The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-21

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charged against another Catholic priest
The details ~ this court ease were gwen
in the Uuiouiowu lra.l krsriHg GsHius
for September 18th. The plaintiff was
pretty little gIl by the name " Mary
Zb1ya. The defendant was Father
stephen Uirirh of Couuellyilic. Accord
ug 60 the unioutowu paper, "Thc girl
appeared ~ the prosccutrix against Rev.
ercnd Dlrigh, charging him with assault
and battery with the intent 30 rayish. ''
The Jury before which this ca-e was
tried promptly convicted the priest.
As both these priests are listed in
the official Catholic directory as
catholic priests in the United states.
The bishop will hardly charge these
oiIcnSes as due to the lack Of moral
training IN our public RoH-SecidrIan
schools.
A. a matter Of fact. these and SIM
liar oiTcnScs that are So painfully
in evidence today, are not new in
the story Of the Roman church.
History shows that they have been
in evidence at every stage Of her
progress and at times, as during the
Renaissance gross immortality dark
IN stained the lireS Of certain popcs
Of Rome, emphasizing the tuHda-
mental WedlncSS Of religious
training that eNalts dogmatic theol-
ogy at the expense Of appeals 10 ihc
reason aud me conscience, 10 N,
spiritual Gfr. Intelligence and iadg,
nation Of The iRdiridudl in such d
way as 10 develop sound morality
and robust character.
Condemnation of Free Schools
Though the hierarchy Is very
active IN irving 10 man these very
public schools which she dcnouncc,
rih Roman Catholics. and though
Protcstants are continually asked
TO place subjects Of the pope in
commanding places In our schoo
system, Rome is waging a ccaSeless
determined and deadly warfare or
this mighty melting pot Of modern
democracy. All the efforts Of th,
hierarchy and the socicty-pcrmeat
ing influences Of the Jcsuits ar,
aimed either at ROMANIZING OI
DESTROYING OUR FREE
SCHOOLS which bv teaching th,
young 10 read both sides Of all grea
questions and 10 think for them
. selves, necessarily wcakens the holt
Of the monarchial. autocratical hier
archy over the rising generation.
. As We write this article ther,
comes to our dcsl; copy of tn
, Couricr-Ncws Of Fargo, North Da
hota, which contains an account O
/ the effort to close the public schoo
IN certain community 50 rs {,
compel all the children 10 attend
Conrcni school. a school where Oh,
minds Of the children will be poi
soued against the public schools
which. as has been pointed out, ar
the mighticst bulwark of our fire.
democracy, and the institution
against which Rome is waging
deadly warfare. SAYS the Dali
I CCurisr-NeWS in It's edition o
/ October 4th, 1916:
Judge Chas. A. Pollock in distric
court yesterday morning issued a mar
damus oIder requiring Fred Brunctt,
president VI ths rural school distriC
southwest Of Wild Rice, 20 show caus
why he should not turn over the distric
school to the other members Of the boar
50 that IL can be removed 20 a Cathuli
convent about two miles distant
"Here We have q concrete illus
/ tration Of what Rome is striving /
40 even in this early stage Of he
campaign 10 make America dom
nantly Roman Catholic" In spit
OF such illustrations as the abov
and numerous others that might b
cited, there are Roman Catholic
who doubtless subscribe to the Jesui
maxim that "The end jusufies tn
means"
I True, there are Roman Catholic
who doubtless subscribe 10 the Jesu
maxim that "The end justifies IN
means" who deny that Rome is wal
ring on the public schools, an
there are pro-papal pretended Pro
estants so physiological by III
Jesuits that they are found parrot