RELIGION OF CHILDREN.
AX AUNT'S CLAIM. RE.TECTKD BY THE LORDS. , (Eke. Tel. Copyright—Cnited Press Assn.) iAustralian and N.Z. Ohlilh Ass<»eiiHU>ii LONDON. May 7. The House of Lords unanimously decided that an aunt is not entitled to demand the custody of a dead brother's children in order that they might be brought up in the Catholic faith. The. lather, an Irish Catholic, left instructions in his will that his three girls, now eleven, seven and five years, be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, but the mother, after his death, reverted to Ulster Presbyterianism. When the mother died, the Protestant grandparents educated the children. The House of Lords decided that, though the father's wishes should be taken into account, consideration for 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.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 3
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