Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1901 — Foresters Forbidden at Funeral. [ARTICLE]

Foresters Forbidden at Funeral.

Valparaiso has been consider ably exercised lately over an ooourenoe at a funeral there. The deceased was a Catholic and also a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. The funeral was held at the Catholic church and the Foresters accompanied the remain* to the church, as a body, but on arrival there, Wert not only not permitted to enter the church, bat the pastor Father Moenoh, would not even consent to their remaining outside, bdt ordered them to disperse in no gentle terms. This action on his part was exactly contrary to the policy es his twp former predecessors in the pastorate of the church, who permitted the Independent Foresters to attend the funerals of their departed Catholic brethren.