The Irish standard., 1915-05-22
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imposed by the lower court Author Of
'The Martyr in Black" cher alleged
history.
Miraglia, Paul: Styles himself a
Bishop of "The Independent Italian
Church." delivers anti-Catholic lee
lures under auspices of Protestant cler
gy; an ex-priest of the diocese of Pia'
cenza, Italy; degraded from the priest
hood upon alleged grave charges, and
was obliged to leave the country to
escape Imprisonment. Made Bishop
by Vilatte. Heads conventicle in
New York, where only few weeks
ago he figured in the police courts for
sending out solicitors dressed as
priests to solicit money for an alleged
''home."
Parker, Billy: Last autumn there
appeared in the Middle West an anti.
Catholic lecturer by the name of Billy
Parker. The Central Bureau of the
Central Verein was asked repeatedly
for information on his history" In
spite of diligent inquiries the bureau
failed to get Zine on him." Lately,
however, it secured from reliable
source these facts: BILLY Parker
some two or three years ago came to
Oil City, Pa, where he had worked as
coal miner. He is said to be Scotch
and prior to his stay in Du Bots, Pa,
lived in Boston. During his stay in
Oil City he was leader of the local
Socialists. For an unknown reason he
is reported to have been expelled by
the Reds and to have been forbidden
to give lectures in Pennsylvania under
Socialist auspices" He then became
an anti-Catholic lecturer.
Reynolds, D. j.: National president
of the American Federation of Patrio-
tic Voters" Minneapolis, and his CO.
worker, C. w. Bibb. Anti-Catholic lee.
turers.
Scarboro: Protestant minister and
editor of The Liberator. When he is
not libeling Catholics his chief diver
sion consists in numbering the English
i language.
Sims, Walter: Protestant minister
and editor of The Christian, Bay City,
Mich. A virulent anti Catholic lectur-
er. who, in A. P. A. days, first espoused
the movement and afterwards exposed
it.
Slattery, Margaret: Wife of ex-
Priest Slattery; claims to be an ex-nun,
formerly of the Convent of the Poor
Clares, Cavan, Ireland; is as trustwor-
thy as her husband. The records of
the convent in which she says she was
SO grossly ill-treated, ETC., show that
no one of her name can be found to
have lived in the town where she says
she lived; on June 20, 1888, when she
Is supposed to have entered the con
vent, no one at all was admitted to it
The nuns mentioned by her-Mothe1
Joseph, Sister Justine, Sister Ursula
etc.. are all fictitious and not to be
found in the records of the convent
Her whole story is a poorly-woven
myth and people in England and Ire
land are we'll acquainted with this
fact. She mentions her cousin, Kath.
crime. who became Lady Morton, after
her marriage to Rev. Robert j. Nor.
ton. The Blue Book contains the name
of'no such baronet and the clergy list
contains no such name.
Slattery, Joseph: A Dublin priest
dismissed by Archbishop Walsh fol-
alleged drunkenness came to this coun
try and entered Collegiate seminary to
study for the Protestant ministry, from
which institution he was expelled; la
ter went to Philadelphia and was ex
PEELED from the Baptist church by the
Philadelphia Conference of that sect
Later on he was arrested in Boston fol
selling immoral and obscene literature
This record did not, however, prevent
the Detroit Baptists from taking him
In. He has since married a woman
whom he styles an ex-nun, and they
both lecture under the auspices OF
Protestant ministers and anti Catholic
societies. "The Menace" has con
ferred Electorate" on both slattery
and his wife.
Spurgeon, Otis L.: Baptist minister
Des Moines, Ia; founder and head OF
the Knights of Luther; editor of "The
National Voice." weekly A. P. A. or
gan; mobbed at Denver last year fol
libeling Catholic womanhood. The
most virulent of all the anti. Catholic
lecturers of today.
Seguin, Peter Alphonse, Stevens
Point, Wis: Silenced and excommu
nicated by Archbishop Langevin Of
Montreal, in 1871, for alleged miscon
duct and drunkenness. He came to
this country and induced Bishop Sci
denbush Of st. Cloud to give him an
other chance. Turned away by Bishol
seidenbush he became an "ex-priest.'
After his expulsion from the Church in
1880. he married Anna Mulholland
and then began a checkered career
posing as a reformer, a lecturer and 8