The Irish standard., 1892-12-31
DIR. M'GLYNN's RESTORATION.

u DIR. M'GLYNN's RESTORATION.
No event has transpired in Catholic
circles in recent years which has afforded
such cause for i;nbilation among priests
and people as the restoration OF Dr. Nc
Glynn by Mgr. Satolli to bis ecclesiastical
functions. Five years ago DR.. McGlynn
was deprived OF the rectorship OF st.
Stephens church, New York, and OF his
priest]y functions also by Archbishop
Corrigan. His suspension from sacer-
dotal duties caused much excitement at
the time, and it is in the recollection OF
our readers that his practitioners took his
part and thought him un]ustly treated
by his ecclesiastical superior. During
the past five years DR.. McGlynn had not
officiated at Gods altar nor performed
any other clerical duties, but he re-
NAMED good Catholic, nevertheless,
and though unfrocked went to mass daily
and preserved his private character I'M
sullied from the least breath of scandal.
AS he recently declared, he never forgot
that he was a priest, and his hope and
prayer was that some day he might be
restored his sacred calling. As to the
origin of his difficulty with Archbishop
Oorrigan, some persons say he was de-
posed for entering politics and advocat-
inc the socialietic theories OF Henry
George. True it is that DR.. McGlynn
took an active part in the election OF
Henry George for mayor OF New York
and rode with him from one polling place
to another on the day of election, though
he was aware that such action was dis
pleasing to che church dignitaries under
whose jurisdiction he was placed. He
claimed that as citizen he had right
to do what he pleased in political matters.
The archbishop's vicar general at that
time was Mgr. Preston, man OF stub
born adhesion to his own intellectual
convictions, and like the typical convert
| from Professionalism, more Catholic than
if he had inherited the faith like DR.. Nc
Glynn from ancestors who had preserved
| it at the risk of their lives and properties
in the days of persecution IN Ireland.
The single tax vagaries OF Henry George,
of whom, DR.. McGlynn was dis
tinguished disciple, were considered
revolutionary and immoral in their tend
ency by the strong minded Mgr. Preston,
and it is thought that the latter induced
Archbishop Oorrigan to deal harshly
! with the brilliant pastor of St. Stephens.
Since the death Of Mgr. Preston, Arch.
bishop Corrigan has been ANXIOUS for a
reconciliation with the rebellious priest.
If DIR. McGlynn had offered an apology
and submitted his case to Rome he would
have been received back with open arms
long ago, but instead Of making apollo
gies he on several occasions spoke disre-
spectfully Of his archbishop and even
rnisrepresented the Catholic Church in
his platform utterances. At one time
many Catholics apprehended that
through intellectual pride he would wan
der away from the true fold and never
make peace with the Church OF his
| fathers.
It is supposed by other well-informed
persons that DR.. McGlynn was deprived
of his faculties in consequence OF his at
titude on the school question. He never
had any parochial school like the other
priests of New York aud maintained that
the religious instruction impaired to the
children at Sunday school was amply
sufficient. In this view he was at vari-
ance with the hierarchy of the country
who strongly recommended the establish
ment Of parochial schools wherever prac-
ticable. He did not build. parochial
school as he was instructed to do by the
ecclesiastical authorities, saying that
when parish was too poor to support 9
school equal to the public schools in
efficiency, the best policy was to send the
children for secular instruction to the
public schools apd give them sound re-
ligious training on Sunday. He paid
much attention to the Sunday school and
made it the best in the entire country.
His policy has been endorsed by the
Pope who does not require Catholics to
send their children to the parish schools
unless they receive therein as good secu-
lar education as in the public schools
! which they support by taxation. His
| ideas on the school question have been
recently approved by Mgr. Satolli, and
that is victory for thu recalcitrant priest
over the Archbishop of New York.
As far as known to the public, DR.. Nc
Glynn has been restored to his priestly
functions without rendering any apology
to the archbishop. Neither has he made
public rscantation for any scandal he
may have given during his supension'
or course. he has not been guilty OF
heresy, but in his public addresses and
contributed articles to the magazines he