Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-23
THE M'oLYNN CASE.
The Facts as Carefully Stated by the lalo
Vcar.6onoral Preston.


U'rom the Book of Testimony in the Me
CURE Burial Case az printed IN the
Appeal to tho General torm)
The action of the ordinary i'm regard 10
DR.. Mctilypl WIS dictated. from be-
ginning TO end. by The propaganda; 1t
was by their direction. Before any ac-
tiCu los iEc archbishop the sacred college
wrote 10 Cardinal McClOskey, then arch
bishop. speaking iu the most severe
ttlms Of ,uimadycrsOn of Or McGlvun's
stciahstic principles IN pEard 90 the
right of property. lhcy commanded the
cardinal 10 udmonish him, and. If nee
cssary, tO suspend him. The cardinal
seut for DIR, McGynu, TO my own knoNl-
edge. ana admonished him, Things con-
tuued as they were ull after the cardi-
nails death. After that DR. Mc}lynn
cLmr ont more publicly IN advocacy of
these sentiments. and at last notice was
given that he was 10 appear on public
platform iur their advocacy. We had
never allowed Catholic PRIESTS neither do
We consider IL at al appropriate To our
office. to appear ON any political platform:
" is contrary To- utr custom and wishes,
but especially of this hiud. The arch-
bishop, therefore, sent him a command
not To appear uuder ecclesiastical Ian.
lie violated the command and appeared
and made his speech, and the cOnsc-
qucncc was HE archbishop suspended
time his tuculi0N We're. OF course, re-
uewcd, and he continued TO be pastor.
After that he published In the ueWspa-
pcrs some remarks. which | Ito not ~
member now, but which spoke against
the action of the Roman authorities and
also expressed again the socialistic doe
trnpS which The propaganda hud cOu-
demned. The archbishop then wrote him
"A very Mind kttcr aud told him he with
drew his faculties until the expiration Of
the year. or until he should receive COM
mnnds from the propaganda In the
mean time, wiihoat the arclhish0p's
knowledge, certainly without his request
aud contrary TO his idea, the sacred
congregation summoned DR. Mctilynn 20
Rome. lie refused 10 40. The arch.
bishop wrote BIN very Kind letter,
asking him 10 call and see him. lie
wrote back, III viii not call" He did
not go-to Rome and the archbishop had
nothing more 90 do with the case, mas
much as It was taken up by the ecclosi-
pSlcal authorities Vt Rome Then the
supreme pontf himself sent a mandate
commanding BIN TO come. To that Of
course, he paid no attention. He did not
go The only attention lac paid was by
speaking against the ecclesiastical au-
thorlues publicly, AiterwUrd, some
time IN the month OF May, the archbishop
| received letter from Rome. This was
final letter commanding DIR. McGHnn
to appear in Rome within forty DAVIS
| and informing him that al the expiration
of that time, II he did not appear no
would be eX fnctO eXcOmmunicnied Ho
did not appear. and his excommupicn-
ton was published by order of Cardinal
SimeOni in letters made public. and FIAT
rs the whole story of the matter SO far
as | know.
After The forty days expired the arch
bishop simply published the fact of the
sHeohill ,i as ordered by the car
dinal The communication will con-
tinue until the holy father reverses n
II has not boon reversed | have benrd
| that an appeal was taken aud L think
that | can say that the whole ease wont
before the propaganda and that they
sustained the action of the archbishop
of DR. McGlynn,