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

sAe0ld return 9 the United States, the civi
iGovernneat would deprive yen ct tn
decentralization Of nj temPoraities."
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church property hsvever, the aforesaid
priests, BY spreading false runors among
the lsity in relation T. tho bed administra.
isn Of temporal affairs, might perhaps
have induced them TO petition for tho revo.
catto1 II the charter byswhich the bishop
ecclesiastical properly in his own name.
This, however, they have not been able to
do nor, sh0uld they attempt it, could they
saeceed in their undertaking.
Ninthly-It 10 alleged that you do not
visit your diocese and that there are par
which You have not Waited for the Last four
years; and that there are some nissions in
town which, n spite of their entreaties,
have never aeen their chief pastor in their
nidstn
In the letter which received from your
Eminenoe, bearing date March 81, the fol-
"That, for . long space Of many years,
not new missiOh nor q new parish had
been formed under his direction that a
third part Of tn diocese has never seen his
face that, for the last tenyears, the Sacra-
ment of Confirmation has not been admin
istered to the Children
Chancellor TO the bishop, has proved to me
from notes which at different times he re
ceived from the bishop, that from 1858 to
1868 he visited about one hundred localities
outside of the city, during which time he
confirmed nearly COCO persons. During the
year 1863 he visited forty different places,
and administered. Confirmation to about
5000 persons: In the year 1864 he visited
fifty places, aud confirmed about 5000 per-
sons. In the year 1865 he visited thirty To-
calities, and confirmed 1000. Finally,
during the year 1866, he visited fifteen
places, and conferred the Sacrament of
on 1000.
"Tenthly-You are accused of spending
your tinIe in useless and trif1ing converse
tions, which is cause Of bad example to
ProteStantS, who have not heretofore OBJ
served the like in the higher clergy"
This accusation is too frivolous and vague
to deserve any other answer at my hands
than the wish that the accusers may them
selves employ their free time IS usefuliy ~
the bishop, and may give to others, whether
Catholic or Protestant, no examples of q
diferentnature from what the bishop gives,
and ever has given them.
Eleventhly-Finally to come to the
most serious head of accusation; it has been
told me that, upon leaving your diocese,
you intrusted the administration of your
to youthful priest of your
that he, although not COM
mended to the Office by nature, experience
or fitness, had undertaken it. for the pur-
pose of sending to you the, money that
might be collected, and that| he executed
your orders In tyrannical manner toward
the clergy and iaity. Beside this priest is
said to have acted with suclISwant of cir
cumspection as not to hesitate to bring
suits before the civil courts, and to prose-
cute priests for trifings ums. BY. this mode
Of procedure he has rendered himself q
stock, and supplied ample cause
of dissatisfaction to Catholics and Protest
snts. Moreover, he lie said to have carried
his presumption to such o pitch as to force
him whom you yourself had appointed
Vicar General in spirituals, to suspend him
from the exercise of his ecclesiastical func-
tions.n
The falsehood of all these accusations,
with the exception Of the appointment by
The bishop of q young priest for the admin.
stratiOn of his temporal affairs, will clearly
appear to your Eminence from his own tes-
imony. appended to this letter, ard mark
I'd No. g" The reason why he imposed
his heavy burden upon o young priest was
simply because he had no one else whom he |
,Ould better trust. There was, indeed, the
Vicar General but the bishop did not wish
% intrust to him the administration of his
since he had good reason to
,elieve him burdened- with debt, and, be-
ides, taught by experience, he trusted lit
lie to his, prudence. But why did he allow
i'm to continue in the administration of
piritualsf This was. the result of circum-
tances. The bishop had had him from the
'eginning of his episcopal Office as his Vicar
General, nor was there any reason for de-
irving him of that Office. 1t was necessa
y, for reasons already stated, for the bish-
p TO leave his diocese; otherw ne would
OF then have absented himself. He also
oresaw that his manner of procedure would
ffend the Vicar General, and he therefore
ave to the Rev. Mr.. Halligan the power of
ppealing from his judgment to- another
lear General, in case DR.. Dunno should at
empt any proceedings against him. Ex-f r
erience has proved the wisdom of this
,resight for, when the Rev. Mr.. Halligan
roved his fidelity to the bishop, by not
lowing the Vicar General to touch any
1m beyond that which the bishop had {
lowed, the former threatened him with