Times Independent | 1923-04-05 | Page 2 | Shows Clemeny to Church Hold

show shows alemany to church hold moscow the death lenience sentence recently imposed on Archi bishop zep burch link ink head of the he catholic church in russia was ai commented friday to ten ton years imprisonment under strict isolation the appeal of generso for clem ency was wa denied the central exe tie autive committee which met to con elder alder reque re queete sits for initiation mitigation of the sentence ent encee said in ile its decision iloa hat that both prelates pre latee were deserting dei erTing of the penalty pe ity imposed by the macow court bat but that commutation wai was ordered orde reil in the cue case of the tile archi bishop become because a certain element of the catholic citizens la russia might exploit the ien sen tence as e being directed against the priest priests and their religion