TERRIBLE OUTRAGE ON GOD OF TRUTH
DUBLIN ARCHBISHOP CONDEMNS FALSE OATH SWORN IN IRISH DAIL By Qable. —Press Association. —Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. The Archbishop of Dublin, in a pastoral, specially condemns murder and perjury, and says: “He who swears an oath should stand in truth, judgment and justice, for to call God to witness a lie or false promise is a terrible outrage on the God of truth.” It is believed that the pastoral was inspired by the political events in Ireland recently.—A. and N.Z.
The political events referred to probably nean the action of Mr. Eamonn de Valera’s party in mechanically taking the oath of allegiance in the Dail Eireann, at the si me time indicating that the oath would not be regarded by them as one solemnly sworn.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 166, 4 October 1927, Page 1
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