The group was founded in or shortly before 1944, when it placed an advert in The Times setting out its principles, which centred on the elimination of various practices in the Church of England which it held were not in line with Protestantism.
In 1945, members sat in various locations during the confirmation of William Wand as Bishop of London, shouting out slogans at intervals to disrupt the service.
[4] The following year, they targeted a mass at St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, and Taylor invaded the pulpit to give a short speech before he was ejected.
It claimed that the group had avoided protests in parishes "where there is a larger proportion of Christians engaged in heavy industries, who sometimes might not know their own physical strength", and noted that disrupting a clergyman celebrating a sacrament was punishable by up to two months in prison, or a fine of up to £5.
[10] In 1966, he organised a protest at Westminster Abbey, attended by Paisley and John Wylie, against the Jesuit Thomas Corbishley being permitted to speak during a service.