The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-04
pARNELL AND THE CHURCH
ARcHeIsHoPS AND BISHOPS ON
HIS LEADERSHIP.
Address to the Irish Peopie-He 70 Not
n FIT Man to Bs Their Lcader-Report
That the Rupture In the Party VIII BE
Uealed-rurrent Events Abroad.

Healed-turrent Events Apr"a"'
Special TO The Times by Dunlap Cable Co.
DUBLIN, Dec "a meeting of the stand
ing committee of the archbishops and bishops
of the Roman Catholic Church In Ireland was
held to-day az the residence OF Archolshoi
Walsh. in this city. The committee consists
Of four srchbishops and six bishops, elected
70 repre sent the several ecclesiastical prov
inces I'm Ireland. At the meeting the follow
ing address was unanimously adopted and
ordered to be communicated TO the press foi
publ cation;
"The standing committee has deemed II a
duty 20 communicate by telegraph with their
absent brethren Of the episcopacy, and have
received uD To this writing the adhesion ol
the bishops whose names, with their own
are signed TO the following address;
The archbishOps and bishops OF ireland 20
the clergy aud laity Of their bishopflss, the
very revsrends, reverend fathers, aud fellow
.sThe bishops OF Ireland can no longer keer
silent I'm he presence OF tue ensrosslng ques.
lion which touches not Ireland ana England
aloue. but every spot where lrishmen have
formed homes. That question IL, VINO In tne
future 4. tO be the leader OF the lfisn people,
or rather, who 10 not TO be their leader
without hesitation or doubt. and In the
plainest possible terms, we give u as our
unanimous Judgment thst whoever else Is
lifted TO MI that highly responsible position
Mr.. Parnel Is decidedly not
"As the patrOns of Catholic nation, we do
not base this, our judgment and solemn
declaration. on political grounds. but SIMPLY
and solely on the facts and circumstances ne
revealed in n London divorce court. After
the verdict was given I'm court we cannO. re-
gard Mr. Parnell In any other light than as q
man convicted of one OF the grayest offences
| known TO religious society. aggravated as II
| is, in mis- case, by almost every cir
| cumstance that could possibly a'iach
pre-cminence in guilt and shame. surely
| Catholic Ireland, so eminently conspicuous
| for the virtue and pulity OF its soclal me-
will not accept as its leader man mus ais
| honored and wholly unworthy OF Christian
confidence. And further. as Irishmen who
| ar. devoted tp our country, ana eager Tor lli
elevation, and earnestly intent on secuflhl
| for IL the benefits Of domestic legislation, We
cannot be impressed 10y the cOnYsnon
| that a continuance OF Mr.. Parnell AS leader o
| even section OF the Irish party must nave
the effect OF disOrganizlng our ranks an'
| ranging in the hostile camps the hltheit'
united forces OF our country CONFRONTED
| with the prospect Of contingencies so disas
| trous we see nothing but inevitable deiea
| AT the approaching general election, ana "a
a result home rule Indefinitely postponed
tors strengthened, and the tenants ar adS
eVicted left without show OF nope OF peihi
| ever restored IN their homes.
your devoted servants in Christ, Michae
| LOeuc, rchbishOp Of Armagh aud irlmat'
Ofall ireland: william G.. Walsh. ArchDlsnOl
| OF Dublin and Primate Of Ireland; L. W
| CrOkc, Archbishop ofCaspel; John McEvilly
| Archbishop OF Tuam; James Donnelly
| Bishop OF ClOgher; James Lynch, hishop o
| Kildare and Ieighliu; Francis j. Mckormick
! Blshop Of Galway; John Mccarthy, Bishop
Cloyne: WIN. Fitzgerald. Bishop OF Ross; Bar
tnol1meu " OOdlOrk, Bishop of Ardagh anc
| Cionmacknone; Thomas Alphonsus O1alla
| ahan, bishop of CORK; James Brown, Blshpl
of fcrps. Abraham BrOwrig, blshol
OF OssOry; Patrick Macallister, Blshoi
| of Down: Patrick O'pOnnell, Bishol
| Of Raphal; John Lyster Bishop or Achoh y
! Edward McGiunis, Bishop OF kelmoie
homas McGivirn, Bishop Of Dr0more
Iohn .. Dougherty. Bishop Of Terry; Mlcnae
| tomerford, cOafjutOr TO the Bishops OF XII
dare and Lcighton; Thomas McltedinohI' co
a1iutor To the Bishop Of Kellaloe; Nichola
| Donnctly Bishop OF tauuea.