The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-08
RELIGIOUS EARTHQUAKE
Grave Charges Preferred Against Arch
bishop Corrigan.
Archbishop Ireland Is the Prosecutor in
the Case and Many Allegations
Are set Forth.

New YORK, Jan. IA Chicago special
to the Sun says: Formal charges of the
gravest character have been preferred
again Most Rev. Michael Augustine Cor
rigan, Roman Catholic archbishop of New
York, by brother prelate OF his grade in
New York. He is accused by the Most
Rev. John Dearland, Archbishop of ST.
Paul, of having engaged in an unlawful
conspiracy to weaken or undermine the
effect of the pope's decisions in respect
to the church in respect to matters in
America and having had recourse to
methods unbecoming a bishop and de-
signed to diScredit and disgrace Arch
bishop Ireland and Monsigneur Satolli.
These charges were duly formulated
and are now on their way to Rome, where
they will be presented to the highest tri
bunal in the Roman Catholic church.
That tribunal has power to pass upon the
accusations and fix the punishment of the
accused if they be sustained.
Ii Archbishop Corrigan be found guilty
as charged his fate as well as the future
great province OF New York over which
he has so long presided, Will become the
object OF eager surnise Should the
charges fail the consequences can scarcely
be less serious to Archbishop Ireland, nor
limited to the provinces of New York and
st. Paul.
The difference between Archbishop Ire
land and Archbishop Corrigan are OF long
standing. The partners of Archbishop
Corrigan in the conspiracy are now
alleged priests of his immediate
encourage, notably Father Michael
Patrick's cathedral who was especially
named by Archbishop Ireland as conspi-
rator, and possibly Father Gerardo Err
rante, Archbishop Corrigan's italian Sec
rotary. 1t is said other priests are in
volved.
AS regards Archbishop Corrigan, there
is documentary evidence which will be
produced against the /, distinguished
prelate, and if they are interpreted
Alright by Archbishop Corrigan's accusers
they prove the existence of a conspiracy
of which the archepiscopal residence in
Madison avenue is the center, and
which extended in numerous ramifica-
lions throughout America into France
and Italy and even to the shadow of st.
PETERS itself.
Continuing the article says: Upon the
arrival of Manager Satoli it was for the
time supposed the differences between
Archbishops Ireland and Corrigan were
ended and friends of Archbishop Ireland
felt elated. Then came rumblings of dis
sent from the Corrigan faction. An an
nonymous letter with disagreeable insin
uations regarding Monseignor Satolli was
published in the daily press. The storm
of indignation reached the climax when
Father McGlynn was restored.
1t was soon learned, so the article says.
that Archbishop Corrigan was sending
anonymous letters to be published in Chi
ca@o, criticising Archbishop Ireland and
his views. Letters dated In Philadelphia
Will suffice to say that Archbishop
Corrigan's Philadelphia article speedily
found a magnet attracting TO itself a
considerable mass of other documentary
and verbal evidence bearing upon the
same case in very much the same way.
The laymen whom the archbishop of
New York honored with his confidence
proved not to be only a Roman
Catholic citizen of Chicago Wnom
it deemed desirable to enlist
in the anti-1reland propaganda.
At length the friends OF the Archbishop OF
st. Paul became convinced that Arch
bishop Corrigan was the center of The
propaganda whose purpose ii is to dis
credit Archbishop Ireland in the estima-
ton OF Roman Catholics of America and
the vatican and create such alarm at the
vatican DIS may result il the recall Of Mon
seignor Satolh. ana reversal of the pope's
expressed policy in respect to religious
education In America.
Representatives of this journal found
very little trouble in gaining the conf
dence of Liberal persons, who, within
two or three weeks past, have re-
ceived more or less direct proofs
that Archbishop Corrigan's trust
in his own responsiveness and anti
pathy to scholartic thought and practice
which is supposed to be represented by
Archbishop Ireland and Monseignor Sa-
TOLL.
The letters do not have the signature
of Bishop Corrigan, but they are signed
by Father Michael Joseph Lavelle OF St.
Patrick's cathedral, New York. They
appeal to various addresses to use
such influence as they have to
secure publication in the press
(both secular and religions) of articles
protesting against the unfortunate infiu-
ence obtained by Arch bishop Ireland at
Rome, and against Monseignor Satolli's
interference in American Catholic affairs
which is described as offensive and an
noying.