THE COLONIAL CLERGY ACT.
The Colonial Clergy Act excites great irritation, and is the cause of much hardship to returned colonial slergy in Great Britain. Take the following, written to the Standard by a correspondent : — " Many people are not aware of the existence of the Colonial Clergy Act and its practical working. Take nay own case. Educated in England and ordained deacon in Durham diocese under Bishop Lightfoot, I was forced, by a breakdown in health, to work in the colonies for some years, where I was ordained priest. Determined feo work again at Home, I returned when I found that T came under this Act. If I preached for a friend, he was liable to a fine of £20, and I also liable to one of £10, unless I first obtained the permission of the Archbishop. I obtained this, after answering some not very civil questions, for two years, also the Bishop's license to a curacy for the same period. If I was offered a living in that period I could accept it. With all due repeefc to my native church, there are many clergy in the .colonial hurch, with only colonial orders (apparently a lower grade), who are better men thdn those holding similar offices at Home.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 41, 4 September 1900, Page 4
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209THE COLONIAL CLERGY ACT. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 41, 4 September 1900, Page 4
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