THE AMERICAN.
BONACUM'S HOLY WAR
Satolli and the Bishop of the
Lincoln, Neb., Diocese
Speak.
Thty Art Answered By the Faithful
Under Prieit Murphy at
Teoumseh.
The lonc-drawo-out controversy In
ti IJnnila (Neb.1 diocese between
Bishop IVuiaoura end Priests Murpby
and Fititrald has taken aootber turn
TheOnaba WorUl-lItrald says:
Tbe latest chapter In tbe church
trouble at Tocunmb, Neb., where Fa
ther Murphy hold tbe church and
Father Caraber baa services in tbe
OMra-houac. while tbe application for
an Injunction to prevent Father Mur
nfcv from ukW the church walta do
cUlon in the courts, It this:
Bishop HofsK, Lincoln, Neb.
, i December 7, 1895.-K. John C. Cara
her, Tecumseh Reverend and Dear
Sir: Vou will call tbe attention of the
faithful of your charge to the following
Jetter, which I have received from bli
eminence, tbe most reverend apoetol o
delegate:
"Apostouo Delegation, United
States or America, Washington,
December 3, 1805. lllght Itovereod
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of
November 27 I would y that ae I
have before written since the Revs.
Murphy and Fitzgerald have been con
demned In contumaciam, the right of
appeal hai been forfeited by them, and
they are obliged to obey implicitly the
sentence pronounced aealnst them. No
action which they may try to take can
tutpend the execution of that sentence,
I am glad to learn that the people of
Auburn have ibown themselves obedl'
ent to opUoopal authority and have re
ceived the pastor whom you have cent
te tbem; and I tlnoerely hope that the
faithful of Tooumsoh will follow tbelr
good example. With sentiment! of
highest esteem and fraternal charity,
I remain, most faithfully yours in
Christ,
Francis Archbishop Satolli,
Delegate Apostolus.
To Rt. Ksv. Thomas Bonacum, D. D., Bishop
of Lincoln."
You will not fall to point out to your
people that according to the above let
ter, the original of which is in the
English language, the Rev. Messrs.
Murphy and Fitzgerald cannot appeal
from the sentence of suspension and
removal pronounced on them the 2d
day of October last, and that when
they pretend to appeal to tbe sacred
congregation of propaganda, or to the
supreme pontiff, they merely resort to
a subterfuge in order to deceive tbe
people. As his eminence truly ob
serves, the execution of tbe said sen
tenoe cannot be suspended by such ar
tifice, and the only recourse open to
those unhappy priests, who have al
ready done so much harm to religion,
is to cease their opposition to the eccle
siastical authority.
It Is my wish that you again notify
the Catholics worshiping at Tecumseh
that I have suspended from the sacred
ministry and excommunloatod from the
church the aforementioned priests,
Murphy and Fitzgerald. This notice
having been duly brought to their at
tention, if any Catholics shall there
after knowingly and willfully hold
communion in things spiritual with
the said Murphy and Fitzgerald, such
Catholics are excommunicated from
the church while living and when dead
shall be deprived of Christian burial.
I reserve absolution from this censure
-to myself.
By holding communion in things
spiritual Is here meant assisting at any
a:tof divine worship, or listening to
any discourse on moral or ecclesiasti
cal subjects which these Insubordinate
priests may presume to hold in any
church edlfioe, publio or private build
ing, or receiving from their sacrilegi
ous hands any sacrament or sacra
mental which the aforesaid Murphy or
Fitzgerald may administer or attempt
to administer during the time of their
suspension and excommunication.
In order to facilitate the discharge
of your sacred duties in the trying cir
cumstances in which you find yourself,
permission is hereby granted you to
baptise, to assist at marriage ceremo
nies, and to hold funeral servloes in
any publio hall or private dwelling
which you may select for the purpose.
This permission is to be valid until
such time as by a decree of the civil
court we shall be again placed in pos
session of the church property which
is now being forcibly and unlawfully
withheld from us.
"The God of all peace after you have
suffered a little will himself perfect
you and confirm you and establish you."
I Peter, v., 10.
I am, reterend and dear sir, your
obedient servant in the Lord,
Thomas Bonaccm,
Bishop of Lincoln.
In answer to this ultimatum, Priest
Murphy's followers have sent out the
following preamble and resolutions:
Tecumseh, Neb., December 15. Fa
ther William Murphy's services at St.
Andrew's Catholic Church were as
usual attended by the major portion of
the members of the church to-day.
After regular services were concluded,
aa open meeting was held by the
church members and a set ef resolu
tionswhich were decidedly com pi I
mentary to Father Murphy and op
poeea so utsnop uonacum'e persecu
tions of that gentleman were adopted
and signed by those present. Father
Caraher's services at tbe opera-house
were again sparingly attealed.
In substance the resolutions are
follows:
WHEREAS, We, the undersigned
constituting a majority of the parish
loners of St Andrew's Roman Cathollo
Church of Tecumtrh, Neb., have as
sembled in open meeting to consider
the proper position to take In reference
to the controversy In progress in the
ecclesiastical and civil court between
Blshoo Bonacum and Father Murphy,
the Tecumseh priest; and
Whereas. We, as parishioners in
such church, view with alarm the serl
ous condition ana entanglement into
which we are being led, and by which
we are being brought Into publio scan
dal; and
Whereas, The attempt is contlnu
ally being made by the bishop to dis
solve the legally authorized corpora
tlon holding tbe title of our church
and vest said title In said bishop, and
that he may have control over the
same, thus enabling him to place any
Incumbrance on tbe property he may
see fit; and such efforts are against our
desires; and
Whereas, Bishop Bonacum Is at
tempting to remove Father Murphy
from this mission, and has pretended
to pronounce upon him sentence of sus
pension and excommunication, and In
stall in his plaoe another priest, con
trary to our desires; and
Whereas, Said bisbop has, in an
open letter to the state press, made
threats of excommunication from the
church while living and the deprlva
tlon of Christian burial to all Catho
lics who hold communion with Father
Murphy; therefore, be it
Jleiolvtd, That we do hereby unhesi
tatingly declare to be heartily in sym
pathy and accord with Father Murphy,
upon whom we have often called for
spiritual aid and consolation In the
time of trials, troubles and afflictions,
and, until he is removed in accordance
with the laws of the ohurch, be It fur
ther
Resolved, That we hereby make an
open declaration that as Catholics we
deny the right of any bishop to foist
upon us any person as priest through
mance, revenge or to gratiry a per
sonal pique, whim or caprice, and de-
Iver to him possession and place him
In control of our property, in which we
have the vested rights, without our
consent. Be it further
Resolved, That we declare no public
threats of excommunication or the tale
ing away of the sacred rights we enjoy
as Catholics will in any manner lntlml
date or Influence us to do any act in
the premises which we believe to be
against the principles of right and jus
tice. Be It further
Resolved, That It is the duty of the
church to investigate the scandalous
conditions already too long tolerated
in the diocese of Lincoln, and remove
them from the faithful and from the
state. Be it further
Resolved, That we call upon the Cath
olics of Lincoln to take action in thete
matters at once with all other Cath
olics throughout the state to move the
authorities in Dubuque, Washington
or Rome to immediately apply their
solicitude and authority to the condi
tions of the church in this diocese.
Ellsworth ond Bis Jow.
The lecture against the American
Protective Association, at the Coates
Opera-IIouse, Kansas City, on Sunday
last, by Mr. C. S. Ellsworth, formerly
of Haverhill, Mass., but now of Denver,
Col., was of no force whatever. No ar
gument was produced to substantiate
the charge that it was "a damnable
organization." His lecture consisted
chiefly of laughable stories, which had
no bearing whatever on the subject.
As he claims to be "very poor," some
one must put up for his expenses, as
the collection taken for that purpose at
the close of the lecture would not have
paid for but a very few meals, let alone
paying for a large opera-house. His
tirade against the A. P. A. and the
Republican party would leave but two
sources for his revenue to come from,
to-wlt: The Roman Catholic church
or the Roman wing of the Democratic
party. Twelve chairs were on the
stage, but no one occupied them, owing,
the lecturer apologizlngly 'an-
nounoed, that they might be boycotted
for being on the stand. Over half his
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