The Washington herald., 1907-05-21
DR.. RAUPERT REPLIES
Tells Why He Is Lecturing
on SpiritHalism.
MERELY TO INSTRUCT CLERGY
Declares Pope and Merry del Val
Urged Him Ia Lay Result of His
Researches Before Priests ana
Seminsrians-CIaim That Mission
l. Grossly MisreprcseHted.

New York. May 20-Dr. J. Godfrey
Raupert, who. with an English Roman
Catholic priest. is making a tour Of the
world primarily i'm the interest Of a Lon
don charity. which is fostered by that
church, and who. at the same time, is de-
vering course Of lectures on the evils OF
splritualism TO the clergy and seminarians
Of every diocese he visits said that he
was greatly grieved at the manner in
which some newspapers IN New York had
misrepresented his mission and the SEN
s1tional stories thai were printed hece
about his lectures
He has been here for several weeks as
the guest Of the director Of St. Joseph
Seminary at DunwOOdie. where all the
aspirants for the priesthood in this arch
diocese are educated. and before he re-
ceiyed any public prominence he had al
ready delivered eight lectures on tho
harm 20 Christianity that comes from
spiritualism.
lie carries Il personal letter from Pope
Plus y commencing the charitable wor.,
tnat he is doing and incidentally It was
at the suggestion Of the holy father
that ne IS giving the lectures. lie was
cordially received by the dignitsries OF
the archdiocese. and the fact that he is
guest at Dunwo0die is sufficient 10 prove
that his credentials are not TO be ques-
toned
Lecture Grossly Exaggerated,
!
ture on spintualism one night last week
before mixed audience composed largely
of women He did not dream. he said.
that it would be Of any interest 20 the
press and public, and an order was given
that no reporters be admitted. The next
morning some of the newspapers con-
tanned accounts of the meeting which
Dr Raupert declares were grossly eyag-
serated. He says that Ae was quoted as
saving things that be never said al an.
putting him. be AYERS, in a ridiculous
light before his feuow-scieHusts.
The stories he said. were followed
boy the publication OF a. cable message yes
terdav morning ln one newspaper which
said that the Pope had not authorized
him 70 exhibit the pictures be has. and
t0 proclaim them as actual photographs
Of the spirits of tle dead Another news
paper, De said had half page article
which bore this misleading headline across
a FUN page. Saws Pope Sent Him Here
To- show Photographs of Spirits" Dr.
Raupert denied that he ever made any
such ytatmeuts
Exact Facts in Case.
These are the exact facts i1 the matter
about my lectures on sriritual.sm. I had
delivered lecture on the subject before
the English College at Rome. Il happened
that Che same day I had am audience with
the Pope concerning the tour I was going
to make in the interest of the charitable
society that had been f8thered In London
by tae late Cardinal Vaughn, and IL was
then that be- gave me the personal letter
approving uf the mission.
AT the same time he called my atten-
ton t1 the fact that be had been in-
formed about my lecture az the English
/ College and suggested that it would Boz "a
wise thing % continue them wherever
Went He said that 10 would boo a gool
. tile ssmiuarians the dangers. moral and
physical attending this form OF research.
/ The idea Of giving these lectures iU con-
neCtiou with my tour was also commend
+ cd 10y C8rdiual Merry Del Val, whom /
have long known personally"
DIR. R3upert said that ne was a con-
/ vert 20 the Roman Church and that he
came I'm touch with the subject Of spirit
ualism while secretary Of the Psvchic8l
Society of London. All mis- lectures be-
fore the one he gave at Delmonico's had
/ been exclusively 20 the clerEymen and
/ seminarians
Encouraged by Cardinal Vaughn.
several years before the death Of Car
dmal Vaughn he invited me to lay the
facts that had gathered about spiritual
/ ism before the clergy and the seminsrians
/ Of the Central English Seminary lie
also urged me TO publish my researches
which I did under the title OF Modern
/ SpirituslSm
81 might also add that when had the
/ audience with the Holy Father ne not
only urged me- 10 continue these lectures
/ but also to see that the book was trans
/ lated into as many languages as possible
/ particularly Italian and French in order
+ to combat the doctrines of spiritualsu
+ in those countries. I'm which IT now has
such vogue. He thought all the facts
about tile cult should be known. the
/ moral as well as the scientific, 50 that
/ educated men may thoroughly realize the