ALLEGED 0F NATIONALIST PRIESTS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 242, 18 February 1888, Page 4 (Supplement)

ALLEGED 0F NATIONALIST PRIESTS.

Lowdojt, January fir. ■ The "Pall Mall Gateite " bn« " recently : Alleged that Monaignor Per?ico', the Popety lftß*t« U Ireland Vm enfftfged in ft. ConwrvatiV* intrt^j©,- and tnat . prewar© ww 'being broiligiit^ be*r on the Nationalist prießte. 1 It prints' to-day a letter written by the' Vicar-Geiiebl' of an Irish Catholic Bishop-' to. the priests in Jiia dtbcetd, 1 exactly; in accord with the vtatement made' aboVe, ' It' is marked ".strictly' private]'' ' and says "Dear Father— The Bishop has directed me to communicate With you confidentially on the following - matter. ' "His Excellency, Mgr. ■ Persico - has' 'learned that it ia in contemplation to Have you prosecuted under the Coercion* Apt. This event would cause the 'deepest pain to the Bishop, <' and he has { abcbrdijigly asked me to request^ that you act ivitH trie utmost caution and moderation' ;l atj' the, 1 present juncture', and abbVe all, not^'say' or do anything- that might possibly bring' you within reach of the new statute,' now' I made a law. Compliance with fchefee/sjig l ' igestionswill be a proper 1 abd^Agqturinavlc 1 lof respect and deference t'6 7 the v> Bisfibfir r at v - I whose request I write now* " M f"'' •'«•■*-*'•' Here we Baye a ' clear' B case «"6f "Episcopal pressure beine brought to bea^ o& a Catho-' l.lio priest. This screw is f>ut in moiibii'oh 1 iinformation ' supplied* ; by s 'l^lgr; *'„ I'Per-d jsiQo,s who 'obviSusly could "dalf hiiVe db-'i jtained it from.jjho s Castle., ' THe \cl<SrW,k f re J |thuB;. practically, ordered'^ not themselves. rlwlfch 'th% polltfcuf sibtionuof ?the Jooks-fwlieiievfer *that ! Hr\s[ 'counter v torther'Coerciou"Act or^'the' pro-* clamationa of tho Caetle, .