Show AECHBISHOPKENEICK He Once Sent His Resignation to Rome Ryan Prevented its Acceptance The Roman L Anthortlea Reversed 8 Decision of His SIlencing a Priest Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch ST Louis Dec 3It was learned today that the divergence of views on the subject of I infallibility is not the only serious disagreement disagree-ment Archbishop Kenrick has had with tho Pope The facts concern also Archbishop Ryan and are both sensational and dramatic Few people in the United States know that Archbishop Kenrick ONCE SENT HIS RESIGNATION TO ROME XJie fact was positively ascertained by your correspondent while investigating some of the utterances of Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia Philadel-phia In the course of his panegyric Archbishop Arch-bishop Ryan said That during the fifty years of Archbishop Kenricks service only one scandal scan-dal had arisen in his diocese to trouble him but that had been serious enough to tempt the archbishop to give up his office and the speaker had been the instrument by which he was prevented from carrying out his intention of resigning his archbishopric This is the story as learned from a source that makes i a notable chapter in tho history of the Catholic church in America Father Andrew Gleason pastor of the Church of the Holy Name was charged with immorality eight years ago A woman accused him of being the father of her babe and the talk became bo loud that he was forced to take some notice of it He did this by bringing suit for slander against her The suit was decided in her favor and Archbishop Kenrick who had watched the whole affair with much grief concluded that THE PRIEST WAS GUILTY and silenced himthat Is forbade him to ner form the offices of the church The priest was belligerent and had friends who helped him to carry the case to Rome on an appeal The archbishop did not present his reason to the Vatican and Father Gleasons friends by some means pursuaded his judges there that the charges had not been proven Archbishop Kenrloks ruling was reversed and the priest got permission to assume his robes again The decision hurt the archbishop dreadfully and when he received the news from Rome he declared de-clared that Father Gleason should never ap pear before the altar In his diocese As the only possible way for him to sustain his dignity and obey his conscience he wrote his resigna tion and dispatched i to Rome Archbishop Ryan was then tho coadjutor of Kenrick and when the resignation was sent he was several days in advance of it on his way to Rome where he was to represent Arch bishop Kenrick at a council of bishops A telegram informed him that the resignation had been sent and he determined to prevent its acceptance Hastening to Rome he saw the Pope and told him how valuable tho archbishop was to the church and how necessary it was to retain him I occupy a very strong position you see Arch bishop Ryan said today THEY COULD NOT SUSPECT MY MOTIVES for i the archbishops resignation was accepted I should be archbishop However that might have been his arguments seemed to carry conviction with them and when Archbishop Kenricks resignation arrived ar-rived itwas not accepted I was found that Father Gleason belonged to an order and did not properly come under the archbishops jur isdiction and he was sent away from St Louis while Archbishop Kenrick remained at tho head Of the church here Hal Archbishop Ryan allowed matters to take their course without interferring as he might very properly have done had he not been of so great a mind or had the resignation reached Rome sooner than it did there would have been no jubilee |