The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-30
IT IS A NATIONAL QUESTION.
ALL THE COUNTRY INTERPRETED IN
FATHER CORRIGAN'S DEFENCE.

ALI THE COUNTRY INTEREsTED IN
FATHER CORRIGaN'S DEFENCE.
If the Case Goes TO Rome Eminent Prelates
and Priests Will Probably Take n Hand
Tho Mode OF Trial To He Adopted
Father CorrfEan Relates Another Fable
The question whether or not the Rev. Pat
rick Corrigan. pastor OF the Church OF Our
Lady Of Grace In Hoboken. will be disciplined
by Bishop WiGger OF Newark for the letters
he has written denouncine the German priests
OF the diocese. who. he says. are aiming to
Germanize the country by means Of the
Catholic Church. is exciting rare interest not
only in New Jersey. but in this city. and. in
fact. throughout the United States.
A year ago. when Herr Cahensly presented
his memorial to the Pope asking that foreign
Bishops be assigned to this country to take
charge OF the people OF their own nationality.
q vigorous protest was made by many OF tho
hierarchy and the clergy. Cahensly was
squelched as q result.
Father Corrigan denounced . month ago the
attitude OF the Germ an Catholic Congress hold
in Newark month ago. He wrote letters to q
Catholic newspaper in this city. He attacked
the Germans fercely In these letters. He also
published fable. in which q German Bishop
figured as treating tyrannically those OF his
| priests who were Irish. In the fable the Bishop
deposos several Irish priests and appoints
| German priests in their places. The parish
toner's Of tho deposed priests were not Ger
| mans. Bishop Wigger. it was said. was meant
| for the Bishop in the fable.
Bishop Wigger wrote to Father Corrlgan Or
| derinG him to retract statements in the letters
which the Bishop said were false Father
| Corrigan refused to retract saying that he had
made no false statements. On Sunday Father
Corrigan received from Bishop WigRsr an
| order that he was to appear for trial on Doc
| IL before the ecclesiastical court OF tho New
| ark diocese.
The trial is to determine II Father Corrigan
shall be disciplined for his utterances. Ac-
cording to the rules OF tho Catholic Church tho
court consists OF the Bishop and his chancel-
lor. The Bishop appoints a priest to act as
his counsel. and the accused priest is also rep
! resented by an ecclesiastical lawyer. II he
cares to have one Sun reporter was told
yesterday that Bishop WigGer would delegate
| priest to take his place in the court.
1t is said that the Bishop will not act as ono
OF the Judges because he Is personally inter-
ested. from the fact that Father Corrican has
viii he the Rev. Denis MeCartie. Bishop Wig;
gers chancellor. The Bishops counsel vii!
the sss sT De an dasss
it Is nqt known who Father corrigqn,s law;
say S he viii iii sht his own casa He is At lis:
erty select any priest in TIE United states
no doubt conduct his own battle in the eeele:
Dr.. Bur,sell. WHO no was Dr. MeHlynns lawyer:
Jer ass9 City, close friend ofsther corrisan.
is also spoken OF as his possible counsel
shGd sGns ssss that e sS9'E GSEs
which is the technical charge on which he is
tho fe% nit stsscs Il Father corrsas sus:
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Nsw SGs ns neSs 81
CGrr!saq eensms the decision
appeal to Rome. Romes decision in the mat.
ee It I IS said al That i, the case goes to Rom. it
will DO one q the most famous In which an
American priest has been interested In many
~ E prs sst hs
and Irish-American conirtres will become
noanl9 hs1. mneh
The feeling Is especially strong in the West
memiers # the s5a ~ va as eminent
man side OF the question. it is said. will also
have strong allies.
Bishop S wigser and Father corrisan: the case
oSs nsRs aa aaj Ar w
stand stand ready to aid Father corriean; ' WIZ
Sss ths asy., wth
Cerrisan: Ths Irish A%sIIean;; .i ana t6e
RIehsh born IN TINS hs hey were
III spect Bishop .WigGer." said one priest;
done ~ Howeyer. I must Confess tGst FstRer
Corrigan is right when he says that favoritisnl
I'm
proud to say that I'm intensely American. and
Americans cannot be accused of narrowness
cSo ons san deny that It is unjust ; to plae.
What he says The clannshn . dspeyed by
rSss here ~ be too
man language to children born in this country
whose parents never saw the Fatherland
detsst them because Of their bitterness 70:
ward the Irish priests md people They are bit
prsss as ar
reason that they are trying to make the youth
th nGy tR.s @
Father Corrgan's friends are congratulatinc
Ih aa Re ssato tSs
SSpt's ansy Ss:Ss
viii much to DO With putting Stop to
said BY some that when the Pope be-
comes aware Of the gravity or the
to make thorough invsstiRati9n and max .
an impartial report to Rome. Father. Corri-
and that they believe an un biased presenta.
ton q the facts BY ArehbIshop satolli will
show that Father G0rrlgaG has Good ground
is ready to supply to Archbishop Satolli
proof that the German priests, are as I'm
i American as he has represented them.
Father Corrignn declined yesterday to dis
cuss the morris Of tho case. but he had another
: "That's q deep moral question" said he.
when asked he would stand trial.
W." must tell you about the two negroes who
vere roobng a poultry yard" he went on.
"'Gumbo.. raid the one to the Older OF the
pair. am it sin for to- rob hsn r" H u,n,
down dat odder rooster So you see how It
is" and Father Corrgan chuckled. ,-.