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DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.

ARCHBISHOP'S DECISION.

ADVICE, NOT INJUNCTION.

LONDON, October 25,

The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a letter to the clergy and laity of the diocese, believes that the clergy will act wisely and rightly in saying that marriages with a deceased wife's sister, when they occur under a statute making them permissible as civil contracts, ought to occur elsewhere than in the church. His advice, however, is advice only, and not a formal direction or injunction.

His Grace adds that he will not regard as disloyal or disrespectful any incumbent who, carefully-weighing the whole of the circumstances, comes to a different decision.

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 5

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DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 5

DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 5