ient custom, but one which belongs to the
darkest of the ancient ages, which should have been relegated to the
haunts of hell centuries ago.

A priest once said: "Nobody should be surprised when we priests,
bishops and popes sink into the bottomless abyss of immorality, for
the celibacy of the priestcraft is only a cudgel in the hands of
Catholic officials to drive us to the haunts of immorality."

A priest once said "that the Confessional is one of the most damnable
institutions that was ever permitted to exist, as these Confessionals
are only traps to lead the piously and morally-inclined priest to the
plains of immorality, for a priest is naught but man, and when he is
forced to compel women penitents to pour into his ears their every
thought, feeling, desire, emotion and act, it kindles the fires of
unholy thought upon the altars of his better ambitions and before he
knows it he has committed adultery and not only ruined his own soul,
but has been the implement in the hands of the devil to destroy the
virtue of innocent womanhood."

He further states "that not only do the thoughts, feelings, emotions,
etc., have to be related, in all of their details, to the priest, and
perhaps a bad priest, but all circumstances leading to and the
results growing out of these thoughts, must be given in detail."

The immorally inclined and licentious priest is not satisfied with
the female penitent enumerating only her mortal sins, but he insists
and forces the penitent to give circumstances, minutely describing
her thoughts and feelings of every-day life, which leads both the
penitent and the confessor to the lowlands of immorality.

The priestcraft is instructed by the Romish Church not to allow the
penitent to conceal anything from them, and the priestcraft is given
instructions to probe the penitent to the heart's core.

In this chapter we propose to give you a little insight to the
character of one or two priests that I have personally known, and if
I dared and if it was possible to print the nasty history of a number
of priests that I have been acquainted with, I could fill this volume
with their depravity; but should I do so this book would not be
permitted to circulate through the mails of the United States. But I
will endeavor to clothe my recital of a few instances of priestly
immorality in language of chastity, but will make my recital plain
enough that any one who can read may understand.

Rev. Chas. Kuhlman, who