The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-13
The Roman Catholic
InquisitiOn in St. Louis

thst time. but he refused 10 take q.
an . sue the permit 20 had 10 leave
N ctory crying and have been IN.
al . make my Easter confession In
N : ,hurch.
re we're two other ladies' present
a o az time AZ the rectory whose
n DO not know. One of them
. q ved the permit By raging only
{ = DOLLAR. and the other one has
/ q told by Rev. Pudlowski that her
- vii have 20 pay $500. and she
ought 20 pay t150 before the Easter
permit would be issued 10 her. She
also refused 10 make such high pay.
ment. and offered him a dollar, which
was not accepted. and she LEFT the rec.
tory without the permit
(Slgnedl X (Her Mark)
AGATHA woJNAR.
Witnesses 20 mark:
JOSEPH WEBER,
A. J. SMITH.
! Subscribed aud sworn 20 before me
this 18th day OF October. 1911.
tSlgnedl w. A. GoDLEwsKI,
tSeaD Notary Public.
For term expiring October 20. 1911.
The peculiar thing about the vs.
rious affdayits In our possession is
that they all vary In amounts asked.
The evidence IL plain enough. how.
ever. that the priest simply sizes the
victims pile and takes Il. be Il big or
little. Instances are cited where the
victims offered all the money they
had but the amount was insufhcient
20 -
was spurned with contempt, while the
poor deluded follower OF the "only
true church was turned awly from the
confessional In despair and desponsl.
ency.
The irreclalmably wicked and aban-
doned character OF this priest is teal.
lied 70 In another direction entirely
by the following afsdAvlt OF Emilia
kazban. a parishioner who applied for
a birth certificate;
State Of Missouri.
City OF 81. LouIs--ss.
Mrs. Emilia KaTban. As years old.
OF the City OF 81. Louis, State OF Mis-.
souri,, whom ! certify 10 be respect.
able and entitled 10 credit, being duly
sworn upon her oath says:
About two years ago, I went 20 the
Rectory OF st. Casimer's church aud
asked Rev. Pudlowski, the pastor, for
birth certificate OF one OF my chil.
dren- Rev. Pudlowsd asked me $500
for the certificate. and when told
him that I could not pay that much,
he, after some consideration, told me
TO call again for the certificate. When
! went after II some time later he
asked $500 for the same certificate.
offered him sl.Jc but he refused 70
accept Il, saying that he could not do
so much work for such q small
amount OF money. Being unsuccessful
In obtaining the certificate from Rev.
Pudlowski | went to the Board of
Health and obtained one free OF
charge.
CSigned) X CHer Mark.)
MRS. EMILIA KAZBAN.
Witnesses to mark:
RoBT. +. PORTER,
ANDRECJ MICHALSKI.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 30th day OF October, 1911.
(Signedl W. A. GODLEWSKt,
(SeaD Notary Public.
For term expiring October "a, 1918.
But this isn't all. Another ali.
dayit relates 10 a young man who was
waiting his turn at the confessional
when this same priest interrupted
the procedure by addressing the
young man who was in waiting as fol.
lows: you 20 to the devil: you are
going 10 get married in another par.
ish, why, then. don't you 20 to con.
fession there?" Inc young man states
that the remark made him very angry
and that TO avoid a scandal he left
the church.
We are in possession OF three other
afidavits which state that this same
priest, at st. Casimir's church, ST.
Louis, on the 18th day OF August,
1911. in a sermon TO his parishioners,
made the following statement: 81
have often wondered why so small a
number Of young ladies' and women
join ladies' societies. and now l have
found out-some Of them are fools
and others prostitutes"
And this is the character OF the Ro-
man Catholic priesthood.
This Is the character OF the organl-
zation which has set out 10 capture
America and make ner Catholic.
This Is the spirit OF the Inqulsition
brought down TO date, and shows con-
clusively that to fight Rome is to
stake your life. your business and your
reputation on the fight.
Editor Padro should have the sup
port and sympathy OF every liberty
loving Protestant In St Louis, and
the Guardians Of Liberty and the
Sons Of Light should see that his per
secution is brought to a definite and
speedy end.