The "cleanliness" passage was coined by JohnWesley, the18thcenturyevangelistwhofoundedMethodism, says ThomasKidd, a historyprofessorat BaylorUniversityin Texas.
Mr Denford, 78, who was the vicar of St JohntheEvangelist Church in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, is alleged to have molested two boys over an 18-month period from when they were aged around 13 in the late eighties.