Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published

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iliar. She told me one day at school of the conduct of a priest with her at confession, at which I was astonished. It was of so criminal

had been told by him, is a holy man, and appointed to a holy office, and therefore what would be wicked in other men, could not be so in him. She told me that she had informed her mother of it, who expressed no

a sinful curiosity in making inquiries; and the girl had another for communicating it. I afterward learne

in that vicinity. A young squaw, called la Belle Marie,(pretty Mary,) had been seen going to confession at the house of the priest, who lived a little out of the village. La Belle Marie was afterwards missed, and her murdered body was found in the river. A knife

is conduct might be betrayed by this young female;

the old French church (since taken down), I heard nothing improper; and it was not until I had been several times, that the priests became more and more bold, and were at length indecent in their questions and even in their conduct when I confessed

esponding; and several females in Canada have recently assured me, that they have repeatedly, and indeed regularly, been required to answer

e country towns, usually two for each of the towns with which I was acquainted, besides sending Sisters of Charity to different parts of the United States. Among those whom I saw most, was Saint Patrick, an old woman for a nun (that is, about forty), very ignorant, and gross in her manners

le from the city; and sometimes some of our boarders, such as are indisposed, were sent t

ysician attended it daily; and there are a number of the ve

imes read lectures and

having many and severe trials to endure at home, which my feelings will not allow me to describe; and as my Catholic acquaintances had often spoken to me in favour of their faith, I was inclined