The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-16
CORR ON CORRIGAN.
The Tone and Spirit of
the Famous Fable
Denounced.
KIND PRELATE, LOYAL PRIESTS.
Bishop Wigger Speaks of the Ho-
boken Pastor as "0nly q
Crank" But

Rev. Patrick Corr, pastor of st. Bird.
gets Church. this city, last night ex-
pressed himself briefly, but pointedly, in
reference to the letters of Father Corri-
gan. of Hoboken, on Cahensleyism and
Bishop Wigger. A JERSEY CITY NEWS re.
porter visited him at his residence on
Montgomery street. He said he had read
the letters. as published in TIE JERSEY
CITY NEWS.
"What is your opinion of CahensIey-
ism?" asked.
"As 1t is commonly understood, am
not in sympathy with it. But 1 think,
from what 1 have lately learned, that
Cahensley is not fairly represented"
your opinion as to Father Corrigan's
lettersa"
u am wholly opposed''-and the
Reverend Father spoke with much
warmth-''to the spirit and mat
ter or his letters. Our Bishop has,
think. as loyal priesthood as could be
FOUND IN the United States. Father Cor
rigan does not represent the opinions of
the 1rlsh-American priests.''
LEFT TO THE BISHOPS,
Cahensleyism does not seem to affect
tRe majority of the priests as 1t has Law
people. and especially non-Oatholtcs, The
priests, as rule, attend strictly to their
questions to their Bishops for settlement,
number of priests. noted for their
learning and. pulpit eloquence, when
spoken to on the subject, said they really
did not know the exact views Of
Cahensley.
"The views ascribed to him in some
cases are so absurd as to be beneath mo-
or Tuyft6 t6o1
the case of Bishop Zardetti of st. Cloud,
Minn.. is mentioned, they will not en-
dorse such action, Father CoPrigan, in
his fable, in effect says that Bishop Zar-
dettl came to Seton Hall College To be
coached co. he'd, and IND taught English that
cept sh' Bishoprio IS BshoO RGspn zspdsai s1 ss
was appointed Bishop Of ST. Cloud, Mimi.
on the establishment OF that diocese a
few years ago, but he was coached in a
Bishops duties not only at Seton Hail
but also in the Vicariate Apostolic of Da-
kota, where he was Vicar General under
the beloved Bishop Marty.
"The accusations of Father Corrigau in
his fable" said well known priest to
me last night, 'have not as yet been con-
tradIcted, except In one case. He said
Father Puffsehneider (Father Hofschnei-
deI) ran away from his church without
the knowledge of his Bishop and Bishop
Father Hofschneider, In. his tnteryiew
with The JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter de-
MED that he ran away from his Bishop.
saying be came to Newark from Rochester.
Father Hofschneider forgot one incident in
his career when speaking with the re-
porter. He went to Maryland from Roch-
ester. He was in charge of German
parish in Baltimore diocese, He was
given to understand, that If he came to
Newark he would be given another par
ish. He left Baltimore without asking
leave or informing the Archbishop of his
action, came to Newark and was assigned
to Railway by Bishop Wigger."
NOT TO BE SUMMONED.
At late hour last evening it was de,
oided not to summon Father Corrigan
before the Archbishops. A copy of his
views on the school question has been
given the several Archbishops.
According to decree of the Council of
Baltimore, any priest who oriticizes rhe
actions of his Bishop in newspaper can
be suspended. This evidently accounts
for the desire on the part of many of the
priests not to talk about this matter, and
also accounts for Father Corrigan's ac-
tions in assa1ling under the gnise of
fable.
SAYS HE'S CRANK.
A Newark EUentng NelUS reporter saw
Bishop Wigger yesterday at Seton He'll
College and asked his opinion of the fable
and the author.
"I consider Father Corrigan q crank"
SAID the Bishop in his quiet. de-
liberata way, "Most of the priests
in the diocese behold him in the
same light. They care very little
for his opinion. 1 deny all his insinua-
tions. If be would look into the directory
of the diocese he would see that the
nationality indicated by the names OF the
pastors would dispose OF his charge that
German pastors were almost exclusively
appointed. Many of the German
priests were appointed by Arch
bishop Corrigan when he was at the head
of this diocese, or by Bishop Bay1ey, his
predecessor
When asked If he would take amp
action in the matter, Bishop Wigger re.
piled that he didn't care to say anything
about that at present.