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The reason that the diocese of Niagara is in the heretical mess that it is in today is because the way was carefully prepared by Bothwell and the subsequent troupe of delinquent, scelestious theomaniacs posing as bishops that followed in his footsteps.
Diocese of Niagara: a succession of shame « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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How about calling them: inchoate hooligans scelestious yahoos pimply purveyors of turpitude flagitious degenerates iniquitous ingrates delinquent desperados benighted bastards.
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In addition to the occasional goat and chicken, during 2005, with the law’s permission, the good people of Texas also sacrificed 77,374 babies to the god of convenience in abortion clinics – which goes to show that the law is not just daft, but scelestious.
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It’s hard to envisage a more contemptible, pecksniffian, anti-Christian act, but I expect the scelestious Bird-Patterson duo will find one.
The Diocese of Niagara sinks to newly plumbed depths of infamy « Anglican Samizdat 2009
she commented on the word scelestious
adj., wicked (From a Latin word with the same meaning; also, scelestic)
This has the benefit of sounding a lot like "celestious" (celestial), 'heavenly,' if you like a touch of polysemy.
July 9, 2008