CATHOLICS AND DIVORCE
The Legal And fhe Church Viewpoint* (Beceived 18, 12.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 17. A barrister commehting. on Fathe1* Murphy's statement that Catholic lawyers should xefuse Divorce Court casea, declaresi "It is definitelj- appreciated by th'ose conversant with canon law (hat Cathoiio lawyers can defend or aet for a petitioner with lawful cause in the Divorce Cour'ts of this or any other country where divorce is legal divorce only. . " In ihe Catholic mind there is no possibility of dissolution of the marriage bond being effocted as against the Churgh by. legal divorce proceedings. Tfie Church views a divorce decree as effecting separation only. Catholic lawyers, by appearing in such proceedings, are certainly not acting contrarv to canon law."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5
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