This makes me think of the case of Thomas Bowdler. He was an Englishmen credited with "The Family Shakespeare", the most popular Shakespeare edition of the early 1800's. It seems Bowdler took out "anything which could give just offense to the religious and virtuous mind" in the Shakespeare canon, which must have taken considerable trouble.

It introduced a new term into the language: Bowdlerised. You might guess what it means.

Anyway, it turns out the man only lent his name to the process. His sister is the one who edited The Family Shakespeare. A proper woman could not admit to being the editor, since that would imply she knew enough about sex and whatnot to catch the references.

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"The Gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us." - King Lear