Reverend no. 7'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. 7.—A Doctor of Medicine.

   In 1899 he was sent to one of the most prominent parishes in America. He was appointed second assistant pastor, and was put in immediate charge of the parochial school, which had about six hundred pupils. In 1902 he was charged with a number of penitentiary offences.

   The pastor of the parish tried for one year to see the Archbishop about this unworthy assistant, but the stereotyped reply of the Archbishop's valet was: "You can't see him. He is in the country."

   Finally this assistant was charged in a sworn affidavit with having committed an indecent assault upon a beautiful young lady, who was taken suddenly ill, and to whom he was called to administer the last rites of the Church. While hearing her confession he told her that he was "a doctor as well as a priest, and spoke about the female anatomy and sexual matters," and to her great shame and resentment made a digital examination. He then gave her the Sacraments.

   He was the spiritual director of the parochial school and was in the habit of visiting it daily. He would sit in the seats with the young girls. One day he asked one of the girls how she felt. She replied: "I have a pain in my hip." He said: "Come with me and I will cure you." He took her into the parochial residence, placed her on a lounge, exposed her person and indecently rubbed her with holy water, telling her that whenever she had a pain like that to come to him and he would treat her. The little girl told the nun who taught her in the school, and the nun reported it to the pastor. He should have been indicted for a criminal assault.

   On one occasion a father, on returning from business in the evening, found his little girl on the lap of this priest, who was taking indecent liberties with her. Said the parent: "My God! Father, what is the meaning of this? what are you doing?" "I am preparing her for her First Holy Communion," was the response of the assistant principal of the parochial school. The parent ordered the priest from his house, and threatened to kill him if he ever visited his home again. The Church authorities were made acquainted with the foregoing and other incidents of his depravity, and fearing that he would be arrested or lynched they punished him by promoting him to the position of assistant pastor in a neighboring parish!!! This man is still preparing children for their first Holy Communion!!!

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. 420-421.

Online Source: archive.org/details/romanismmenaceto00crowiala

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