The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-13
FATHER CORRIGAN ON TRIAL.
Charged With characterization in Refus-
ing to Obey Bishop Wiggers,

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE trial under
the forms of the Roman Catholic church
OF Father Patrick Corrigan OF Hoboken,
N. j., will begin at Newark this after
noon. Father Corrigan is charged with
INSTRUMENTATION in refusing to obey the
| injunctions OF Bishop Wiggers, and in
publishing series of articles in the Free
mans Journal and Catholic Register, in
which he severely criticised Bishops
Wiggers and Corrigan and in general
made an onslaught on Cahensleyism in
this country. He particularly attacked
Wiggers as the upholder OF Cahensleyism.
The trial promises to be one OF much
interest to the Catholics all over the
country.
The proceedings this afternoon are
secret, but it is understood they will be
simply preliminary.
Vicar General o. Conner of Bishop Wig
gers official household was made pre-
siding officer. The first question brought
before the Judge was as to secrecy of
the proceedings. It was the wish of
Bishop Wiggers that no statement be
given out for publication, and that the
persons present pledge themselves to 81
lence, but when the oath was admins
tered to all except Father Corrigan, he
refused to bind himself, claiming that as
defendant in trial OF this importance,
he had right tie express his views
and make known the result OF the trial.
DR.. Burtsell, in behalf of the defendant,
objected to the trial before DIR. O'Connor
on the ground that the latter, as a men,
Der of the bishops hou sehold, was
Kissed. Alter much discussion it was
agreed that Monsignor Doane, who was
also member of Wiggers' household,
should be appointed to confer with
( O'Connor to hear the evidence of wit
nesses Wednesday and report to the reg
ular court Thursday.
When the session was concluded Father
/ Corrigan expressed himself greatly salts
fed with the progress. This evening he
gave out for publication the letter to
Bishop Wiggers, in which he refers to the
latter's various charges, ste. He says in
his letters that he referred to the Newark
! German Congress as q body, and not to
individuals, and he thinks, as an Ameri-
can priest he had perfect right to ex-
press his views on what seemed to him to
and religious question to re-
sent the insult offered American
prelates by ecclesiastics who assembled in
q purely nglish-Speaking diocese, and
as professedly an original element 1t was
they who should have been called upon to
apologize. There was no offense Intended
for the bishop personally and if any sore
ness was manifested, it was in conse-
quence of the bishops official connection
with that foreign organization over which
he presides every year outside, his own
diocese to the humiliation of his flock,
for it is well known that this organization
has manifested an anti-American spirit
on several occasions, and caused bad
blood wherever it held meetings.
Father Corrigan says he did not intend
any disrespeet to the bishop, and re-
Trained from replying even when the
papers represented the bishop as speak
ing of him as 'crank.' If, in the dis
charge of what he deemed his honest duty
to the country and church, he occasioned
annoyance by inadvertence or heat OF
fectIy willing to let the matter drop, and
hopes the bishop may be pleased to look
at it in the same light.