CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1633, 13 March 1884, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE REV FATHER TREACY AND THE LATE MR MoDONNEIYL. To the Editor. Sir,—ln your issue of Tuesday last you report that, according to hearsay, the Bev Father Treacey refused.to bury the lato Mr MoDonnell becauae deceased had negleoted his religious duties, and that the rev jjentloinan's conduct had been unfavorably commented upon in this neighborhood. No, doubt, Bir, to those unacquainted with the dogmas of oatliolioiam, the rev father's action would appear_ somewhat strange, but to true Catholics and thosu conversant with tho faith, there was nothing »t all out of the ,common in the refusal of Father Treacey to read tho burial service on Monday last, Iccordlng to theartioles of the Catholic ftith, if members of the ohurcli absent t emselves from their religious duties for ajperiod of 'twelve months they are no linger Catholics, except by name. This, lunderstand, was tlie case with deceased -jheuco Father TimceyY refusal. It njist bo patent : to all right-thinking pjrsons that it the rov father's presence ws so lieceflsary, there was ample time tqsend for him before the fatal turn took phco j had this been done, : the present ujpleasant state, of thingsl would have ban obviated. Trusting that the rev fajher will be exonerated from all blame in this matter—soeing'that liowai power' las to aotj acoordtog to the doctrines of tie church, and being a stranger amongst ulaud unacquainted witbthe district and pjople,—l am, etc,, !ti Cathohc,