New-York tribune., 1868-10-06
BOSTON.

MENTARI PROOFS Oh TIL AftAlE-NARkA-
TIVE OF THE EVENTS.
A card was recently published in our columns
denying truth of the story by Boston cor
respondent This has been generally copied and THE
TRIBUNE denounced for publishing false news. We
now priot letter from Boston correspondent,
together with the documentary evidence upon which
his narrative was based. and with this statement dismiss
the subject
BOsroN Sept o. lsG3-In TuE TRIBUNE OF the o2d Sept
there appeared paragraph which narrated briefly and
imperfecty the seduction BY the Rev. William NJ Walsh,
a Catholic priest at Hudson. of Sister Of Notre Dame
by the OF Bridget Edith OGorman AS she
called in the Convent. SISTER Teresa De ChantaI
ON the 25th sept card appeared in TIE
seduction point blank and evaded the other statements
in the paragraph. some OF which hurriedly and
correspondent work in gathering proofs
70 substantiate his sateluens, and he has obtained,
copy OF the shcrfs writ. taken out by Miss Bridget
Edith oGoIman herself on the 10th INST, in which the
$500 damages. In this writ Miss OGorman (who now
apparently denies that she ever seduced by MI
Walsh asserted as follows;
F1rs Count.-And plaintiff says defendant made an an
assault upon her. and by i9Iee 0 Ge1ai''Ss tiS "os
made sick for long time, 70 Witfor the space OF one
year. aud was endangered and she was suqeeedto
great pain ard anguish Of body and mind Second Couh
adVsT and direetor and DEFENDANT contrary 70 his duty
as such adviser and director. cBdeavOed 10 violate ana
have Carual intercourse with the palltln, ana alll
eTs' brS cgrH she unable eN more psrtcusriy to de-
scribe, and by means OF such drugs ana pottSSnS tS
so euieebed and Overmasterod the plaintiff, that
he enabled to and did thereupon debauch anu car
naly know the ani ana 10 & GoaIeSucse oS 'ipe o Wit
Tor year and her life was endangered anu sne wa"
subjected 70 SfGS. anu nus defenaapt made an as
sault upon her ana struck her. aud htreaed her ana
kept her imprisoned for the space ot one year i e.
quencc Of wtich plaintiff was made glevousy sick ior
a long time, wit for one year" .,u 49,
On tho 18th inst. The Rev. Mr. Walsh was airesIeu III
Boston by deputy sheriff. and being unable 10 MOoS
bail committed % jail Inc is,n IN was saIu,s @ pd %nd
the discharge Of The suit by paying cash INTO tne naS
Sf Miss BIlages = sisykweatber and n NJ Sheldon
dayit made by Messrs. Starkweather and Shell
dsn to tie effect that Mr.. Walsh
confessed 10 them that had had Illicit intercourse win
1hanta and your correspondent has the sworn a-
duvit OF Miss Mary Gertrude Byron OGorian tn9 % ss
of Bridget and through whose truly I h a.
severance and ingenuity mainly inspired simpy uS J
sire 70 bring villain to se ssS 70 BepeT tbe pSuy
Of this case has been brought TO llgh that MI mush
to,nin the deeds mentioned in the Sheri-S writ Miss
1sertrude was told by Mr. Walsh himself and that he
card published in THE TRIBUNE signed by Bridget OGor
man. it is stated that Mr. Walsh was not suspended.
IL appears singular that woman VINO one usy snes
man for seduction, and obtains damages. should on
aGother deny that she was ever outraged The eSpans
tion is tbs By some other, Mr Walsh has OBJ
tanned possession OF her agann fact lt Is believed tat
they left Boston together after the settlement OF the
cited feelings Of affection which the weakened intellect
OF the girl could not resist and She u Is believed once
chmrch 20 know the other sex and she proessed bride
T aRS o te S ws a. evidently the work Of Mr.
Washs BRAIN and not OF the grs she Is not capdDe VI
document SO MachavelliaDI character. -
The factsn regard TO the seduction by the Rev. William
NJ Walsh of Miss Bridget Edith OGOrDan while she was
cincty these The Rev Mr. Walsh came to the convent
months before the outrage took place which was on
and the sisters did not confess him. and therefore he
not. in one sense, their spiritual adviser On me
night of the 19th of last January he induced Miss
OIorman TO go into the chapel Of the convent with him.
ne Se WheS se Woke she discovered that she
had been violated Her outraged feelings caused her TO
cry se was sent by the mother to convent at Newark
Nj On the Slst Of january she ran away m her 5ng
dephia. She stayed there two weeks and the Rev Mr
Walsh found her 1re % 9Sgf bS the bSse Of
Mrs Wild COatess. and kept her there nearly Tour
vaIio0s times aud She met him at NewYOrk al various
times. On the 10th Of last June she was at
the Pacific Hotel, on Greenwehst, New-fmk
with Mr. Walsh. and they seen by parties in posi-
they should have been in This is susceptible OF
direct proof from eye witnesses In tle Undue Si
probably the I5th-she sailed for England III the
steamer PrOponts she herself has said sent there by
ton for him (as she did lately IN Boston when enc
foreign country without friend-and paid her passage
tne nth Of August. her reativesfather, mother and
sister-knOwins nothing Of her seduction and adyen,
lures the 18th and 24th OF August SHE confessed
to her sister, and beScug her to obtain repa-
Iaon The parents OF ths sser Iesde ~ nnSEs
60.
has charge Of that diocese and To him Gertrude OGor
appealed justice He wrote 10 Bishop Bayley OF
NewJcrsey about the caSe and II Is believed caused the
suspension OF the Rev. Mr. Walsh. Walsh then went TO
resde with friends at Mount Holly Burlington n
J., aud occasionally with his sister, III fhlladephla
Gertrude found hiiu at Mount Holly when she induced
accompany her to Boston 10 see Bridget II being
necessary him into Massachusetts order 10 pun
ish him by law He came on and was muicted rs iias
already been narrated Such the sworn facts 0t this
remarkable affair, and there Is documentary evidence
10 support every allegation. In so bare "a recital
THIS Justice has not been done by means TO The
foul committed BY the priest on the herosD O te
victims sister, Gertrude. Miss Bridget OGorIsan ls
about years old and quite handsome. Mr. Walsh Is
abOHt and looks like very geitlemanly pFlcs III is
said that there is possibility that the Rev MI walsh
viii be allowed by his superiors to marry Miss OOOiinan
and thus at least partly redeem her honor
The following atfda1s substantiate the above nara
uye
We Geo s,skwesber and n. Son both Of Boston cOuey
Of SUdk Massachuset oath that The
william ~ Walsh arrested wit issued by US Tor tne
a. with the said Bridget and
tba be 'sted the su b! cash payment GEc sIAsSSfArr
sryyotx q sieuber g. sesubseIbed seyersy
b. the George staIkseAiLer and H. N Sheldon, before
VIZ. A. HEEEcK. Justice 0f the Peace.
CoHxoswEALTH OF Mtss,oHUsETrs Sgok, sss
Mar Gertrude OGomaB having been dgly sworn depoe
Bridget OGormn author
% Mrs and Sheldon 10 bring her sut sgan the Rev
William A. Wash furthermore sse that have esbe Mief
Walsh Suspended from his priesthood 0n account OF
In GERTRUDE BYRON OOOKNAS.
Ss6 September l868-Sulsebed and 10 by the said
Mar Gertrude Byron oGOrn,S before ne p,,s
The affidavit OF Miss Bridget OGOrfnan charging Walsh
with the foul crimes s also in possession Out ae our
correspondent gives full abstract OF We do not thnk
II necessary TO print
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