The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-05


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Catholic Diocese.
A respected reader, member OF the
Catholic priesthood in West Va. sends US
clip from the New York Herald OF Jan.
uary 9Th, containing an article in regard
TO the ecclesiastical relations between a
priest and his bishop in this country,
which he desires US to reproduce in the
ISrE1LIOENcER. To oblige him, and as
a matter Of possible interst to other read
ers, we herewith append the article as
follows:
The controversy between Father Kir-
wan and Bishop Corrigan, OF Newark, has
created no little excitement in the do
ceses comprising the metropolitan ecc!es'
iastical province Of New York. The
statement Of Bishop Corrigan TO a
Herald representative, as published in
Mondays Herald, that canon law does
no, exist in this country, has given rise 10
seyere comment among the clergy, not
only in the diocese OF Newark, but in the
archdiocese Of New York and Philadel'
phia. A prominent theologian in the do:
cese Of Newark, who is the author Of sever.
al works on canon law and who finished his
studies in the Propaganda, declares that
the position assumed by Bishop Corrigan
ia untenabIe. A member Of the Bishops
council states that he voted for complete
and impartial trial in Father Kirwan's
case and that be disapproyed entirely Of
the 40 called trial proposed by the Bishop,
wherein the deposed pastor was required
to accept as part Of the res gestG testim ony
taken ex pnrte.
"This is really case that is very plain
10 my mind" said an eminent divine oil
The archdiocese OF New York to a
Herald representative. e think Bishop
Corrigan has not been correctly quoted,
for no Bishop in this country will I'M
dertake TO deny the existence Of canon
law. II canon law does not exist he can.
not assume the title Of bishop. He will
simply be vicar apostolic. Neither can
he ordain priests once year, as 10 now
the custom. There are three conditions
under which ordination can take place,
first tiiulo pqtrimonic, when the candidate
for priesthood must furnish proof that he
has property to support himself second
", iitulo missions, which is, freely trans
lated. "The labOrer is worthy Of hia
hire" or in other words, the Bishop must
appoint him to rome mission in which he
can be supported, and thirdly, tiiuio relig.
iopts, which has no bearing on this Ques-
ton, az every community Of the regular
clergy provides for the maintenance Of
it's own members.
Reprter-Then you assert that canon
law exists in this country?
Answer-most assuredly, to a certain
extent Itexists TO the fullest extent, not
only in Italy, but in Ireland, where its
existence has never been questioned, and
in Belgium, which has furnished Us with
profound writers on canon law, and which
10 this day supplies the United States and
other countries with many priests. With
respect 10 the merits OF the case as be-
tween Bishop Corrigan and Father kir.
wan | decline to express any opinion, az
am unacquainled with the facts. The
only information received was through
the Herald.
Rcp0ier-Where do you draw the line
between removal and suspension in the
case OF priest who fills the office Of
pastor
An.uer-I draw no line whatever. Re.
moval, though technically not suspension,
Is so virtually. Deprivation OF office
in ones parish is ipSo faet0 suspension.
That has never been denied.
A Herald reporter called OH Father
Klrwan in reference to the controversy,
and he made the following statement -
] was surprised to see the charges pre-
ierred against me for the first time in the
Herald. had repeatedly asked my
Bishop to furnish me with copy Of the
charges, but he refused. The fact that |
was first notified Of these charges through
the columns OF n secular paper will be
one Of the strong points in my favor be-
fore the Holy See. The Bishops letters
in my possession will prove that he reius.
ed me trial.
Reputer-Have you any objection to
produce those letters?
AnSper-Certninly. 1t would be a con.
tempt Of the ecclesiastical court in which
my case must be judged. will forward
the entire corresJ ondence to Rome, and
YOU will excu.e me il decline to say any.
thing further on the subject.
Reporter-But do you deny the charges
the Bishop makes against you?
AnlEr-Well, hardly know yet what
are the specific charget. In his letters
he charges me with bad temper and diff.
Guilty OF living peAcesbly with my congre.
CATION, and IL his interview with the
Herald reporter he says DETAINED the
Sisters. | deny those charges, and in
sist they ought TO be investigated. The
Bishop states that he treated me with
kindness. That kindness consisted in ex.
polling me, without the slightest warning,
from my parish, depriving me Of my
functions in that parish and RELOCATING
me TO hotel in Jersey City, where | was
Obliged TO remain for month before the
Bishop would give any explanation what.
ever. Then / was degraded by au ap.
pointment as assistant pastor in Elizabeth,
where now oiliciate.
The Holy See has just rendered another
decision in the case Of pastor in the di.
ocese Of DetrOi. Mich, against Bishop
Borgess.. The Bishop, it appears, not only
removed the pastor from his charge, but
aiterward denounced him from the pulpit,
The aggrieVed priest appealed to Rome
and the action Of the Bishop has been
reversed. 1t is declared in the judgment
that the Bishop shall not only restore the
pastor to hlS charge but shall make pub.
lie apology for the injury he has done
him. This case was analogous to that in
the diocese Of Louisville and TO the pre-.
sent controversy in the diocese Of New.
ark
TIE ladies Of a Methodist Episcopal
Church in Cleveland, O., advertise what
they call a "Mush Social" at which the
following bill OF fare is offered:
"Hot dishes-Boiled muSh with milk
sauce, boiled mu1h with sugar, boiled
mush with molasses, boiled mush with
maple strip, five cents extra; boiled mush
a Ia mode, i've cents extra. Cold ornA.
mental dishes-Cold mush and milk, cold
nush, plain; cold mush and sugar, cold
mush and pepper sauce. Entrees-Fried
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