MARRIAGE AND RELIGION
EDUCATION Of CHILDREN. AN INTERESTING DECISION. Press Associn/tion-nßy Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 7. The House of Lords lias unanimously decided that an aunt is not entitled to - demand the custody of a dead brother's children in order that they should be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. A father, who was an Irish Roman Catholic, left instructions in his will that his three girls, now eleven, seven, and five years respectively, should be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith; but the mother, after his death, reverted to Ulster Pvesbyterianism. When the mother died the Protestant grandparents educated the children. The Honso of Lords decided that, though a father's wishes should be taken into account, considerations affecting the welfare of the children should prevail. Ti this case the eldest girl had acquired settled convictions in favor of Protestantism, and the younger children should not be separated from their sister. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18628, 8 May 1924, Page 9
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