Return To England and Martyrdom
He returned to the dangers of England in 1602 as a secular priest and administered to the faithful there. He was arrested in 1608, and then again in 1612. In November of 1612, seven priests escaped from prison. John Almond was hanged, drawn, and quartered on 5 December 1612 at Tyburn, London, England.
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“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 8:39.
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“Yet I shall never return to the past, that attic.”
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