The Irish standard., 1894-09-22
Protestant denomination, whatever it's

| with assumed meekne6s, that II ne cOuie
not be priest he was able to make hi'
living as Catholic layman. BE though
he could settle his financial affairs witt
Bishop Grafton within few weeks ane
would then return to the true fold. Be
fore this, however, he wrote to French
priest in terms which proved his dis
honesty of his dealings with the Catholic
bishop. he said: 1.-THE pastor went
after the lost sheep; out now when tht
lost sheep wishes to return, the pastor
makes such conditions that one prefers
to 20 back to his vomit.'
In the meantime Vilat.e was negotiat'
ing with the Greek schismatio bishop in
San Francisco and visited him, receiving
in return visit from that unfortunate
prelate. AS Mr.. Pearce writes, after the
funeral of the Old Catholic church in
Wisconsin, Vilatte returned to Europe,
where he expected to find work in the
DR.. Dollinger Old Ca holic church. He
arrived in time to hear the last spadefu]
of dirt rattle on the coffin of Dollingerism
in the graveyard of oblivion. Then he
hied away to Paris to find work in the
"Gallican Church, which by that time
had dwiudled to ex-Pere Hyacinthe and
six old English women. Finding no room
in that decaying sheepfold, Yilatte went
to Asia, where he claims to have been
made bish p by the patriarch metro
politian of Malabar, who, according to
the trustworthy information from a
clergyman long resided on the coast OF
Malabar, is Stunned by Roman, Greek
and Anglican clergymen, because his
doctrines are senseless jumble OF Bud
dhism and Nestorianism; his followers
do not number one hundred souls on the
coast.
In June, 1891, rchbisbop Katzer, who
had become metropolitan Of the province
and had taken up his residence in Mil
waukee, received a letter from the Roman
Catholic archbishop of Colombo, Ceylon,
iuquiring about a certain Rene Vllatte,
who claimed to be Casholic priest, and
who had published catechism in which
the arch bishop had detected seventy
separate and distinct heresies. A GER
tain congregation of that place having
some difficulty with the archbishop be-
gan an "Independent Catholic church. .
yilatte joined with alacrity aud became
quite prominent figure. So that this
ecclesiastical vagraut was not without
experience when solicited by Kolaszewski
to aid in the launching of the so-called
american Catholic church,
Negotiations were entered into with the
heretical and schismatic Syrian patriarch
at Antioch for the consecration of Viii
atte. According to the best information
the adventurer was by order of the schis-
matical patriarch consecrated arch
bishop, the consecrator being an apostate
Catholic priest and Syrian archbishop.
Vilatte returned to America and assumed
the title ;"Old Catholic archbishop of
America" The fact of Vilatte's conse-
Grafton Is most doubtful. The validity
Of Malabar orders however, satisfied the
easy conscience Of the aspiring candidate
who, as critic remarks, had apparently
read the song of the Vicar of Bray, who
steered every point of the ecclesiastical
compass.
Vilatte went again to Massachusetts,
where about two years ago he 'ordained'
a cit zen of Worcester edward Randall
Knowls) to the priesthood according to
the "Malabar rite" Some time after the
"ordaination" the new priest became sus-
picioue OF the validity of the orders and
corresponded with merchant in Mala.
bar, who interviewed the patriarch, who
said that he dill not make Vilatte q
bishop, as the price which was offered
was not enough to make it worth his
while TO do the job, though be had
cut the price far below the customary
rate for said service. Be that as it may,
Vilatte learned one important lesson
from the patriarch which he pat In prac-
tice in dealing with Koloszewski, viz, to
place good round sum upon his services,
and can tell you upon reliable authority
that the archbishop of the New Old
Catholic church" positively declined to
give his blessing to the Cleveland enter.
prise until he received check for $500
and expenses for bis part in the recent
function at the Koiaszewski temple.
Vilatte has handful of deluded fol
lowers in the town of Duval, Wis, where
he is quietly lying in wait for the advent
of larger stakes.
Savage Indians
Used to wage war where Minneapolis
and st. Paul now stand. To.Gay these
great cities are inhabited by people q
n,,Iknra and non1 taafa and khav 5fravo