The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-10-25

IosAea very difficult, II net impossible, 4
provide ct enoe fer their spiritual vaats
Tho sane nay 10 said u all tho dioceses q
the United etates. To assert, kowever
tat twenty -slx 11Eiahes q .issiens cape.
Priests, il : cheer ealunny, Is il also the
assertion that tho bdshOp could have done
moro than he he's actually elected. From
the CatAelie Directory for tho years 1889
and 1858 it appears that the number 81
Hundred and six. >
Fourthly assI0gards tho
diocesan eainsry, it il asspstedf that sum
cient neans are not given for the Aainte-
nance of the youths there educated; and
thst while tho clergy and lAity ccntribute
seminary, you allow ealy eS000."
How false this assertion il, the account
rendered by tho Rev. Mr.. Haliigan, and
inclosed in this letter, marked No.R,"
will clearly prove. During the last ten
years the bishop has spent on the seminary
butions Of the clergy and people, and Of
| gifts from the society Of Lyons, amount to
only 35S, 965 16. When Intercepted the
Rev. Drs. Roles and NcNullen concerning
this point, they replied that the clergy and
laity shosM hace paid yearly 5000, in
accordance with the tax-list as prepared by
the directors of the seminary, according to
which each parish was taxed q certain
amount but that they were ignorant
whether those tAxes had been paid. By
the account above alluded to, it was proved
that the full amount Of these taxes has
never been paid. Whence it is made evil
dent what must have been the aainaus of
priests who have not hesitated in attempt
ing to fasten go atrocious caiunny on
their bishop. isi3.s
" Fifthly-It is added that your Lordship
converts the money of the diocese to your
own private use that, during the last four
years, You have received forty, or even
fifty, thousand dollars, and have not spent
the half Of that sum in the interest of your
diocese; 60 to what uses it has been con-
verified, no one knows"
have asked the Rev. DR.. hcNullen to
point out the sources whence the bishop
has derived such ample revenues; and he
has assigned mono other than the cemetery;
the Chancellary; the church of St. Mary,
near which he lives, and which is attended
and, finally, some revenues derived from
the rent of houses built on the ground be-
longing to him, and also from the sale of
sand. He added, moreover, that he only
conjectured that such might be the extent
of the revenues. He also acknowledged
that he had been mistaken with regard to
the cemetery, believing it to yield $i6, GOO.
What know for certain is that the Rev.
Mr.. Halligan has told me that, from the
l4th of May, 1867, till the 3lst of July Of
the present year, he has spent for the GEM
etery, in the name Of the hishop, goo in
excess of its receipts An account Of the
receipts and disbursements of the bishop,
submitted to my inspection by the same
Rev. Mr.. Halligan, proves that he has ex-
pended for The gUod of the diocese what
ever he has received, NO matter from what
source it came 90 that for this long period
(of the bishops administration), with an
income amounting to nearly e5OO, GOO, there
is scarcely el000 which remains unaccounted
for. -
These calumniators have, moreover, CON
tradicted Themselves, by acknowledging !
that they were ignorant how one-half of
the income had been employed, and, at the
same time, not hesitating to assert that the |
bishop had converted it to his own personal |
use.
skSi1thly-Faslt is found with your
Lordship for levity in judging and in man
ner of acting. 1t is said that, influenced
by mere rumors, you judge severely and
are moved by envy and prejudice against
certain persons; whilst, on the other hand,
you allow priests of bad character to con-
tinue in the exercise Of the sacred minis
try-frOm which very grave evils are to be
deplored."
This head of accusation hardly deserves
an answer, unless it be admitted that the
bishop is bound to give an account of his
of proceeding to his priests, and to
depend on their decision for the removal of
prizes of defective morality. The bishop
has frequently complained to me, before +
these accusations were made to the sacred
that he was thwarted in his
endeavOrs to remove scandals by these, his
accusers, who took upon themselves the
advocacy OF wicked men.
Of this 1 am sure, that he has never
knowingly injured an innocent man, nor 1
borne with depraved one. He has also
frequently complained to me that, during
mis- absence, the Rev. DIR. Dunno, his Vicar
General, had admitted wicked priests into '
he diocese, although he had given positive I
orders not to admit a single arrange priest
Seventhly-It is, moreover, asserted
he clergy OF iaity; that you confirm the
lothful in their apathy, while they laugh q
It your "Reminiscences; and that, in O
of this tho Inv man, hers !.