The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-01-31

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and dchluchcd the womanhoOd OF
the nation Of France, then turned 70
Spain which he proved from statis-
tics had suffered in the same way,
and continued by asserting that
other nations where Rome has held
sway have suffered the same way.
He read the statement frum Chini-
GUY that the confessional had ruined
more women than the red.hght dis
tricts Of the cities; more than lOO,-
600 priests are daily whispering
lewd things into the ears Of women
and girls, and the results are that
great many are caused 10 fall.
lie then took up the course Italy
had 10 pursue TO check the debauch-
Cry OF the priests. That nation
passed stringent laws governing the
conduct Of the priests and by exam
nation sought TO ascertain the ap-
proNimaic number OF bad priests
~ the country, reading from a let
Ter by a woman who was IN high
church circles ia which she asserted
that there are no pure priests. He
touched upon the relations Of the
priest and the nuns. aud BY the tcs-
timony Of EN-Pricst VIM Hogan
showed that in his priesthood Of 81
years he had found the conditions
almost beyond expression. His ar
nignmcnt along this line was ter
rifle.
THE PRIESTS REJoINDEg.
This speech of the priest was not
worth the space II would take TO
present it. He failed during the
entire hour to get into speaking dis
iance Of the question under discus
sion. He resented the statement OF
the press that il is a PROTESTANT
Catholic" debate, and tried TO show
that there is really but littlo differ
cnce between Catholics and Prot
cstunts. This difference he said is:
"Protcstants believe in the indiyid-
ual Interpretation Of the Scriptures,
while the Catholics believe tho
Scriptures should be read and
studied only under the authority Of
the priest and Catholic laws" Here
he said that the debate was
"a MENACE-CATH0LIC De
BATE" asserting that THE MEN
ace had sent Spurgeon here and
was furnishing the means TO con-
duct what he called a "cat fight,
between him and Spurgeon. He
spent about twenty minutes har-
arguing Spurgeon, but finally pro-
duced a small pamphlet said to be a
Icfutation Of the Liguori transla-
tons read by Mr.. Spurgeon the
night before. He asserted that TIM
questions read by Mr.. Spurgeon did
lot occur on the pages in Liquors.
works which the book from which
Spurgeon read claimed they do, but
killed his argument by admitting
/ that LiguorPs works had passed
| through many editions and that nc
two Of these editions were PACED
alike. He claimed again that the
questions were only school questions
asked Of the young priest while in
school. He referred to local condi
tions and asserted that if the Rom,
ish system were as Spurgeon had
said the conditions in Morriltor
and this county would be as bad a
anywhere else.
Boniface gave an outline of Ehat
he claimed we're the questions the
priest may put to the penitent. The
outline, in brief, was: /. ''Hav,
you concealed any sinsp 2.
''Have you blasphemed?" 8. "Hav,
you missed holy massT" 4. "HaT,
you been disobedient?" 5. "Hav,
you committed any shameful act
such as uttering bad words; har
boring secret and wicked thoughts
suggested wicked things 10 others
do girls love the boys; and have yor
bad thoughts as to the male sex,
etc? He said more ex-priest,
would testify for the church thar
against it, but turned about and as
serted that ell ex-priests werI
ready to condemn the church
because they "all have an az Il
grind" He produced an affidavit
from Ex-Priest Jas. Brady, of Mo
berly, Mo-, in which this man saiC
the priests are pure; the convent,
are also pure; the inmates Of con
vents are not restrained the confes
sional is good for all men; priests