Word: prohibishop
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...While he was honeymooning in Brazil with the second of the two women who have been dear to him, these Southerners instituted an inquiry by a court of elders to see if Bishop Cannon should be unfrocked (TIME, Sept. 29). Because of his conspicuous activity in public affairs ("The Prohibishop" is the Philadelphia Record's nickname for him) and because of his repeated private appearances in the news, the Press of the land has watched his career closely. Knowing well that a clergyman whose morals have been called in question is one of the most dangerous news creatures there...
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