St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-20
MACQUEARY GOES,
And the Remarks Below Tell Why
He Goes

CLEVELAND, O., March 19-itev.
Howard MacQueary received official
notice of his sentence from Bishop
Leonard this morning at Canton. Rev.
nIr. MacQueary pronounces the verdict
unreasonable and unjust, and says he
will not submit to it, but leave the
church, announcing his intention of
preaching for some other church and
speaking of engagements for the
Unitarian church of Messiah, at Chi
cagO. Toronto, Canada, and the Con-
gregatiOnal church at jamestown, \.
y The following is a verbatim copy
of the sentence and verdict of SuS-
pension:
In the name of God. Amen.
Whereas. Rev. Howard MacQueary a Pres
byter of the diocese of Ohio. was. b. Il writ
ten preSentment from the standing commit
tee of said diocese, dated Oct. -. 1870. duly
presented for trial under title two. canon
TWO. sections one and five. of the digest of
the canonS. and according 10 the canOns OF
discipline of the diocese of Ohio. upon the
charge of holding and teaching publicly and
advisedly doctrines contrary to those held by
the Protestant Episcopal church i'll the
United States of America and upon the
charge of having by snch holding and teach
ing been guilty of an act which involves a
breach of his ordination VOWS. said obnoxious
doctrines ana the manner of holding and
teaching them being plainly SCI forth in said
preScntment: and.
Whereas, The ecclesiastical part of this
diocese Of Ohio. after a fair and public trial
of the Rev. Howard MacQuearv. upon the
said presentment and after the patient con-
sideTation of the record of the case, have de-
clared III writing, signed by q majority of
them. that they find the Rev. Howard Mac
Queary guilty of each of The charges set
forth i'll the preseutment as aforesaid; and
Whereas. This finding of the court, TO-
gether with the evidence and an attested
copy of all the proceeding has been delivered
10 the bishop, according to the canons of he
diocese, accompanied with the economically
required opinion of the court as to
what sentence should be pronounced,
Howard MacQueary should be suspended
from the functions of the holy ministry for
The period of six months in order that he
may have time to reconsider his views and
give evidence that he will 10 longer teach
and publish the same, and that in case the
Rev. Howard MacQueary fails TO retract his
errors and fails to comply with these condi-
tons aforesaid within the SIX months of his
suspension he should then and thereupon
be deposed from the priesthood of the
church.
Now. therefore we, William Andrew Leon
ard ID. OF divine permission exercising
ecclesiastical and spiritual jurisdiction in
this diocese of Ohio do hereby pronounce
upon the Rev. Howard MacQueary sentence
of suspension from the exercises of the func-
tons of the holy ministry in all and every
PaIuCuiat anu III aCcoIudilce Win lne
above cited opinion of the ecclesiasticai
court for the period Of six months. now fol-
lowing this 18TH day OF March, 1891 And,
Furthermore, sentence that. if after the ex-
piratiOn of six months from the 18th day of
March, 1871, he shall not have retracted and
given evidence that he will no longer teach
his errors Of doctrine. Of which, under the
presentment aforesaid he has been found
guilty, he shall be thereupon deposed from
the priesthood of the church. In testimony
whereof we have hereunto caused our epis-
copal seal to be affixed and subscribed our
hand this 18th day of March, in the year of
our Lord 1891. in the Trinity Cathedral church
4; Cleveland o., being The second year of our
conservation.
[Seall WILLIAM ANDREW LEONARD,
Bishop of Ohio