A CURE’S WARNING
“NO WEDDING BELLS IF YOU DANCE.”
Tho Brittany authorities hove lately been dealing with another case of the antipathy of the Church to modern dancillThe cure of Briec-de-l’Odet (Finisterre) was prosecuted by a Monsieur and Mme. le Nir, proprietors of a restaurant and a dancing hall, who accused him of urging the young people of the town not to take part in the weekly dances held in their establishment. . The climax cams when the cure approached, in the sacristy’, a young couple about to- be married, and informed them that if they went to the restaurant and danced after the ceremony, they would have no “To Dfenm” and weeding bells. The matter was brought before h Justice of the Peace, who decided that the cure had- abted to tho prejudice of -h« restaurant proprietors.. l 115 was consequently ordered to pay 200 francs camaSThe cure then appealed to the Quimper Court,-where ho obtained u reversal of the judgment, on the ground that Ins remarks were made privately and in a religious capacity, and that consequently he was responsible only to his spiritual superiors.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 288, 31 August 1921, Page 2
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186A CURE’S WARNING Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 288, 31 August 1921, Page 2
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