Demurral

Perhaps it hits too close to home: the villain, Reverend Obadiah Demurral, is an Anglican vicar.

Philip Pullman re-writes the Crucifixion « Anglican Samizdat 2009

This isn’t too surprising, I suppose, since Demurral, the arch-villain in Shadowmancer, is an Anglican vicar who is more interested in gaining power in this world through the occult than he is in the heavenly power of the next.

Shadowmancer author, G P Taylor to become Roman Catholic « Anglican Samizdat 2009

David Matthews – a pseudonym for Obadiah Demurral, perhaps – who is turning up his nose at what appears to be a rather charming 4 bedroom house – which he doesn’t have to pay for!

At last: A Church of England vicar who is honest about his priorities. « Anglican Samizdat 2008

The villain of the book is Obadiah Demurral, an evil sorceror, murderer – and vicar of Ravenscar, a village that lies in Graham’s parish.

Move over, Harry Potter 2003