Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-15
GNmtester Daily Sup,
From the Independence Beige
Extraordinary Trial of 81 Priest and IA Nun
in Paris,

in Paris.
A most extraordinary affair, which. in man,
of its details, calls to mind the famous prose
cution of the Jesuit Gerard and Catharip,
Cadiere, has just come before the Paris cour
OF correctional appeals The Able Bouland
priest OF the diocese of Versailles, and Mdllt
Adele Chevalier the lady superior of the Eu
Vre dc Ia Repararon, appeared at the bar OF
Their appeal against conviction for swindlnl
pronounced by the Versailles tribunal From
report presented to his brother Judges by
councillor Haton, the following facts appeared
Adele Chevalier pretendS that after being
given over by the doctors she.was miraculous
~ cured OF blindness and cerebral congest-
ion by the intercessiOn of our lady of la Saet
te. This miracle happened in January, 1851
at Scissors, where at that time size was a pos.
tulant in the convent of st. Thomas de Will
eneuve. This news rapidly spread through
the diocese, and the bishop desired his vicar
general, M Guyard, the senior member OF the
cathedral chapter, to investigate the subject.
The report of that eccesiaStic is lona and
crcumstantial, and his cor cIusion is thus
worded -
After having maturely reflected ON the cir.
cumstanccs under which Adele Chevalier re-
cOved her sight in the short space of sixteen
days, and was cured of congestion which
presented the most alarming symptoms, | do
not hesitate to certify my belief in Il supIrnat
ural intervention Of the Mother of God.
This was not all. The nuns Of St. Thomas,
happy and proud at the favor voucIIsaled to
their community in the person OF their young
postulant, petitiOned the bishop for permission
TO perpetuate the remembrance of it by re.
lgiouS foundation. Ihe request was speedily
complied with, and on May 5, 1854, appeared
an ordinance of Mgr. Garsignies, Bishop OF
Scissors and Laon, creating an arehbrothcr.
hood Of Our RccOncilmg Lady of La Salette,
III the chapel OF the Scissors Hospital desir.
ing especially, said Monseil neur, to perpctu.
ate the remembrance OF the miraculous cure
effected in the said Scissors Hospital by the
intercession of Our Reconciling Lady of La
Salette in the person of Adele Cheyacr, Sc.
From this time forth Adele Cheyalicr affirms
that she Inns been uncnasirglv ;nsr;r,d H., ~
vine grace tat shn is in ron3r,i,,inatio, ,rii
the Holy Virgin. and receives freono,,,i,,
through a mysterous voiro reveIa,io1s tro.,
the Mother of God. Narrower tIe si,,t,,,r
coufpssors which she had in surnoesin,, al
confirmed her in bcr belief Thai Size WINS en-.
peruaturallv endowed In 1856 shn wos st,,,t
bv the Lady Superior of ST. Thomas IN The
shrine of our Lady of La Salctte whitbnr sl,e
said she was called by supernatural voices
The reverend fathers of In Salette WHO az
amined her state. were so much struck with
it that thew applied 10 tbe Bishon of Grenohla
70 have her laced undcr fha dirartion of ,Jo
Able Bouland. n nripst well known far Ills
theolooical learning He was a doctor nf ii;
vinitv tho autbor 9f several cononiral ,vo,.I-s
OK s1nerior of , traternitv nj Strnshnro o,,,i
the founder of the reliuions neriodiraj the "Ro
sier do Marie in which tor tl,roa ,o,rs I IA
been the prineipal writer Win surb on,lif,
o,tious he was rnnsi,le,ed nc n mon, os,Il,,;.lI,
fitted TO apnreciate the nature of the iniss,o,
of the vonnr nronhotoss Tho Ala Rn,,Ia,,J
asserts thar from Tho vow At do, 81 III;
becoming ACQUAINTED win Adele CLnyoIier ho
believed in her spnernaiural oills TIC in
dictment. ON the contrary rharees thot nni,liar
of the plisoners really hel,aved anvtLirg of
the kind bnt tbat tIe, cnps,,;rod tnn1tI,,.,
with tho vie,~. Of si,illS Irec Go1fse 10 tmeif
icentious inclinations and cheating treduous
people. The Able Bouland LOST no time in
presenting a favorable report to the fathers of
La Salette, who sent him on a mission to
Rome to obtain the appreciation of the mira
Gle by the Pope and the Sacred College. Bat
this was not The only mission contided to the
Able Bouand on The occasion OF his Journey
to Rome. Another prophecies, one Marie
Roche. was placed under his care Ivy the bishop
OF Rodez This young lady announced many
terrible events which would shortly astonSh
Europe. The Pope, she said, was to die
he obeyed the orders which she was charged
to reveal to him, would perish by TIE hands
of his officers and be succeeded by Henry v
This Marie Roche was taken to Rome by
Able Bouand, presented TO the Sacred College
and even admitted to the presence of the Pope
TO explain her mission She also went to
Paris in the hope OF getting an interview with
the emperor; but this part of her mission
broke down, and she had her journey fer
nothing Able Bouland, on returning to
France after an absence OF two years, found
out Adele Chevaiier again. She meanwhile,
had not been losing time she had received a
command from the Holy Virgin to found
religious establishment, 10 be called L'O1uvre
de la Rcparatiou Ges Ames After having
drawn I'D The rules under divine dictation, she
was proceeding to realize her project by the
helm of a canon of Amiens. when she was
landed over by the latter to The Able Bouland.
Thn two then made Journey together 10 Our
Lady of La Salet,e. TO obtain from her a con
fi,matIon of the statutes framed by Adele
Chovalipr Dnripr his excursion their CON
durt If Witnesses arc 10 be believed. was very
far from decent
AT length they Installed the Guvre de la
Renaration at Bellevue, near Paris, in the de-
partment of the Seine and Disc. The consent
Of the Bishop of Versailles, in whose diocese
the Mace is. was not obtained but several
nrnlaies countenauced tie establishment, which
was ioined by many adopts. who professed
and 10 This hour profess, the most profound
rcsuect and devotion for its founders. Ii soon
became known that most extraordinary prac-
tees were carried on in the bosom Of the new
community. The Able Bouland protested to
cast out devils, and the modes OF treatment
which he adonted for this purpose ARE too
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