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Show ri.iL.yp i iuUut. A cabp nw In progrrse In the law courts of HroGklyo, N. V,, Is exciting more than usual Interest. The Hcv. Francis Dent, au ex memter of the Franciscan orler ot riot of the llomau church, has sued Hlshop Ityan ol Ilutnlo for lliM,t"lO for alau Jer. Mr. Deut waa ixprlh-d from tbe order by mandate of Hlshop Ityan, an I according to the former tbe cxtulstou by reaaon of lettera written by tbe blabop Involved In-volved excommunication. On thla iilugrs the suit for damages l.xcotn-munlcatlon l.xcotn-munlcatlon In the llomau church raeanacomrleteandabaolutonatraclim. So memter of tho faith la supposed lo sit, stand, talk, or eat tu the com) any of an excommunicated crion. And should the latter outer a church edifice whlloservlco Is being tarried on, the I lies! should Immediately ceaee, blow out the altar lights, dlarala the congregation, con-gregation, at d leave tbe plac hlmtelf, on th ground (bat a polluiej per, and one doomed to etcrlasllug Infamy waa prraent. Hut before tbla eeutence la pro-nounceJ, pro-nounceJ, it full and complete trial must be had before au iccle.lastlcal court. In this caae Mr. Deut claims tbat lie did not have Ibis trlal.and that Hlshop Ityan by hla arbitrary conduct violated the lawa of bla own ihurch aud damaged dam-aged the reputation of the plalntlll" to the extent ot fl(K1,0OO. The reason that aomuch Intereat la awakemd by thla case Is the fact that tho United Htates law court Is called on toironounce Judgment on tho proceduro of Itoman irelatealu administering tbu itatutc of their own organization. It appears that Dent, while In tbo Ituiralo diocese, preferred chargia against some members of the aacular priesthood. It waa expeclel that the chargea wool I lo Investigated before the ecclesiastical court of tbe diocese, but It waa net. The Hlshop and hie counielors claim that thuy Inveallgatcd Hie charges and found nothlugla thtui to warrant iho couvbulng of n court. Dent waa oipellcJ and, aa ho claims, excommunicated, lllshop Corrlgan and MoDirinell have teen examined, aud a good dial of Information cl.. tallied eelo church illaolllni. Dent la conducting hla own case, assisted by au attorney named Delauy. Thla caae Is one of ah nit five yeara standing, ant has already tcin up be fore the aulhorltlea at Home, Hal) Dent wnsihariiid with ruluiug several wi men, but be claims that Injustice was done him eveu at Home, |