The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-03

faces for radical groups disseminat- ing communistic propaganda and raising funds for the communist fac- tion in Spain.
 In many places throughout the United States where the true hiS- tory of OFlanagan and the true background of these outfits have been revealed, local persons have asked to have their names with drawn from the local sponsoring committee. In Baltimore recently a Jewish rabbi who gave his name to the committee responsible fer bring ing O'Flanaga11 to that city insisted that the speaker be presented as priest who had been suspended.
 The following statement was is sued jointly by diocesan committee in Scranton and a Knights of Co., lumbus committee, Tt is hard. to understand why a group of men banded together to protect the Christian ard brotherly interests of 8 community should sponsor on public platform lecture that is &C., cepted as an insult to the Catholics of the community"
 The Scranton Times also published the cablegram the wordage of which is as follows, "All diocesan faculties withdrawn from Father O'F..anagan April 1925 by Bishop of Elphin. These faculties never since restored to him by bishop." Signed bishop of Elphin. This cablegram was sent from Elphin, Ire;and as recently as May g., 1887.
 The headline which appeared in Scranton following OFlanagan's ap- pearance there was as follows. Irish Priest Plays Catholic Church"
 In order that you might he famil- far with the type of lecture given by Father O'Flanagan, I am enclosing 9 copy of the editorial from the Catholic paper, '"The Wanderer," St. Paul, Minnesota, May l3, 1897. which gives number of quotations from OFlanagan'S speeches. It is cer- tainiy fine commentary on Chris tianity when Protestant ministers would act as sponsors for a lecture of that type.
 I realize, of course,- that t is diff f1cult to prevent the appearance of Father OFlanagan but a real ser- vice could be rendered by exposing him and his sponsoring committee for what they really are.
 Other statements which O'Flana- gan has made in lectures around the country are as follows:
 "The church in Spain has never come out of the middle ages
 T come before you as a suspend ed priest but hope that it will not stop you from listening to ne"
 T am an Irishman with consider able respect for the Orangenen. If the church would keep out of poli- tics in Ireland, there would be no trouble between the north and south" .5
 ''MusSolini has lot of influence in the College of Cardinals and it is not too much to suspect that, if there was friction between. the pope and Mussolinib some of the cardinals would be inclined to take the side of Mussolini" F Referring to his suspension, O,Flan- agan stated, If bishops could go wrong three or four hundred years ago. why on Gods earth must we believe today that the bishop of FL phin in Ireland is infaliible and that Protestants and Jews must stay away from me because I have been suspended"
 General France has. to splash q. lot of holy water around"
 'The influence of the Catholic church in Ireland has been consist ently on the side of the English"
 "As soon as priest starts to work for the poor. some wealthy man gets the ear of the bishop and the priest is shifted from parish to parish, put into disgrace and then susrended.H r
 The technique that will be fol-. lowed will be for OTlanaGan to de-,