"Begging in the name of the Lord, but in reality to support the
Priestcraft in their idleness."]

Chapter XIV.

The Chastity of the Home Invaded by the Lustfulness of the
Priest-Craft.

Catholicism begins to teach her children from their infancy that no
act of their officials is impure; thus their followers grow up to
believe that any advancement made by these officials are made in
behalf of the salvation of their souls, consequently it is an easy
matter for the Priestcraft to make the female members of their
congregation believe that whatever they may do or say is done and
said through a righteous motive, and no stigma of disgrace can
possibly attach itself to the act.

With this erroneous doctrine funneled into the minds of the female
members of the Catholic Church, is it any wonder that the Priestcraft
exerts a wonderful power over these members? And is it any wonder
that thousands of trusting and confiding wives and daughters are
forced to the level of immorality by this belief?

As an introduction to this chapter, and in order to make the conduct
of the priestcraft in general thoroughly understood, so that the
reader may know what character of men I refer to, I will give a part
of a story told by a nun who had been in a convent for a number of
years.

I repeat what this nun related in order that the reader may not be
compelled to take my statements alone. Her story follows:

"It was customary with the sisters in our convent to give the bishop
and priests of my diocese a grand dinner once every year. Of course,
this entailed a great deal of extra work upon our part; however, we
were glad to undergo these hardships, as I thought at that time that
it was a part of my religion. The finest delicacies of the season and
the choicest wines graced the table. The dinner was always served in
the dining-room of the priest of the house. The bishop would usually
arrive along in the afternoon about two or three o'clock. We would
spread scarlet felt upon the floor of the cloister in honor of the
occasion, and the drawing room would be banked with the rarest
flowers; the dining table would groan beneath its rich silver and
cut-glass."

Now, bear in mind that what I am going to tell you is what happened
when there were a number of priests together with their bishop in
their midst, and it is a well known fact that "numbers" is often a
check to the actions and ungodly inclinations of many, but if what
this nun rela