WELCOME! TORTURE OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS BY ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AGENTS DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I AND BEYOND In the Tower of London, the Catholic priest was was subjected to the "Scavenger's Daughter" Torture of Catholic priests by the English government during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The rack (stretching) and the Scavenger's daughter (compression) were employed to extract information about fellow Catholics (Source: Memoirs of Missionary Priests &c., Bishop Richard Challoner, originally published 1741) A number of priests were most cruelly racked In the Diary of Edward Rushton, a Catholic Priest, who was imprisoned during four years in the Tower of London, upon account of his priestly character, the following entry occurs under the year 1580. - "December 10th, Thomas Cottam and Luke Kirby , priests, suffered compression in the Scavenger's Daughter, for one hour and more, the former of whom bled profusely at the nostrils." - Ed. (...