The Irish standard., 1896-12-19
Brann Visits a Convent IN New Y
Orleans and Relates His
Experience. 5
He unmercifullly Deals with the
Unfrocked Priests and
Escaped Nuns.
pays: a Glowing Tribute to the
Jesuits and the House the
Good Shepherd.

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List O, ,slist! I have sunravelled ..the
hellish plots ofsthe Roman hierarchy!"
I, have invaded the .strongholds Of the
Jesuit priesthood and faniliarized my
SELF their Infamous conspiracies!''
u have explored great converts from eel,
)ar,to garret and learned ...the hideous
secrets of those PRISON, houses!" The
unfrocked priests and escaped nuns Of
the a. =. A.@have not revealed one half
the "horrors!' They. have suffered us to
see only as through glass darkly the
curtain has never been really withdrawn.
The world has no idea what, jesuit
really is, suspects not what actually oc-
ours within convent walls And to think
that the fIcono oclast, the official journal of
:. the. American Baptists, should have
spoken kind words Of the. Catholics! {
II had learned from my brother minis
tters that q a=Jesuit is a modern Machia-
$velli holding commission signed by the
Pope and countersigned by Satan-a
naansWho goes up and down. the earth
AkeSJob's ancient enemy, stealing souls
with his sophistry. He is supposed to-
I p.ossess asgutta-percha conscience and be
afmaster of casuistry, to have the eyes
ofsa'ferret and the instincts of fox.
BY some intellectual thaumaturgy a
Jpsuitsis supposed to make black appear
white and prove that water is not wet.
According to the A.. p. A. papers, con-
vent Is simply a harem for. the. Catholic
i, s,pfiesthood. Behind its gloomy walls
baechic ergies and phallic revels are
nightly held, the red wine flows like a
river, and in it's dark vaults murdered
babssslies buried. Every little while
there is a demand that these places be
subjected ITO police ;inspectio on, but as our
iaRma maksiis,are III the pay of the Pope,
nothing has yst been adpsa TO. rescue the
Mretehed inmates from the pitiless grasp
ofsRomei = ssss*
Such. are the ideas that have been ex-
plotted in many papers, proclaimed from
varioAstpulp and actually believed by
millions of professedly Intelligent peo
pie VI Having been vigorously condemn
I'd for suggesting that such opinions
might possibly be erroneous, deter
mined to penetrate to the very marrow
Of the. matter, i even though it became
necessary to initiate the example Of Jean
Vatican and scale the convent walls at
the shonr Of midnight, or that OF Don
Juan and Introduce myself among the
imprisoned houris in disguise. Fortune
favored me, and I found myself one day
In the great Jesuit College of New Or
leans, surrounded by the faculty. l was
]. tsnmewhat surprised to see no trace of
( hoofs or horns, no suggestion Of that
& subtle cunning which marks the CON
sciencsIess conspirator; but having read
8semewhere that there belSnen who bor-
row the livery of the Lord In which to
\ \ serve the. devil, withheld my verdict
untilsI should know them better. I
4 ft,oke about for that sybaritic luxury
Il sfn#which the Romish priesthood is sup
p npsed ITO revel, but found only meagre
furnishings. The only. attempt at or
nsanents consisted Of a few faded pictures
4 In the walls. and in the place of honor
WAS that of Washington! Where
& there; ssmuch smoke there must be some
a ,re, 'S says the ancient adage; and al
\ 1 most from it's foundation by Ignatius
fI,pyola an infumate cloud, more or less
n opaque, has hung round The Society OF
n n JSs,s. Il But ofsthis more anon.
j Tie next step TO pass the cenobitic
pprtals. Thanks to the, courtesy of
Very Rev. Father Semple. president of
tte:; Jesuit College, who for an entire day
,bssanfs my guide, this difficulty was
Nrasiiy overcome, and was soon explor-
II lak the sane tuaries Of the Brides of God.
Xy the House Of the Good Shepherd ]
.f6,ind women in plenty who are not priv
5ssiIsgsd TO come and go as they please.
S fheys were thrust behind those thick
waIls against their will; but while the
II Church of Rome is. their gaoler, she is so
" Ss order Of the secular courts. New Or
ieany IS the Paris Of the western world,
n lid; into. the House Of the Good Shepherd
/, iS isunred its female refuse for purifica-
4 tinS lA bandoned children and wretched
are sent hither t,y the police,
4 and girls Nv their relatives =:
Of the fetid otfscourings Of
q Y city flows into what IS atsonce q
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