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Show PREACHER'S TRIAL STRICTLY SECRET LAWTON, Okla., July 27 The Rev. i Thomas J. Irwin's defense in his trial here before a Presbyterian church commission on ecclesiastical charges progressed behind closed doors Wed-ai Wed-ai i da j with the seal of secrecy unbroken. un-broken. All parties to the trial maintained I that the action was a matter concerning concern-ing the church only and refused further fur-ther comment. It was definitely learned, however, that Mr. Irwin, former pastor of the (First Presbyterian church of Lawton, lis being prosecuted on three charges. First, that he unlawfully disciplined members of his congregation; second, that he committed perjury to obtain a district court injunction restraining interference with his conduct of the Lawton pulpit, and third, that he brought disrepute upon the Presbyterian Presbyter-ian church as a whole by performing a bathing-suit marriage ceremony. The trial session will continue today. |