The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-05-07
cHIN1OUY's "coNvERs1ON."

the notorious Father Chiniquy, lee
tured in the Swedish Tabernacle the three
! first evenings of this week, under the au-
50 ces of the Know-Noth' ng organization
known as the Patriotic Order Sons
of America. The chaplain of the Orange
Lodge, Go Lightly Morrill,, introduced
the accommodated priest, and reminded
the audience of the forged phrase attri-
buted to Lafayette, about the liberties OF
the America people being in jeopardy
from the Catholic clergy. The ex-priest is
50 years old, and for man OF his age,
ought to be- making his peace with God,
and cleansing his soul from the foul
stains of pollution, instead OF continuing
his unhallowed ministry Of inhaming the
religious prejudices of men who are igno-
rant of Catholic doctrine. But the cup
of his lniquity appears to be filed to the
brim and OVERLOOKING, and God has appa-
rently Withdrawn from him his saving
grace and given him up to a reprobate
spirit which will lead him to an impeni~
tent death and everlasting misery. Chin
iquy knows deep down in his depraved
heart that the Catholic Church is the re-
verse of what he paints her,-that in order
to preserve the purity Of her doctrine and
her altar, he was cast out of her bosom
as a foul thing because of his wickedness
and debauchery. He has said nothing
in his harangues against Catholics that
requires any extended notice from US.
The spirit of truth has forsaken him and
he has no regard for veracity. We will
tell our readers what kind Of man this
Chiuiquy is, and challenge both himself
and his deluded admirers to successfully
contradict what we say. He is French
Canadian by birth, and received his pre-
liminary education for the priesthood at
Nlcollet College, Three Rivers. Canada,
finishing his theological course at the
Grand Seminary, Montreal After his
ordination he was assigned to the pastor
ate at Kamouriski in the diocese Of Que
bee where he soon got into trouble on &C.
count of excessive vanity and was sent
to the Oblate monastery at Montreal to
learn humility ana do penance Here be
exhib ted such symptoms of repentance
that Bishop Bouget was moved to ten
derness, gave him faculties and assigned
the penitent to a mission in his own
diocese. Chlniquy was an eloquent
preacher in his native language and soon
gained celebrity as pulpit orator. His
fame spread far and wide and he was
looked upon by the French canadian
Catholics as Father Hyacinthe, of Paris,
was looked upon in subsequent years by
the people of sunny France. They both
fell as Lucifer fell-from pride in their
intellectual brilliancy. They afterward
fell into immortality and were 1gnomini-
ously driven from the ranks of officiating
clergymen at Gods altar. Before his
suspension Chiniquy was tried on the
charge of immortality and found guilty
by an impartial tribunal. He then left
Canada and went to Illinois where the
Bishop of Chicago learned his previous
record and suspended him from sjscer-
dotal duties. He again returned to Can
ada where the decree of suspension and
x-communicati was again renewed by
the episcopal authorities. He finally
shook the dust of Canada off his feet and
returned to Illinois where he took unto
himself a wife, after the fashion Of the
Performers" Having broken his sacred
vow Of perpetual celibacy, the scalawag
has been since going to the dogs by abus-
ing and misrepresenting the Church
which cast him ont because Of hls moral
leprosy. After his marriage he returned
to Montreal where he spent q few years
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