THE EX-PRIEST CAMPAIGN IN NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4, 25 January 1900, Page 3

THE EX-PRIEST CAMPAIGN IN NEW ZEALAND.

4 SLATTERY AND HIS BOGUS 'EX-NUN' IN AUCKLAND. SLATTERY'S CAREER. Important Notification.

By the la'-t mail wo hnvp rwrivor] frnm hi^ ftmnp the Archbishop of Dublin (the Most Rev. Dr. Walsh) the original correspondence between the late Cardinal MacCabe nnd ex-prio«t SHttery ft pad era of our ismie of la->t week will easily remember his statement that he was ' always in the favour of his bishop and was never cen-ured for his conduct,' and that he has ; been • all his life a complete and absolute teetotaller.' We have, however, quoted the letter of Cardinal MacCabe, dated December 8, 1883, in which he pave the unfortunate man 'an : appointment to the emacy of Moone ' 'on the express understanding ' that he became a total abstainer, and tint his faculties would terminate the moment he violated the pledge ' under any pretext or advice.' Slattery, as requested, appended the following note to the : Cardinal's letter : — ' I most willingly and thankfully accept my | appointment. Wishing you many long and happy years over us, — I ; remain, your most obedient servant. Joseph Slattery.' A little [■ over a year later— on January 17, ISSs— Cardinal MacCabe found it necessary to remind him that he had broken his pledge, was administering the Sacraments sacrilegiously, that his conduct was ' ' giving a good deal of dissatisfaction,' and that he would get ' one I more chance ' — the last, on condition of taking the total abstinence ■ pledge from Canon Brady. V.F.. and rigidly keeping it. We have in - our possession the original correspondence between Cardinal Mac- - Cabe and Slattery, as well as two other documents, which may be 3 inspected by clergymen of all denominations and by responsible lay t persons of known respectability on application to the editor of this f paper. Photographic copies of these letters will be taken with as r little delay as possible, and will be available for use by the clergy in any place where the Slatterys are billed to appear. The MacCabe-Sla tery correspondence has already appeared in " our last issue, and will also appear in a pamphlet which will be ~ issued this week at an exceedingly low price. We append herewith r copies of the other two documents referred to. The first is the s certificate required by Cardinal MacCabe to show that Slattery had s taken the pledge, as required, from Canon Brady, V.F. It runs as , follows and is referred to as 'C ' in the affidavit printed herei under • — ' I hereby certify that the Rev. Joseph Slattery has this day n taken the Total Abstinence pledge. -j ' Michael J. Canon Brady. P P., V.F. ' Ballytore, January 23rd, 1885.' The other document explains itself. It is an affidavit by the solicitor of the late Cardinal MacCabe, and runs as follows :—: — c • I, John O'Hagan, of Xo. y. Harcourt Street, Dublin, Solicitor, c make oath and say as follows :—: — 't ' 1. I acted as Solicitor for the late Cardinal MacCabe duringthe whole time he was Cardinal. I often saw him write and witnessed his signature to documents, and I am therefore well acquainted with his handwriting. d •2. I refer to the letters marked " A," " B,' and " C." The n letters marked "A " and •' B " are entirely in the handwriting of s the said Cardinal MacCabe, with the exception of the memoranda c at the foot signed by Joseph Slattery. which memoranda contain y five lines and three lines respectively. c '3. The Very Reverend Canon Brady has. on the 30th day of c November, l^it'.t, acknowledged to me that the letter marked "C " r is in his handwriting. • John O'Haoan.' j 'Sworn before me this first day of December, 18!)'J, at 7, " Anglesea street. Dublin, in the City of Dublin, and I knew the '" deponent, y ' T. P. Hayes, ' Notary Public' y ' To all whom these presents shall come. I, Thomas Patrick ° Hayes, Notary Public duly authorised, admitted, and sworn, residing if and practising in Dublin, in the County of the City of Dublin in ir the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby II certify that John O'Hagan, of 9 Harcourt street, Dublin, Solicitor, jf the person named in this Affidavit on the other side written, did ir solemnly declare to the truth thereof, and that the name "' John t _ O'Hagan " thereto subscribed is of the proper handwriting of the ' c said " John O'Hagan." In testimony whereof I have hereunto 0 subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this first day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. ( T. P. HAYEB, ' Notary Public, Dublin, Ireland."