Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-05-27
Btistur Atms.
FRIDAY, May 27, 1870.
The Duggan SIandcr.

The following from Rev. II. L. Parke
will be regarded as final and conclus-
I've upon the subject alluded to.
(EDs. NEws.)
EDITORS BRISTOL NEWS,
Dear Sirs My attention has been
drawn to your issue of May 9Th inst,
which contains the attack Of the Rev.
Michael Duggan, on the Ladies of the
Visitation Academy at Abingdon, Va.
As the charge of the Rev. Mr.. Duggan
Is a serious and malignant one, the
public have a right to an early and satis-
factory answer. propose, therefore,
dear slrs, with your leave, to reply to
the points raised by the Rev. Michael
Duggan, which / find to be four in
number, viz: 1st. That there is among
the religious teachers of the Abingdon
Visitation Academy, one, whose in
fluence on the pupils of that institu-
tlon Is demoralizing. g That Bishop
Whelan before his departure for Rome
in November last, had ordered the re-
moval of this person, because of letters
from the Rev. Mr.. Duggan and two of
the Visitation Sisters, asking for her
removal. 3rd. That the orderof Bish-
op Whelan thus obtained, had been
set aside by mother Mary Bergia, Su-
periorSss Of the Abingdon Academy,
ior electloneering purposes. 4th. That
in view of these facts, that he (the
Rev. Michael Duggan) had appealed
20 Rome, the supreme court in the
Catholic church, and that per ding his
appeal, and in order that his presence
should not become a cloak for such
immortality he (Duggap) had left
Abingdon for the present.
b.. H.. I.t D,,1 f,,A
viz: the supposed demoralizing influ-
ence on the pupils of the Abingdon
Academy by one of the Ladies in
charge of that house, and the supposed
action of Bishop Whelan in her case
the shortest and best refutation to
both points-is the letter of Bishop
Whelan on this subject, addressed to
the undersigned from Rome i'm March
last. The Bishops letter is as follows
RoNE, March End, 1870.
Very Rev. III. T.. Parke, / have Just
received your letters mailed Feb. 9th.
i am perfectly surprised at the positive
faIsehoods found in the letters of the
Rev. Michael Duggan, which you have
forwarded to me, in which he speaks
of proofs in my hands. The proof
amount to the wild, exaggerated state
ments made by himself, TO which at
tached no Importance, because | hat
heard the testimony in Abingdon
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