The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-12-27

He lH,i 70 me rum OF gifihood and won
anhood.
Prominent priests openly visited house
OF iufamy; others iust - openly ksp
totsircsses, either In their own houses o.
within easy call; othcrs assailed girl
and robbed them Of virtue BY brute force
Liquor was sold In the basement ol
ehurrhcs. inlllgyuccs, and purgaturis
1Ss'l1 Y,liirl. brg poHl,rv W o'hs
nnrkct produce, and every rrrti matir.
engine or hguury of priestcraft pul
shamefully 10 use 10 multiply pricstl,
wealth and incite pricstly lust a. well a
( priestly greed.
From this frightful condition Mr.
OroNley, NJ a matter of cUuuse, rryolted
lie did more; his manful courage an
true Catholicity of spirit called Tor cucr
| Ertic protest. For Catholic priest "a
take siroug public ground against an
archhishop's administration, hnd against
the conduct Of priests with strong ccclcs
iasiical, political. and financial stand
ing, l., indeed very hazardous
ATTACKS DtNoRALITT OF PRIESTHOOD.
lie incurs the deadly eumity Of hi,
church supcrior, whose POWER Is, In the
Roman system practically unlimited :
from the sympathy Of fellow priests BE-
cuts himself OF finally and effectually ;
he inNokcs the dislike Of the Catholic
laity, who, egged on by their pastors, dc.
nouneo him a. sorehead and disturher.
More than twenty prominent priests
joined hun, in 1900, in the fght (Sce
- 'Romanism-A Menace to the Nation, -
page 53.), 10 prevent an immoral priest
from being made auxiliary bishop OF the
great Catholic archdiocese Of Chicago, one
OF the foremost Catholic Jurisdictions in
the world, in point Of wealth, numbers
and general standing, institutionally and
geographically.
PUTS II UP TO HIERARCHY.
Upon Mr.. Crowley alone out Of all
the protesting priests Of the archdiocese
Of Chicago, fell the fun fury Of the hier.
archy, always opposed TO exposure Of it's
cormptions.
The protesting priests, including Mr..
crowley a. open leader, drew up ter.
riiic impeachment of Archbishop Fee.
han = administration. This Impeachment.
IN four.page leaflets, over CroWley's sig.
nature, containing specific charges with
names, against eighteen Of the leading
members OF the hierarchy Of the archdio.
eese Of Chicago, was printed, published
and distributed 20 the Catholic people OF
Chicago as they were leaving their
churches on Sunday, July 81, 1901. tSee
. Romanism-A Menace 10 the Nation. -
page 81, 5S.) The Fechau .AluIdoon cor.
Tupt ecclesiastical coalition had muzzled
the press. But they had not reckoned
with the originality and initiative of
such a man as Crowley. Newspapers
might be muzzled against him, but print
ing presses he could, aud did, set in mo.
ton IN a manner unparalleled. The peo.
pie of Chicago, on Sunday, July s1, 1901.
saw the walls of their city, their churches.
paroehial school buildings, converts, hos.
pntqis, bishops and priests houses, pla-
carded with posters, calling Muldoon 3
proposed conservation a blasphemy:
The hlasphemy Of the twentieth cen.
tury will be hurled in the face Of God
Almighty and the Catholic people of the
archdiocese Of Chicago when Muldoon is
made bishop on next Thursday.
Read Father J. ]. Crowiey's letter
Of resignation and his exposure Of Arch
bishop Feehan and his demOralized
His fight for clean episcopate and
moral priesthood appealed so strongly.
even 90 Catholic prelates, that in the |
midst OF the battle Archbishop Katzer. |
of Milwaukee, thus endorsed him: al
nm convinced that Almighty God brought /
rather Crowley to America 70 save the /
-atholc church, and that the present 1
sandal IN ChicagO-the most terrible /
hat has ever occurred to bring 10 A
'llmaK the reign of rottenness, that II
night be unearthed, exposed and wiped |
,ut. " (Soo "Romanisni-A Menace to
he Nation" page 2l2.)
CROWLEY EX-CoMMUNICATED
IN HE INSCRIPTIONS gang of Chicago
clerics, supporting Auxiliary
- Bishop Muldoon, Joined heartily
In every effort Of their superiors
o destroy Mr.. Crowley utterly. Bet
lcither his courage nor his caution ever
eserted him. The Roman REPRESENTATIVES
oon found that in Crowley thew had no
rdinary man TO deal with. An alleged
ecree OF accommodation was hastily
nd invalidly issued by Cardinal Martin
lli, against him, in the hope that IL
Iould frghten Crowley into a cowardly
nbmlSsion an dthus save themselves and
he hierarchy Of Chicago from threatened
Kposure. This uncanonical, invalid and
legal decree was procured from Cardi.
al Martinelli by the Chicago hierarchy.
hrough bribery of the grossest kind
io,coO being paid for IT alone. !,
HARTINELLI BACKS DOWN.
This alleged decree was issued TO pre-
ent, if possible, the publication of the
istory Of the horrible ecclesiastical con. ,
itions prevailing in the archdiocese OF ,
hieago, which Mr.. Crowley had announe- ,
I in copies Of the brief in the afore. |
nd temporary injunction, which be had I
idressed 10 all the bishops Of America.
caring prosecution for criminal libel by ,
rowley, Cardinal Msrtineli, at the adj
zee Of the American hiresrchy. soon re I
1ked Internationally the alleged decree j
excommunication.
Archbishop Quigley, appointed to sue. I
ed Archbishop Feehan in Chicago, was I
on given opportunity 20 test Mr.. Crow. ;
Us mettle. Quigley commanded him I
sign a lying apology, Crowley re. {
lsed cstegOrieally and positively 10 Z