The National Church of St. Patrick in Rome: The Times of Wednesday published the following letter from the Rev. Richard O’Gorman, O.S.A., in answer to Miss Pynsent’s let of complaint against the Irish Augustinians in Rome. Sir, In common with many other Catholics in the United Kingdom, I read with surprise and equal pain a letter from Miss Pynsent under the above heading which appeared in your issue for September 21st and on which you commented on in some length in the course of a leading article … …
(very long letter laying out facts and ending as below) …
… As to the animus displayed in Miss Pynsent’s levels against the ecclesiastical authorities in Rome. I have nothing to say here. Such diatribes may produce the effect intended on the Protestant gallery here in England, but most thoughtful and reasoning people will appraise them at their real value. Miss Pynsent has endeavoured to arouse racial animosities by insinuating that the Irish Augustinian Fathers have acted with undue severity towards her and the members of her community for no other reason than that they are Englishwomen. I will leave it to the good sense of your readers to decide whether such a course of action was ever likely to be pursued by a body of Irish gentlemen, more especially when we bear in mind that some of Miss Pynsent’s own subjects were themselves Irish either by birth or descent.
YOURS faithfully, Richard A. O’Gorman O.S.A Hythe, Kent, October 12:
MISS PYNSENT’S CASE: We print below the portions of Miss Pynsent’s letter which present her case against the Irish Augustinians: The number of the community and their work increased so much they began … (largely illegible)
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GRO1138 Devonport: Lucretia Anna Maude Pinsent: 1857 – 1934