Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-02
BOyACUM LOSES EVERY POINT
CContlnucd from Tirst ragcJ

of his paper followed. bishop Bonucum
the civll courts against Father CcrSctt. the
priests sent a protest TO Mar. Satolll against
The violation OF the truce ana threatened
If the hearnp of their charges against IN,
bishop were further delayed to establish
them on trial of the injunction proceedings
Father Fitzgerald, who, unlike Father Muir
ply, had not s.gnId tac original charges, be-
Was that positive orders were issued TO
Archbishop Hcnurssy, both from the plpal
d,lei ate and the prop9randa, to proceed at
orCC to the hearing of the charges.
SECOND HEARING At OMAHA.
Archbishop Hcnncssy then, on March %,
1891, notified the priests that he would in,
vestipatc the charges at Omaha ON April
II following, or four days before the time
set for the hearing of the injunction case
in the civil courts. The priests, who had
formed St Bcrnards union and whose sec
rotary Father Fitzgerald had now be
come sent him letter, protesting against
AN "invcstgation" at omaha and demand
ing a canonical trial at Lincoln, \ similar
protest was sent TO Mar SatolM NeverthC-
less, Archbishop HcnnCssy appeared at
Omaha on the date meutirsCd and said ny
would hear only personal grievances "
He ruled that none of the charges made
except two came under this head and re
fused to subpoena witnesses. Thcreupou
the priests declined to proceed further ana
appealed to Mgr. Satolli This appeal was
never heard. for after the collapse at
Omaha some of the priests were won over,
some were translated TO Other dioccses and
the witnesses were scattered Only Fathers
Murphy and Fitzgerald remained the for
mer being rector of St Ambrose church,
ToCumsch and the latter of ST. Joseph's,
Auburn. These priests maintain that
Bishop Bonacum undertook to destroy
them so that the charges against himself
could never be revived. ON April 20, 1850
he sent them letters Of expulsion from the
diocese for failure TO pay the diocesan taN
and obey other commands They appealed
to Mgr. Satolli who ordered bishop Bona
cum to rCsC!nd his order. Then he sent
them notice that unless they should by
July l5 1885, pay the diocesan tax and obey
the certain other commands he would eN-
pei them from the diocese, withdraw their
faculties and appeal to the propaganda.
Father Murphy had mailtuincd, and
Father FitZgcruld also that the diocesan
tax was not due from him, but from the
parish. Il corporation In control of trustees.
Having failed to pay the tax, they were
cited to appear al Lincoln September p,
1898, for trial on the charges. They ignored
the summons served on them by detec-
tive, and upon their failure to appear
Bishop Bonacum sentenced them to do
penanCc in Canada for COntumaCy. There
is no appeal from 4 sentence for contempt
by court regularly constituted but they
appealed to Satoli, holding the citation was
Irregular and that the court was itregulnrly
constituted because the aCCusCr presided.
ATTEMPTS TO GUST MURPHY
Pending this appeal the bishop ordered
Father Murphy TO give up the keys of the
church, and when he refused, suspended him
dered to go to the church and take posses
sion and conduct the services, but Father
Murphy sun refused 10 give up the Keys.
The bishop thea went into the civil courts
to get possession and was six times beaten.
Then he sent a priest TO TCCumSCh to hold
service at the opera house. He had audi
CnCeS of fifteen to twenty persons, while
Father Murphy'S church was filled. The at
tendance was not confined to Catholics for
the priest was popular with all elements of
the community, he being u man of eNCm-
plary character ana habits and ripe schol-
arship, Il teacher of the young peOpIc I'm
the sciences and languages and a favoritc !
speaker before educational and temper
ance associations. When the people re-
fused to abandon his services the bishop |
issued an open letter, threatening that If
they held any further communication with
Father Murphy he would eNcommurscatc
them ana deny them Christian burial. Then
the congregation held mass meeting, de
nounced the bishop for his treatment of
Father Murphy, declared he had no author
ity to cNCOmmunicate them and demanded |
a real INVESTIGATION of the condition OF
the church in the diocese of Lincoln, de !
the cause of religion and the church. The |
mayor of TcCumSeh sent a cablCgram to |
Rome, expressing the popular sympathy |
with the priest.
the priests appealed TO Rome and the prop |
aganda ordered the delegate at WASHINGTON |
to grant an appeal to the metropolitan court. |
This was in February last. Archbishop Hen |
messy was then In Rome. FOLLOWING his Tr- |
turn Bishop BonaCum cited Fathers Fit2 |
gerald and Murphy to appear at Dubuque |
July % last. The trial was then Indefinitely |
postponed by ArChbiahop Hcnessy, who |
later, and after the defendants had solicited |
Rome to dismiss the case, wrote to the |
priests suggesting an amICable settlement. |
They replied that they would demand from |
Bishop Bonacum an apOlOry ana the retra'- |
tion Of his libels against them.
APPEAL TO DUBUQUE.