Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-09-13
ROME IN CHICAGO, ne TEMERE PRACTICED.
What Pretestants Swallow When They Be-
came Catholics or Submit to Catholic Mariage
Py w. Ii, Miller in The Menace.

OtHSi dpoloS lS<S lo the NOI1dl
Catholic church, when confronted
with the Ne Temere decree Q
Plus x tell US Mat il is not prac
tlced in AmerIcs, and, indeed, i:
regarded as a dead letter by tn.
hieraichy he:e. This is false
for whenever possible they use i
as weapon TO beat their victim:
into line and keep them cowed by
fear and threats of what will
happen if they do not obey the
priests. The following sworn
statement furnishes indisputable
proof OF just low priests in Am.
erica use this Infamous weapon
agains, supposedly tree American
citizens.
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 18th 1914.
Ny name is Catherine Janluci,
I am Ell eighteen< years OF age, and
on May llth 1911, | was married
by Kew. John F. Thomas to Tam
beo Janluci, (who had previously
go under the name of Chas A.
Klppens. and | haye a certificate
to prove that Wa, lawfully mar
Tied on the above date.
At that time aud during my
entire life was a member of the
Baptist church and Janluci was
Catholic and at first refused to
marry him on account of his re
ligion but he most solemnIy and
sincerely promised that if would
marry him he would give up
Catholicism and join the Baptist
church and | not knowing any
thing derogatory to the Catholic
system at that time | was, by
false pretense, finally induced to
marry him upon his promise to
quit Catholicism and become a
baptist.
AS soon us we were married
he began to talk of what Il beau
tiful and glorious thing Catholic
ism was and he took me 20 his
church and his priest :.i,d scat
people to me to praise t.t;.' dc
ism, but remem beling his soie,4i, il
promise and hoping that he
would be true to his word |
steadily refused to allow th=ln
to inveigIe me into ther clutches
aud refused to have any thing to
do with Catholicism whatever,
conditions steadily got worse and
Janluci became insolent and
abusive and finally he grossly
1nistreated and beat me in d
shameful manner and called me
vile names and all because [
would not embrace Catholicism
and | was rendered insensible
and confined to my bed on ac
count OF this abuse and beating
and Was unable to sit up or even
raise my hand and while in this
helpless and pitiful condition
Futher Norris of the st. Moni-
cas- church Goth and Dearborn
Sts.. came to my house one after
noon and said to me, do yhO
know that you are not married
to Janluci and which is the cause
Of all your trouble, sickness, and
unllapiness, and il Janluci should
come to me tomorrow with d
Catholic woman and want me to
m,rry them [ would do so in
stantly as you are not his wife,
you are vile woman and living
in adultery and no better than d
filthy prostitute of the streets
and God has cursed you and you
can not have any children and
will be forever damned unless
you repent your mortal sin and
become a Catholic.
was too sick and feeble to
protest against this abuse Of the
priest and he left me in much
worse and far more helpless
than when he came into the
room.
(Signed) CATHERINE r. JANLUCl
Personally appeared before mt
M. Q: Bryon, u notary public in
and for Cook county, Illinois
Katherine Janluci who swears
that she signed the ab.'ve state
ment and that it was done of he,
own free will and that al tht
facts are true as stated.
(Signed) MARY c. BYRON,
Notary Public
Nntorial license expires Sept
IL. 1917.
Also personally appeared be
fore me NJ. g. Byron, notar,
public in and for Cook county
Illinois Louisa Beasley wh'
swears that she was presen
when Father Morris talked t.
Catherine Janluci and that tin
facts as above stated are tru
and | make this statement of m.
own free will.
(Signed) LOUISA c.. BEAsLEY
(Slgned) MARY c. BYRON,
Notary Public
Red blooded Americans, wha
do you think of that tragic stor,
showing the practical working
of the autocratic monarchial an
utterly un-American Roma
Catholic avefam in fhie f,.oa -,