The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
MUST LEAVE HIS WIFE
FATHER HYACINTHE ANXIOUS TO
MAKE PEACE WITH ROME,
But Cannot Be Taken Back Into the
Roman Catholic Church without
DiscardinG His Spouse.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. A. The Globe Demo-
Gratis correspondent at Rome cables: In
spite of the denials of the friends of Father
Hyancinthe Loyson (Pere Hyancinthe),
am able to confirm, on incontrovertible au-
thority the story that the ex-priest has been
endeavoring to negotiate with the Vatican
with a view to his re-entry into the Catho-
lie Church, which he abandoned years ago
to wed the charming American lady who
is now his wife. He has just spent several
weeks here with his wife, looking very I'M
happy and Ill at ease, and he invoked the
services of Prince Odescalchi in order to
submit to the Vatican and in particular to
the Pontiff, his ardent desire to return to
the fold.
The difficulty, however, lies in the fact
that he wishes to revert to Roman Cathol-
icism, not as a layman, but as a priest,
while, at the same time, he does not wish
to give up his wife. With the object of get
ting around this difficulty, he proposed to
re-enter the church by one of the Oriental
branches thereof, which permit marriage
among the clergy. In this he showed lack
of doctrinal knowledge and canonical ex-
perience, which has given rise to good
deal of amusement at the Vtican, for al
though there are numbers Of married priests
belonging to the so-called Oriental rites of
the Catholic Church, yet it is expressly
stipulated that they must be married be-
fore they enter holy orders, and that no
priest having once received conservation can
ever we'd
1t was this difficulty that has proved the
rock upon which Father HyacInthe $
projects of reconciliation with the Churcn
of Rome have come TO grief, and all that
he has obtained by the il-adylsed step
which he has taken has been to fill with dis
trust and dismay those of his adnerentS
and admirers who quilted the Roman cain
olic Church in order TO follow him. He has
been given to understand once ana Tor ali
that he can never re-enteF the Cnufcn OF
Rome as a priest unless he abandonS the
woman to whom, in the eyes of the Church
of Rome, he is not legally married. IL Is
rumored here that his efforts to re-enter
the priesthood are not merely due TO con-
siderations of belief and of conscience, but
to pecuniary reasons, as Well 1t IS asserted
that he is financially embarrassed ms WlIe
having sacrificed her fortune Tor MS sake
Certainly his appearance lent color to the
story as he has entirely lost that Well
groomed and trim appearance for which ne
was formerly distinguished.
Pere Hyacinthe (the Rev. Charles Loyson)
has been a very important character in the
religious history Of the age, and religious
history is to a great extent the essential
part of all history. His position has been
a peculiar one While he possessed loyalty
to the church of his fathers, he insisted on
a liberty of thought and action which that
church has never accorded to its followers,
and especially its priests. Accordingly he
withdrew his vow of ceiibacy and took unto
himself wife. He has denied the infalli-
bility of the Pope and rejected everything
in catholicism which he considers super
stitious or corrupt. Such q Remuneration
cost him q great sacrifice. He was the
priest of that magnificent sanctuary OF God
iff Paris called Nofra Dame. idOiiZed by his
people and favored of the high dignitar5es
at Rome. Declaring his convictions 'as If
there were nothing in the world but his con-
science and Cod" he braved the anathelua
of the Pope and suffered the contempt Of
his fellows.
Pere Hyancinthe was born at Orleans. .