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shall ceriif x th ^ t , a , p ^ urty . i * not a Protestant , $ * any $ uqh negative fact , seems absurd enough . Besides , no obligation ia imposed up * on bim , |> y penalty , for refusal 07 otherwise , to grant any certificate whatsoever . , _ But this Anti-Catholic codepre * sents a tissue of absurditi es * For instance * suppose a Protestant dissenter and a Catholic about to be
coufe $ * ion . If a Catholic priest . declines to yield such evidence , when required , he i $ treated as contumacious , and as if actuated by na other motive than a contempt ofi \ the judicial authorities / whilst * iu realUy , he is governed by a viir * tuous principle—that of preserving
married , the ceremony must be performed by three clergymen , as matters J ^ e tv stand . 1- * 3 Fhe Efi § seqtin ^ Jminis 4 erv , 2 . The PrcMsje&tairt minister , of
the parish ( without whose previous celebration the Catholic priest is forbidden to officiate *) a . Tfee Catholic priest The statute enacted in 1792 , which pfcrpritted intermarriages between Protestants and Catholics ,
has continue ^ $ be previous interdiction of Catholic priests celebrating suck marriages . , And , in tbe statute enacted , ia 1793 ^ ptr ^ fessiiMj ta grant
exteuafere reliefr tQ . the Catholics , fJWs subject forms one of the numerous exeeptiouft which have been recaacted , and thus frustrated the pubJic expectation ^ .. , li
1 I # c < C ^ holic priests are able to ix ^ rutoniflieni fpr re / M siog , npion being interrogated incoui ^ of jus * tice , t ^ div ^ ge jtbe seqjrp t * , oi priva ^ e df « rfewioja ^ confided to them byjtfiw wwhvat ** 7 *! > - ^
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a sacred trust , and guarding inviolate the secrecy of a confession , made ta him upon the very faith of that secresy , The ^ te Ijo r 4 Kilwarden , chief
justice , committed to , gaol a Ca * tholic priest , the Rev . Mr . Gahan , for . ^ contumacy o £ this nature * This occurred at the summer assizes of 1801 , f <* r the county ; of Meath , held at Tri na ^ in . the case of Mr ** O'Brien «? . the Trustees of
Maynooth College . ,, .. .. q It sbQuid bei considered , that the attempt to enforce this obedience would t if successfulj defeat
its object ; because the-secrets , sought to be extracted , will never be-entrusted to the priest r if tbe ^ e ceases to be a moral certainty that they will be religiously preserved . Tbepublic < xmfidenGem the secresy of private coufessk > ns being once / extinguished , there . wMl fee an end > of uweserved disciosuces to the
priest , ; andi . no inforjnatkw can be bad from him who will have none tQ give . Tb u ^ , in fact , this rigorous proceeding' is utterly unavailing to any public purpose and unprofitable to the ; gpnoial
administration of ju » VifP € ^ U merely involve * the Bendbc hi ant ungrp * ciou 9 i and in « flfectuai 1 st ?; Uggl 4 V » n which , the ^ pubiic wotce ^ wiil ev « r suatain . the prietf ? suffefiQg ., ia ^ b ^ honcm
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P * n * i * X % m * which aggrieve UteCatHoUca < f Irelan d * 4 S 1 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 421, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/13/
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