Reverend Parris was also responsible for the Salem Witch hysteria. Reverend Parris was spying on Abigail when he saw the girls dancing in the forest in the middle of the night. He told Abigail that this would harm is position in the town and that she must do something about this. So Abigail went and accused the other women of witchcraft starting with Tituba. In addition, during the trials Reverend Parris took every attempt to end the court with the truth, such as Proctor attempted too, he would call it an attack on the
court. He would not let the court hear the truth that could set innocent people free and also show that Abigail was in fact dancing in the woods out of her own free will. Reverend Parris in covering
up his house's name led to many innocent deaths.