FAITH OF CHILDREN.
— AUNT’S LIGHTS SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED.
WELFARE OF CHILDREN SHOULD PREVAIL.
(Received Mav 7, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 7. The House of Lords unanimously decided that an at.r.t is not entfciled to demand the custody of a dead brother’s children in order that they might be brought up in the Catholic faith.
The father, an Irish Catholic, left instructions in his will that his three girls, now eleven, seven and five years, he brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, but the mother, after his death, inverted to Lister Presbyterianism. When the mother died, the Protestant grand parents educated the children.
The House of Lords decided that, though the father’s wishes should be taken into account, considerations ior the welfare of the children should prevail. In this case the eldest girl had acquired settled convictions in favor of Protestantism and the younger children should not be separated from the eldest. —A. and N.ZiC'.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9799, 8 May 1924, Page 5
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