The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-15
ArchbIshop Purcell.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: notice In
yesterdays svS letter from Protestant" who says
has $50 to give Archbishop Purcell Now another
rro'S .,net and also savs SO 20 give know many
mence the work at Z. ". BRowS brooklyn
To Enron or Tm sus-S,r, No doubt the bankers
q the incensed the fact of Archbishop
rurrcs receiving 30 much money thus relieving some
President or cashier from the necessity OF goinE
The matter /. one which interest. every Catholic and
remove Tic Disgrace which viii surely rest on the church
II this debt Is allowed to remain unpaid. LEs FoL
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: We the
undersigned, do think 1t an Internal swindle the
Catholics of this country any other the debts
tractcd 10y the bankrnntgd Archbishop PARCEL and his
brother the Very Rev. Father Edward Purcell The r..
mittanecs viii have to come mostly from the poor aud
they are not in condition at present pay anything out
their pockets seept for actual necessncs and they
wer there i, no Isas"n why they shoad nay the debts
", i .Ur'e1 E'sIf ume a priest scis IN financial
sua. ne cs hnH so,els ,uusc Inous from hts e9nsrc
nnow w., 81 goat many others who VIII rrote, aeaust
asst th,v hfdn.i cnoueh debts OF their own.
10. BfSsrTi. agi Fa.iins avenue. BROOKLYN. I'D
y fsrnr hac smi.h West foriy .nrst street city.
lIuis o. NonoSFv. ciiy.
lANls s. ftAffufr. city.
NJ. WAauSsroN iIAeaFnrY city
FEAscis S. sANNKR, 81 Grand street. Brooklyn. f. D.
To ul EpiToG OF TiE suN-Sb; The calamity that has
heallen the Catholics of the archdinces OF Cincinnati
and may be said. ut tho United states generally one
that calls for energetic sympathy At least from Catholics
themselves but no less for immediate action on the unrt
Of those whom 10 may concern that like rross NJ ri
Trncc of churchmcn IN high trust be- rendered impossible
IN iutur Every priests accountssuch Is the ruo in
every Wcl.uNcfned dioce ho rly
every year i there reason why bishops who either
by uem'eiycs Or by their appointed agents transact
larsc hanMug business. A. was done IN Cincinnati,
,honld he exemp, from such rulef hut II the Rev r.
Iufcc accounts had been duly examined every wear IL
would have been discovered the very nrst year NAT
he ATTEMPTED an impussbiIitv to wit3 20 conduct an
huncst business without keeping books IL Is tie
interest OF the church % large that mi,con-
duct much more In the hiGh than in the low he not
nalaUd or ignored Already are entertained that
the cincinnati relief measures form \ dangerous
Lecedcni that other dioceses, sooner later. may Ice
hvoNed NJ similar disaster There would then he No
chi n taxing Catholics for the PURPOSES needed relief
Asri the financial ruin NJ the archdoces Of Cincin.
maui too rtrat 10 be readily and easily relieved even
~ he tinted nc ion OF the Catholics Of the United states
Ana then, ms prospect OF future cmharrassmcnts in
oiher places Il certainly by encouraging Rut
ihis prospect will hang over long as bshops IN
nan lhne money. are not the same focting as ihc
funniest priest Every man be he esiastic or iac
should be- annually accountable To the men whose one
nc may happen 10 handle. CATHOLIC PklGsr