Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-01
FIRED THE VICAR
Vanderbilt rutherford Wedding Brings
Disgrace and Ruin to Rev. Hadden
Who Performed the Ceremony.

Disgrace ana KUN TO rev. Faooen
Who Performed the Ceremony.
London, May 1.-Lasting disgrace has
fallen upon the Rev. r. N. Hadden,
vicar of ST. Marks church, who on
Saturday married Mrs. Rutherford to
| William X. Vanderbilt, and as a result
he now stands communicated by the
Church of England. AT a meeting last
night of the London diocesan confer
ence. the lord bishop of London, sup
ported by the bishop of Kensington and
a full gathering Of the diocesan au-
thorities, passed the severest censure
upon the clergyman.
III his opening speech the bishop OF
London said he had a most disagreeable
task to perform in connection with the
subject of a letter written to him by
the proctors and clergy of the whole
diocese and the proctor of the cathedral
church OF st. Paul in reference to the
so-called renarriage of a divorced per-
son in that diocese.
He had waited until last night before
speaking further in order to give OPP
p%ortunity to the clergyman who per-
formed the marriage to make an ex-
PLANTATION of his conduct. He sent this
clergyman two letters, one by a special
messenger, and he regretted to hear
that the Clergyman had suffered q do
nestle calamity. This might account
for the fact hat no notice had been
taken of his communications. He only
mentioned the fact to let the conference
understand that he had shown the cler-
gyman no lack of consideration. The
bishop then repeated the chancellor's
explanation of the matter, adding that
as he was unable to give the clergy
mans explanation it remained for him
to give his w opinion. Then the
bishop said: My opinion is that a
grave scandal has been perpetrated in
this diocese. 1t is a far greater scan
dial than any cases of ritual because
1t is a moral scandal
The bishop referred to resolutions
passed by the Lambeth conference In
upon the report of a committee
appointed to consider divorce, and they
called attention to the fact that in many
nations there was a growing laNity OF
principle and practice regarding di-
vorce. and in some countries laws were
which weakened the idea of the
sanctity Of marriage. He then called
attention to the well known Lambeth
declaration regarding the innocent par
ty to n divorce and the latitude allowed
the clergy in such cases. Commenting
upon the resolution, he said the COM
,nittee was unwilling to suggest a pro-
cess in those eventualitieS and recon-
mended it~should be left to the judg-
ment of the bishop of the diocese, but
there never had been a division of opin-
as to the remarriage of a guilty
party, and the minister who performed
such a marriage gratuitously insulted
conscience of the church to which
belonged. He felt bound to say
the chancellor's letter that
it was a gross anomaly that the chan
jurisdiction should De indie
pendent Of the bishops in that mat
1t was gathered from the members
of the conference that the general i'm
preston is the bishops announcement
Of his refusal to visit Hadden's church
is the most serious punishment per-
i01SSIDlS III the circumstances, diiu NiI1tI
MADDEN will nave either to apologize
or face such ecclesiastical displeasure
as will probably compel his r%esigna-
ton of his vicarage. A member Of the
conference quoted a recent case in
which a high official influence, includ-
ing the personal intercession of Queen
Victoria, failed to o the bishops.
and the parties were forced to marry
in the Scottish church.
Father Black" the Church of Eng
and clergyman who recently expressed
his opinions in regard to the Wander
Rutherford wedding ~ open'y
First Secretary Henry White
FOR the part he tool in the affair, re-
-urns to the dispute today, having re-
,eived no reply from Mr.. White. Father
Black" now asks the American people
who respect religion whether they
the first secretary of their en-
1assy in London ought to have been
your obedient clergyman in a back
loor plot to outwit the archbishop of
Canterbury and the bishop of London,
this, too, at the advice of any
however sharp, or to crafty
amount of pelf."