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In her testimony, Hermoso insisted she had not given her consent and said the incident had "stained one of the happiest days of my life".

The tent may conjure fantasies of seeing a performance 100 years ago — with 3,000 hand-beveled mirrors, hand-cut stained glass windows and ornate carved wood ornamentation — but the show’s content is decidedly modern.

"Much of the early images are based upon what we see in stained glass windows where he's portrayed as a very powerful archbishop," said author Martin Crampin.

The Klan’s rule in Anaheim is a stain on a place that likes to celebrate the positive, in a county where boosterism is religion.

Announcing the first 750 schools to join the pilot scheme, the Department for Education said breakfast clubs had "an important role to play in the government's commitment to remove the stain of child poverty".