The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-01
Ths Canfesslonai.


YhIAL AID cosDEMsArIos OF A CATHOLIC PAIEsF AT
TURIN ron THIRTY THREE CASES or SEDUCTION.
fFrom me Loadon Post, Nay 10
We rrlrna Court Of Turin mas lately been occupied
wnh ihe hearing Of case which has spread oonseraa
.os ana shame through many % Ss o aoa, sDS soo
wsusa rite g s as hs.s sssy o. dss
Il 1900 puoishas another edition OF Ms celebrated
81 on Priests, Women and Families" he WIN be
30 70 enTich Il with Illustrations far more telling and
IssTstons 10 which wou.. e dcult 70 laa parai-
eJ will NOT az ia real life, but eyen in The darkest
cages Of For tue honor OF the Catholic priest
leod for the hoaor Of religion, Tor the CT nn
man nature itself, let trust that the crimes jus laid
care the gaze Of avenglng law and Justice less
prwonkd ihan appalling.
TIE trial which has excited such sensation Ia Taria
wn that Of Don Gnrino, attached, IN the capacity OF
second curae hrst TO the church OF San Carlo, aef
wards 70 that Of the Crmelte Order Amongst his rega
lar professional duties Of those connected
with be confessional, and these dates hs rolzted in
sanN0 30 fCG and 50 atrocioX TIA: <s than AIRY
AIS 'ysm3s; and scientific prefioay No. more sa,n
forty years Of age, possessing snguarly handsome
ss aaa eve Doc eg, n = With the
BY spiritual guide, the naaence not natural OF bis
osn personal attractions. Both Influences were skMally
~a All me os x5s sor ds Of
asaly yet surely, tkltng the mrd were employed sad
employed with TOO fatal The wretch was, It
appears, the habit OF Accompanying bis oral tompA-
lions with the Appliances and Of obscene books and
Ascvous prints 70 hegnen and accelerate thar effect
wUhnk On bne passions oy graduAou scAe OF literary
AAe pctorA excitement tho curAte or "S& Chsres' and
sne ntes" could seize for his Internal ends the
e1Act mor/ent when the ensuspecng confidence Of girl
Don eurso was ii ass dss s "a by the very mean.
sncA no had employed The relations Of young crea.
rs one Of bis Ate1t victims, found 10 her possssn
NSscene PRINT, and Insisted her telling them from VII
abe bad procured It. The girl refused for tms but,
yielding 10 their menaces, stammered forth the name
u lnex confesAug. She added that not abe alone,
suA hkewse some Of her young friends, had received
frea Don Gurliso immoral books and prints and, dc.
bauched by his arts had yielded up their honor 70 their
rprytua guide The relations at once communicated the
facts to, and deposited the print with the dHtric police
uaEn1ate, who lost NO time La communicating with the
higher law sahorites and these faor II once iasttued
criminal proceedings against the priest Although the
vial conducted with closed doors, enough OF the evil
Ir spred TO al all Turin with horror and indgnA
san Tns guilty Acts Of the criminal appear TO have ex
tended ter Of several years The full extent OF
hs debeucheres during all that period cannot Of course
BE ssce7tsned. 0ae fact however, 10 beyond all doubt
MAT the trial itself thirty three young girls bore tes
nopy the adoption towards themselves Of the wicked
ci seduction with which the criminal stood charged
On this overwh elming mass OF evidences Don Gurino
found guilty, and sentenced by the criminal court OF
Turn 70 Year, solitary confinement The term Of
the viii probably be abridged BY natural
shame, remorse, has already worked such fearful
-evsges the prisoner that on the last day OF the trial he
-ss hardly any longer recognizable.