The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

and a Mrs. Clark. Mrs. Clark being
a divorced woman was, in the eyes of
Catholics in the Catholic church, in
eligible to contract marriage with a
member of the Catholic church. Mr..
E. A. O'Dwyer must have been cog
infant of the ineligibility of Mrs.
Clark, rather of Mr.. Martin, to con-
tract marriage with a divorce be.
cause of the fact that he processes to
be and is understood to be a member
of the Catholic church and therefore
as Catholic he must have realized
that in conscience he Wds violating
the lG1Vs of his church and acting IN
direct opposition to his teachings"
The priest speaks for all Catholics
(priests usually do) when he says,
"in the eyes of Catholics" Mrs. Clark
was ineligible to marriage?
"An Invalid Marriage"
The lawyer thtn asked: "What did
you say at that time of the effect
of this marriage and the officer of
the law who oficiated at that mar
riage" The priest replied:
at would be difficult for me tc
ascribe an effect to an invalid mar
riage. An effect results, as l under.
stand the term, from something real
and existent. IN the eyes of mg
church this tcas no MARRIAGE"
The priest very carefully avoids
making the positive assertion that he
said in his sermon that Mr.. and Mrs
Martin were living in legalized con.
cubinage or words to that effect but
after some sparring in which the law.
yer was trying to get him to admit
that he had said such a thing the
priest tactfully replied:
According to the laws and teach
ings of the Catholic church they arr
not and could not contract a valit
marriage"
Then, when asked if the Catholi,
church never recognizes a marriag
between a divorced person and g.;
Catholic the priest answered:
II wish to reply that the Cathoi
church prohibits, under pain of en-
communication from her fold, tn,
Catholic party attempting marriag,
with divorced party when the di
vorced party has been previousl.
validly married" [Validly is uset
in the sense that the ceremony wa
performed by a priest.
Enough has been quoted to shov
that Rome is enforcing, today, now
here in Missouri, the "show me" state
the Ne Temere decree of Plus TX.
God knows it is bad enough TO
Protestants to realize that fifteen pc
cent of the population is looking up
on the eighty-fve per cent as q gen
Grafton of adulterers and bastards, bu
even this might be overlooked, lit ha
been "religiously overlooked") if tn
priests would confne their activitie
to so-called legitimate limits. Bu
there is little use to expect the Re
man church to stop there.
First, Rome mast control her mem
bers. Then she must have officials, i
government service. Then she mus
control them and they must assist i
the control of the Roman laity an
help to put Professionalism under tn
yoke. That brings us to this prizes
and his deposition again.
For long time Protestants hav
labored under the impression that
man claims church membership h
, is apt to be better official. It ha
: been part of The MENAcE's missio
, to point out that when that member
: ship is with the Roman church tn
opposite is the rule.
We know Justice 0Dwyer elaine
T membership in Rome. Well he coul
: hardly be justice of the peace witt
out becoming endowed with authorit
to perform marriage ceremonies III
. der the requirements of law.
The priest, proceeding on tn
theory that the Justice was Catl
.