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AGAINST ROMAN PRIESTS. (“Sydney v Sun” Service.) LONDON; March 7. ' That a Roman. Catholic priest is liable tri be fined twenty shillings if he officiates in a . church containing a steeple and bell, is revealed in a bill, which Mr Herbert, an'Anglican Commoner, is introducing on March 10. It's aim is the abolition of the archaic laws directed against Roman Catholics; most; of whjch originated,in the’reigri of Elizabeth, arid are. never nowadays enforced. The laws include various fines and penalties if a priest has been wearing clerical garb in the streets; or jiarticipates.in funerals, except imprivate houses or Romani Catholic cathedrals.? The bill also plaices Roman Catholic charities on an equal footings with' 1 others regarding exemption from income tax, and removes the -. jjreeent legal difficulties regarding Roman Catholic religious Mr Herbert points out ii'.dbeij not interefere with the 'succession “ip the Crown and similar -Acts',nor ...the' disputed question whether. Roman Catholic, can beconie Tdrd' : Chancellor of England. -A
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1926, Page 5
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