DONEGAL—An Officious Policeman
The provisions in the Catholic Emancipation Act precluding Catholic priests from appearing:" outside Catholic churches or private houses' in their vestments have not been wholly treated as a dead letter. Many >years ago (says the Freeman), the late- Right; Rev. Monsignor and 1 Dean McFadden, the revered.Dean of Raphoe andvparish priest of Donegal, who died last March;..full of years2and of honors, whena young clergyman in the parish of Glenties was summoned to Petty Sessions by an over-zealous-District Inspector for the offence of walking attired in his vestments from his church to.the school. The Monsignor treated thsummons with the contempt it deserved, the proceedings were stayed, and the District Inspector was qnickly transferred from Glenties to some other sphere of usefulness, and for the exercise of his devotion to the cause of law and order on which'all our happiness depends.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 35
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142DONEGAL—An Officious Policeman New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 35
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