Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-14
PRIEST DEFIES ORDER
ON A. o. III. EXPOSURE


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affairs in this diocese that jeopardizes the
saiVaton OK thousands of souls"
IN connection with the Cronln murder
rather MoDermott wrote;
A. O. III Who t9Tmer T'1,, national president Of the
der His Eu Ps9.sea wss 80 and s Tn tbs mT
ssnoo 'pat ia one faction of Irish patriots raised
the isea hns guilty knoSiedSe Sfs9sS Of e'Gbs the
When hi, Mr., M, Cr1oss9 1sl9 bhrased Il. -.
~ poae aPesiladelphia they were ready to tear him to
hs COURAGE and threats saved b tTS tss50ri the tss
toId sT,.t m deserved, as a party who was present
The Rev. Francis J. McGovern. rector Of
81 Fatrick's Church, Pottsvile where mass
VIII De said for the Ancient order of Hi
peInlans' s Is criticized by Father McDermott
.or LOT changing his opinion Of that organiza-
says:
hsmently declared he would not sins rsSu,sm
attend The n 50 reRos eR M o. s H Sog91 SyT9g 6 to
sy to aa37 oF ss stssT o. oSS S
'oree MIN to recognize the order.
"oFFENsE TO CATHOLICS
Father McDermott adds Few priests
realize more fully than he. what a scandal
an a. o. II. mass would give to God-fear-
ing Catholics. and what offense II would
be to the non-Catholc population Of the coal
region"
Father McDermott says;
This mass Is not desired as a propitiatlon for
the uncoverantrd mercca that have restrained
Sdvsr,ssasnt WitS H' viii af form y eR,Hgsq sroRssP
inducemcnt to unsuspectns Catholics to Join the
the altar
Speaking of the court of honor that will
be erected In Pottsvllle for the A. o. H.,
Father McDermott says:
y loom Ia 10 npn lat NhaN Tp,Ns
Vile is the place the AZ 4. g. f. sioG should fHa stdioTsiy
evil deeds
RECALL McLAUGHL1N's GIFT
Father McDermott also wrote to the
Archbishop:
$4,000 from Joseph McLaughlin. national prtsl-
dows and that you showed your appreciation
homo. honor by, putting them In the sanctuary Of the
and s % as The
sent sent in exygSanse, for them leave no doubt
ana that ,tGe order enjoys your cordial Sp,
orsr9 99 cshS Cat eSad sss ss.2 and
fully reject A. O. H. opportunities to Join by
Ry o no for TsnE 3 SH
when their ,.archhlshop blesscs the A.. o, II.
against It's wes V" to nvese them into "R the ordeT de
when they find that their teachers have been
RroSFh It's Ffs tG and paFos
schools when they find that commencement day
Is the date fixed for their initiation?
After telling the Archbishop that his
blessing of the A. o. II. was "a blunder. n
crime, or both" Father McDermott added
You owe IT to yourself and to religion to
return their gifts and recall your blessings IL
the A. o. A. have put false construction
your action.
MUST GRIN AT PRAISE
And no added:
In tho present instance neither your sim
plcity nor incxperience. nor ignorance Of A.
Q. H, methods. prevented you from suspectlng
you gifts and CONGRATULATIONS
You know well what would be meted out to
you II you had withheld your blessings; you
must when Its official organ halls you as the
the interests OF religion IN the diocese"
Father McDermott wrote the Archbishop
that the latter called the A. o. II. "a bad
lot" at his home In Allentown In Septem-
ber, 1870 and added:
You would not incur the hatred of "a bad lot"
nor tho loss of popularity, nor of revenue by OPP
posing tho a: o. II. Valiant soldier. you would
tight only. when the general shielded you from
would fight only from behind the Bishop's back,
you meant that you would not fight at all.
In the final paragraphs of his letter TO
the Archbishop Father McDermott speaks
of the Ladies' A. o. H. Auxiliary. He
said:
We are. told that, young people must have
amusement. Very true, but not amusement
and a prudent. TesSr%e which form the, bright.
est ornament of our Irish girls. II must not be
pn amusement which is dangerous. II not ruin
Gus, to souls.