CASE OF TWO PRIESTS.
GENERAL MAXWELL AND BISHOP OF LIMERICK. (Per Press Association —Copyright). LONDON, May 29. The newspapers publish correspondence between Sir' John Maxwell and Dr. O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick for 30 years, who was described by Mr Birrell a.s a very clever'man and an enemy to the National Party. • ' Sir John Maxwell asked Dr.. O'Dwyer to remove two priests in his diocese on the ground that their presence was a menace to the peace and safety of the realm, adding that if they had been laymen, he would have ■ arrested;: them. ' Dr. O'Dwyer requested evidence to histify: the-proposed action. Sir John Maxwell gave particulars regarding the priests opposing conI scription and assisting the Irish Volunteers: ' , :...■'. Dr. O'Dwyer.. replying, denied that the evidence, warranted disciplinary action. The priests had not violated civil nr;ecclesiastical law. He added that *>o regarded iSir John Maxwell's action in shooting the Dublin rebels with horror. The deportations were an abuse bf power, as fatuous as it was arbitrary;' "Your -regime," he said, "has bobn ono of the worst and blackest chapters of Irish government."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8463, 31 May 1916, Page 5
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