EXCOMMUNICATED
I.R.A. PRISONERS
MAY BE APPEAL TO ROME
(independent CabFe Service.)
(Received July 21, 11.45 a.m.)
LONDON, July 20
Nine young members of the Irish Republican Army who are serving long sentences at Dartmoor for participation in the recent bomb outrages have been virtually excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church. Canon. Ryan, the prison chaplain, and a native of Cork, with the knowledge of Bishop Barrett, of Plymouth, refused the prisoners the Sacrament, telling the men that the Church sternly condemned all secret societies which plotted against the Church and State.
The men's relatives' contemplate appealing to Rome, alleging spiritual persecution and asking that the convicts be treated purely as political prisoners.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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112EXCOMMUNICATED Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 9
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