Reverend no. 19's story (Crowley, Romanism a menace to the nation, 50th thousand,1912)

Text: "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women..." Daniel 11:37 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry..." 1 Timothy 4:1-3

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Rev. No. 19.—A Brewer.

   For years he was the assistant pastor of a parish located in the "tenderloin" district of a great city, where he gave free rein to his depraved instincts, consorting with prostitutes, gambling and getting drunk ad libitum. From many saloons in this parish he was evicted late at night for being drunk and disorderly, and for the same reason he was ejected from the public bar of a prominent hotel in his parish. He was in the habit of taking a Turkish bath at midnight to free him from the effects of debauch. On one occasion, in company with two of his sacerdotal brethren, he repaired to a leading Turkish bath establishment. Following the bath of steam and hot air the three retired into the same compartment and while naked bathed their insides with many rounds of Bass' ale. Their conduct became so scandalous that they were threatened with expulsion. Before they departed they purposely used the empty ale bottles for an unmentionable purpose, and the attendants, on entering the compartment and thinking the liquid was ale, quaffed it and were nauseated. They ran after the priests to do them bodily injury. That same Sunday morning Rev. No. 19 preached an eloquent sermon on the beauties of a well ordered Christian life. It produced a profound impression, except upon some of the victims of the Bass ale outrage.

   The life of Rev. No. 19 is a travesty of our Holy Faith. While his Archbishop was weak in mind and body, he was appointed rector of a large parish. On the eve of this appointment he was ejected from a saloon late at night for outrageous conduct, it taking five men to get him out.

   He preached at the laying of the corner stone of a church, and in his eloquent effort he urged the people not to forget that the Church to-day is as it was fashioned by Christ, and that She cannot be both progressive and consistent; that if they complain of the Church they impeach Christ. (When corrupt Catholic clergymen refer to the Church in this manner, they mean the priesthood.)

   He was greatly irritated by the exposures in the Chicago controversy. A brother priest said to him: "There is only one way for them to stop this; if it is not true let them sue Crowley!" "Well," he replied, "they can't take Crowley into Court; he has told the truth; and, anyway, it is the part of a gentleman to have a good time with the ladies, to gamble and to get drunk."

   Over twelve hundred children look up to him as their parochial school principal.

Crowley, Jeremiah J., Romanism a menace to the nation (a new and original work) together with my former book "The parochial school, a curse to the church, a menace to the nation" (two books in one): a searchlight on the papal system startling charges against individuals in the hierarchy made and filed by the author and a score of prominent priests—with photographic proofs and illustrations, 50th thousand, Aurora, Missouri: The Menace Publishing Co. [, c1912], pp. 431-433.

Online Source: archive.org/details/romanismmenaceto00crowiala

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