Show GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST CORRIGAN should they be proven or fall the be suits will bo be serious NEW ORLEAN St JD jan 7 A chicago special to the sun saya says F formal charges of the gravest character are pret prel erre erred d against most michael augustine corrigan corrin the koman roman Cat catholic holla archbishop of I 1 new eil e yorkey york by a brother prelate his ills grace of new york ork is accused by most llev john ireland archbishop of kt paul of having en engaged gated in unlawful conspiracy to weaken pr or ruin rum the effects of the popes decisions in respect to church matters in america and having had recourse to methods unbecoming A bishop designed to discredit and disgrace archbishop ire land id and mgr satolli these charges luay ly formulated are now on their way to rome me where they will be presented to the highest hest tribunal in tile catholic Catli olic church ircle that tribunal has power powel to pass on alie accusations and fix the tile punishment of the accused if sustained if archbishop corrigan ha ba found guilty u lit y as charged his ills fate as well as the tle future great province of new Now york over which he lie so long presided will become the object of eager surmise should hould the charges I 1 fail all the consequences can call scarcely be less serious to archbishop ireland nor will wit ithe the consequences c in either case be limited to the tile provinces ofner of new york and st paul the differences between archbishop ireland and archbishop corrigan is of long standing the partners of Ls h corrigan in the conspiracy I 1 are now alleged allege 09 to be priests of his immediate entourage notably father michael joseph lavelle rector of st patricks cathedral cathedra 1 who is especially named by archbishop ireland as a conspirator and pot possibly sibly father gerardo frante archbishop italian secretary it is said other priests are involved As regards archbishop corrigan rigan there is documentary evidence which will be produced against the distinguished prelate if it they are interpreted aright by archbishop corrigan accusers they drive the tile existence ot a con conspiracy piracy of which the archiepiscopal arch episcopal re residence d ence in 11 madison avenue i is the centre and which Is extended in numerous ramifications ficat ions throughout america into france and italy and even to joithe ithe shadow of st peters itself I 1 continuing the article artile le cays says that upon the arrival of I 1 mgr satolli it was for a time supposed that the differences between betwee li archbishops ireland and corrigan ended the friends of archbishop ireland felt elated then came the rumblings of or dissent from the corrigan faction anonymous letters with disagreeable insinuations regarding mgr satolli were published in tho the daily press s the storm of indignation reached r its t ro s climax iii nax when lyben father mcglynn was restored it was soon learned so says the article that archbishop corrigan sending anonymous letters to be pub published ish incho in chicago criticizing criticising critic ising archbishop ireland and his lits views the letters are dated philadel phia it will suffice to say that arch bishop philadelphia article artiel e speedily found a mag magnet net attracting to itself a considerable mass of other documentary and verbal evidence bearing upon lipon tho the same case in very much the a same me way tho the layman whom the archbishop b I 1 shop of new Tew york honored wit with h his ills confidence I 1 id nc was proved d not to be the only homan roman callio catholic alro cal citizen of chica chicago whom it was deemed desirable to enlist t in the tile anti ireland propaganda of this journal found found foun very little trouble in gaining the confidence of several persons who within two or three weeks past received more mo re or less direct proofs of archbishop jiustin ti net in his own persuasiveness and antipathy to the scholastic thought and practice winch which m was as supposed to bo be represented by archbishop ireland and mgr satolli the letters do not bear t the lie signature a of archbishop corrigan but t they he are si signed need by father michael joseph L lavelle a elle rector of st patricks cathedral of N new e york ork they ji appeal iff to various addresses to us use sac such influence as they have to secure the publication in the press both secular and religious of articles pro testing against the unfortunate influence obtained obtain edby by archbishop ireland atilomo at inome and against mgr Sat olits interference in american catholic affairs wl which ach is described as offensive and annoying at length the friends of the archbishop of st paul became convinced that archbishop bish 0 whose corrigan was the cen centre tre of a propaganda d whose purpose it was to discredit ian archbishop r ireland in in the estimation of ti the le roman oman catholics at holics of america and the vatican andt and to create such alarm mat at the vatican as may result in 11 the recall of mgr OS satolli atoll and the reversal of the popes popes expressed policy in respect to religious betous education in america |