CATHOLICS AND POLITICS.
DR. CLEARY DENIES ALLEGATIONS. Auckland, Yesterday. ( At St, Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, Dr. Cleary replied to Canon James’ statement that the Labour Party in voting against the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill are obeying orders of their masters, the Roman Catholic Church. Ibis is the price of Roman Catholic support at the polls.” The Catholic Church and its heads here have neither the right nor power, nor desire" to interfere with the free exercise of Catholic voters’ perfect liberty to think arffl act as they please in political and civil matters. Grave attacks on God-given sacred rights would naturally tend to knit politically divided Catholics for rightful defence. But even when enemies sought to cripple or destroy religion in various countries the Church had not permitted to her representatives any alliance with political Parties.
In regal’d to the Canon’s allegation of a bargain or compact for Labour votes Dr. Cleary concluded :
“I sjieak with relevant documents and with intimate inside knowledge of our Church heads’ action in this Dominion and I declare that his statement is contrary to fact.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3813, 3 July 1928, Page 2
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182CATHOLICS AND POLITICS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3813, 3 July 1928, Page 2
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