The menace., 1913-12-13
Priests Are Squirming
Under the Searchlight

OhhNA NAAN O~SAA NAAAA OAN
The criticism concerning oellbaey
and its effect upon the priesthood is
beginning 20 scare the bachelor
preachers. One Father oilorn. OF
Corning. n v. has been explaining
srme Of the things OF doubtful utility
20 common folks. which are practiced
by the CLERGY OF Rome After squirm.
ing and turning IN his evasions Of the
law Of God and deceney. he made this
statement: If the charges made
against the Catholic clergy by bigoted
non.believers we're true. how Ions
would Il be possible for priests 10
hoodwlnk the intelligent membership
OF the great church,"
This is an intimation that the veil OF
secrecy is being lifted by The Men.
ace, and the reading public Is becom'
ing aware OF the true situation. as
when men and women are placed In
compromising position-such as men
confessors 20 nuns behind walls and
locked doors. Father O'Hern know
Just rs well as the man OF average In
telligenco that a man cannot walk
inside a powder house with n torch
without danger OF explosion. This
proseyltlng priest deceives no one but
himself when he says the celihate
priesthood Is without scandal. lie
knows. and you know, who are read
Ing this article that a man and woman
living I'm a house alone Is unlawful
and subjects them TO arrest upon sus
nicion. Yet these priests live In sep
arato houses with n female house
keeper and pretend. because he Is q
priest, and she devotee Of IN,
church there can be no possible harm
or suspicion. There are and the whol,
history OF celbates confirms th'
worst suspicious.
Let me remind this priest that IN,
napal church has laws respecung 90
ductlon by means, Of tho confessiona
I Legislation which was. OF course
demanded by the existence Of tn
very crimes therein prohibited. Arch
! bishop Kenrick, while a bishop II
I philadelphia, published work Il
! Latin on Moral Philosophy and I
was made textbook In Roman Cath
Ollie semlnaries. In Nenrlcks worh
"Papal Conspiracy Exposed" he says
"we scarcely dare TO speak cor
eerning that atroeious crime In whieI
the office Of hearing confession Is pei
verted TO the ruin Of souls by lmplou
r,en under the influence Of their lusti
Would that VIC could regard u a
solely a conception Of the mind and a
something invented by the enemis
Of the faith for the purpose Of slaI
deri But II Is net fit that we shoul
be ignorant Of the dserees which N
pontlffs have issued 70 defend the s.
credpess OF this sacrament"
The same bishop specifics ninetee
different ways OF seducing wOIpe
I'm connection with the practice {
confession. Kenrick was for twely
years the head OF the Roman Cathol
church IN the United States, after !
admitted the existence of sue
=
crimes and published the papal legi
Iation in respect 70 them. Why ha,
laws against something that does n,
exist?
Readers OF The Menace will reca
, the Riviera case In New York and u
priests transference to Porto Ric
! Was he deposed? No. indeed; he vi
given a new pasture TO work his Ia
} } in, his bishop and the church by n
/ act becoming a party 70 the crime.
4 Well. does this priest Of Cornil
fear the exposure and resentme
that are sure 10 come upon the prize
!. hood when the people find out Z
/. truth OF the matter? The bachel
Q priests and the confessionals "
liow up the church as long as hum
e nature remains as II Is. Lot'a few mo
! Rivieras and John Schmidts COZ
, 70 light, and the people will be &C
i, WINGED that at the bottom the systC
n OF popery is rotten; and II the maiorl
. OF popes have been degraded wretchl
what must the ordinary priesthood b
,. The papacy is doomed. It carr
a in It's own body the seeds OF dea
II Is the Mother OF Harlots.