The Irish standard., 1904-12-03
nifty and to his former pastorate, says
the St. Paul Globe of November 26.
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nifty and to his former pastorate, says
the st. Paul Globe of November 26.
According to Mgr. A. Oster, pastor
Of st. Peters church, Mendoza, who
received telegram from a high
church dignitary at Washington,
Father Harrison's case was settled
out Of court.
1t is contended that no decision was
rendered by Archbishop Falconio, the
papal delegate to the United States,
and no instructions We're given the
archbishop as to the disposition of the
case.
The declaration is made unreserved-
ly In both interviews that Father Har-
rison, realizing the hopelessness of his
case; threw himself on the mercy of
his superior, who restored him to his
priestly faculties. 1t is denied that
the archbishop has been instructed to
appoint Father Harrison to a parish
of equal Importance with st. Joseph's,
and Father Harrisons future assign
ment rests entirely with the arch
bishop. 1t is declared that the restor-
alton of Father Harrison to st. JOS
eph's is impossible from the nature
of things.
Mgr. Oster, the Mendoza pastor,
who was in the city on Friday Of
last week, said, in speaking of the
Father Harrison case:
''The statement in Thursdays
papers, that Archbishop Falconio,
apostolic delegate at Washington, had
handed down a decision by which
Archbishop Ireland was overruled and
was ordered to reinstate Rev. John
L. Harrison, is utterly untrue 1 can
state positively that no decision was
rendered in the case, that no such Or
der, nor instructions Of any kind were
given to the archbishop by the apos-
tolic delegate.
The truth is that Father Harrison
first directly made his unconditional
submission to Archbishop ireland,
who thereupon restored his priestly
faculties to him, and took him back as
priest of the diocese of st. Paul, as
he is always ready to do in such con-
tingencies.
'The archbishop was not directed
to appoint Father Harrison to a par
ish Of equal Importance with St.
Joseph's.
ut rests entirely with the arch
bishop, to treat Father Harrison as
his judgment and goodness of heart
may decide. After Father Harrison
had submitted Internationally to
Archbishop Ireland and the arch
bishop himself had lifted the sus-
pension, there was no occasion for the
apostolic delegate to render decision.
In legal parlance the case was set
tied out of court"
Interviewed in Washington, just be-
fore starting for st. Paul November
25, Archbishop Ireland discussed the
case briefly. The st. Paul archbishop
said he disliked very much to discuss
a case involving official relations with
a priest of his diocese, but in view of
the publicity given the case through
the press Of the country, he would say
that statements of the case were en-
tirely incorrect. Archbishop Ireland's
statement follows:
"No decision was given by the apos-
tolic delegate in Father Harrison's
case, and no instructions were given
by the delegate.
"The delegate did not in any way
take up the case judicially. Father
Harrison had simply an informal con-
ference with the delegate. Father
Harrison Of his own notion, placed
himself in the hands of the arch
bishop, who thereon, Of his own Volt
ton, released him from all censure,
and restored him to his rights as a
priest in the diocese of st. Paul
This the archbishop was glad to d.
as he would have been glad to do the
same thing long ago on the same con-
ditions.
"Father Harrison is now priest in
good standing in the diocese of St.
Paul, and will in the course of time
be assigned by the archbishop to min
isterial work, such as the archbishop
i'll his own sense of justice and good
ness of heart, may select for him.
Father Harrison will not go to any one
of the parishes heretofore mentioned
in connection with his case.
THE archbishop declined to say
anything as to the report that direc-
tons for the disposition of Father
Harrison's case had come from Rome,
, or to discuss in any way the relation
of the college of cardinals to the case
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