Show RELIGIOUS intolerance IN BRAZIL NEWS 1 wa reached here from peru of is ft cue case of religious persecution which may lead to international complications between I 1 the united states and that country it appears that about two years ago a gentleman named francis Pen embraced the methodist episcopal religion in callao he became at once an enthusiastic disciple of the now new faith he was appointed agent for the american bible society he established a a church and in a short time gathered around him a respectable congregation of some persons his success aroused the enmity of the catholic priests and on july 25 1890 he be WAS arrested and imprisoned on the charge of holding services contrary to the he established religion of the country which is roman catholic but whether Pen zolti Is ie an american or a peruvian the reports do not clearly state on the 3rd ard luet he was released by the superior court of peru but the brutality and cruelty with which he was treated if accounts be true were something barbarous |