St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-21
CLERK GUILLORY IS
SEVERELY CONDEMNED
Clerk Of Court of EVangeIIne Parish Censured
by Home People and Knights Of Columbus.
ARCHBISHOP CLOSES CHURCH
His Grace, However, Has Promised that lass
VIII Be Held In Capitol OF EVangeIine
T0~M0rr0R.

The alleged assault Of Clerk OF
Court O. E. Guillory, of Evange-
line parish, upon Rev. L. J. SaVy,
of the Vile Platte Catholic
Church, on Sunday, the 9Th, has
created an unusual state Of af-
fairs in the capital of the new
parish of EvangeIine, as we'll as
the old parish ofASt. Landry.
For the first time in many
years, there was no Mass held in
the Catholic Church Of Vile
Platte last Sunday. His Grace,
Archbishop Blenk, ordered the
church closed upon hearing Of
the assault upon the priest, and
it required the persuasive powers
of a strong delegation of Vile
Platte Catholics, which went to
New Orleans, to finally obtain a
promise, tentative in character,
that Mass would be said there
tomorrow, and probably the
church be reopened.
Condemnatory resolutions pass
ed by a mass-meeting of citizens
Of Vile Platte at the action Of
Mr.. GuiIlory had much to do with
the decision of the Archbishop to
reopen the church. The meet
ing was held Sunday, and was at
tended by a large and represen-
tative number of people of that
community. The resolutions
condemning the hasty action of
Mr.. Guillory in striking the priest
were passed without opposition.
The charges against Mr.. Gull
lory, for assault and battery; and
assault with a dangerous weapon
with intent to commit murder,
are still extant, and the judicial
officers here have expressed a
determination to press them.
The Catholic community of this
section are emphatic in their con-
demnation of Mr.. Guillory. The
Knights of Columbus, a strictly
Catholic order, last Sunday passed
the following resolutions:
"Opelousas, La. Jan. 18th, 1911.
"At a regular meeting of the
Opelousas Council No. 1173,
Knights of Columbus, held this
dav, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge of the Opelousas
Council No. 1173, Knights of
Columbus, that one E. 0. Gull
lory, on the pretense of authority
as an officer of the law, has com
mitted an unjustifable and Grim
inaI assault on the person of the
Rev. L. J. Savy, the pastor OF
the Catholic church at Willie
Platte, La, while said priest was
robed in the vestments of his
sacred calling; and
" Whereas, it has been rumor-
ed that the said Guillory is q
member of the order, and this
untruthful report is doubtless
made to give color to his false
version of the affair to the effect
that the priest was the aggressor
therein: ,
Therefore, be it resolved,
that this Council, in regular
meeting assembled, deprecates
in the strongest terms, this Grim
inal conduct on the part OF
the said O. E. Guilory, anc
declares that no provocation ex.
listed for his assault on the per
son of the Rev. L. J. Savy, g
minister of the church; and be il
further
Resolved, that copies OF
these resolutions be mailed tc
Rev. L. J. Savy and also to the
publishers Of the several news
papers throughout St. Landry
and Evangeline parishes, and tt
the press of the city of New
Orleans.
A true copy,
GEORGE VIDRINE,