the Earl of Guildford, had been appointed to the mastership of the hospital by his father the bishop. The revenues of the hospital were very considerable, the work involved minimal. The scandal soon broke. Anthony Trollope has successfully caught the issue of abuse of church which is consideredas a symbol of chastity and purity and can redeem the foibles of human beings.