The Vagrancy Act 1898 prohibited soliciting or importuning for immoral purposes. Importuning was an offer of sexual gratification between men, often for money. The haunting, yet urgently importuning nature of the music matches and magnifies the meaning. They were assured that the new pope, Pope Paul III, was favourable to their importuning. There were several principal works, including "Disappointment," "Importuning," "Halloween," and "The Southern Cross". In 1961 he was arrested for importuning and spent a week in prison. In the early 1980s, Peter Dudley was arrested in a Manchester public lavatory for importuning.