PRIEST IMPRISONED.
Statements Made Against Nazi
Leaders.
CHURCH AND STATE BATTLE
LONDON, January 3.
The Munich correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Father Rossberger, a well-known priest and scholar, director of a seminary, at Fleising, has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. He was charged with saying before his school that General Goering and the Nazis participated in setting fire to the Reichstag, and with refusing to allow his pupils to listen to political speeches by wireless. Father Rossberger also was alleged to have in his possession foreign periodicals to which he allowed his pupils to have access. Although the charges wei'e 'trivial, the utmost importance was attached to the trial. Roman Catholic dignitaries and others sat on one side of the Court, and uniformed Nazis on the other. All regarded the case as the first chot in the battle between Church and State. Each party had engaged the best legal aid available.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 3, 4 January 1934, Page 7
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