PRIEST'S LIBEL CASE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 7 June 1911, Page 5

PRIEST'S LIBEL CASE.

—^ — I SECRETS OF CONFESSIONAL. By Tclciraph-Prcss Afsociation-CopyricM (Rec. June G, 10.50 p.m.) Romo, Juno C. A criminal tribunal has sciituiml lite ex-priest Verriesi, now a Methodist, to tor. months , imprisonment, besides inflicting a fine for a libel alleging dial Fattier Bricirelli, S.J., compelled him t'o violate the secrets of the Confessional and'reveal to Ihe i'one the names of certain .Modernists. A CLERICAL SCANDAL. The Koine correspondent of the "Tablet" wrote in n recent dispatch:—"A young priest named Verdesi has left tho Church and joined the llct'hodists, and in justification of his conduct alleges that over two years ago he was obliged by his confessor to reveal the names of five. Jlodernist priests with whom he was in the habit of associating, lie goes even farther, for he declares that before ho gave any permission his confessor made known the contents of his confession to the Holy Father, who insisted that tho names should bo made known by tho penitent and that the latter should observe secrecy under oath concerning tho fact of tho revelation. Naturally, not tho slightest evidence of any kind has been brought forward in support of these amazing allegations, and the confessor, l-atlicr ancarelli, S.J., not only flatly domes them but declares that he will bring legal action again=t Verdesi for slander, and that the latter knows better than anybody that there is no foundation for his allegations." •