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Priest stands trial on three counts The Acton Free Press Wednesday June 7 1978 3 A 55yearold who allegedly posed as a Roman Catholic priest defrauded five people of over to finance operation of his own parish and convent on the Fifth Line Hills a Court was told this week Monday the three count fraud trial of Dennis Edward began before Judge Allan B Sprague and a Jury of six men and six women Scallen pleaded not guilty on all three counts Assistant Crown Attorney Owen told the jury Monday that Scallen knew he recognized as a Roman Catholic priest by the Church but he went ahead and acted as a Roman Catholic priest because he had such a great desire to be Catholic priest He told the court the ac cused wanted money to finance his own parish and his victims gave him the money because they believed he was a Roman Catholic priest Throughout the two days of proceedings so far Scallen has sat dressed in priestly garb He is wearing a white collar black long sleeved shirt sleeveless black sweater and sometimes a black trench coat Scallen appears disinterested In pro- ceedinga at times and Is reading a book entitled Pastor Out in the Cold by Father Yves Questioning by Owen and defence lawyer Jack of Father Harvey Roach both Monday and Tuesday has shown ttons the legitimacy of renegade priests will be a central Issue in the trial and the results could have far reaching ramifications Scallen was arrested last summer following a lengthy police Investigation and raid on his Benedictines of Mary Immaculate convent on the Fifth Line Scallen church was in a metal sided singlestorey building at R 1 Owen said Scallen his victims and many others were upset when the Second Vatican Council decided to revamp many Catholic pro cedures and traditions The mass dating back to the 1500s was dropped and by 1975 the tra ditlonal mass was ordered illegal In Canadian Roman Catholic Churches Among the changes brought in by the Vatican II was the use of the native tongue In this case English to replace Latin in the mass Also the altar was moved and the priest no longer had his back to the congregation facing parishioners instead Owen told the Jury the new mass format frustrated many Roman Catholics including some in the church hierarchy Scallen was one of those people frustrated by the new ways the prosecutor added Prior to becoming In terested in being a Roman Catholic priest In the early 1970s had worked out of his Fifth Line shed as an agricultural technologist and achieved remarkable results growing fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes without light and water Owen noted Scallen wrote the Bishop of the Hamilton Diocese of which Hal Ion Hills Is a part asking that he be or dittoed a Roman Catholic priest but never received reply This rebuff only frustrated Scallen more Owen pointed out About the same became interested in the teachings of a woman who claims to have visions Her name is Veronica of Bayfield New York Owen claimed Veronica told Scallen the Blessed Mother told her to tell him he seek out the priesthood through normal channels later wrote to a monk he knew in Quebec noting his desire to be a priest adding If he dldn receive some kind of a message soon he would assume he was to follow the Inspiration and become ordained Just days before Scallen was ordained by Bishop Joseph the Quebec monk wrote and warned him his forthcoming ordination would be considered illicit Invalid and illegitimate by the Roman Catholic Church The monk told Scallen In the letter that Bishop Joseph a Benedictine priest who broke with the church after Vatican II couldn perform a valid ordination Nevertheless on December IB 1074 Scallen was ordained by Bishop Joseph of the rite In the spring of 1975 two families who longed for the traditional Roman Catholic ways went to and later sent their two daughters one age to him to become nuns Owen reported Scallen told one or the girls if she become a nun she would go to hell Owen told the Jury that one family Daniel and Mary attended traditional masses at Scallen church and believing he was Roman Catholic priest donated to the parish of their daughters were nuns at Scallen convent In January 1976 another girl became a Scallen nun Owen explained and her parents Daniel and Barbara Kennedy were told by Scallen that there wouldn t be a convent If he t get money soon to pay the rent They later gave the priest they thought was a Roman Catholic In cash and a cheque for Also in 1976 John or gave Scallen MO for a mass said for the victim deceased parents Owen told the court that just two weeks before police swooped down on his Fifth schismatic splinter and Lino headquarters he told his renegade Catholics nuns he had heard the police He said the Syro- would be charging him soon rile Is one of the Orthodox Scallen told the nuns that churches which doesnt would be no problem for him the doctrine of the Pope since he would refuse to say and while its bishops are he was a Roman Catholic validly ordained they t priest recognized as Roman The trial s only witness in Catholic priests Those two days Father Harvey Bishops can ordain Roman Roach was asked by Catholic priests he added Hamilton Diocese Bishop Father Roach testified the Paul Reding to assist police visions of Veronica haven with their Investigation been endorsed by the Roman Father Roach is a Hamilton Catholic Church parish priest and has been He said it is unlawful and director of religious considered sinful to celebrate In the Hamilton Diocese the mass In the Tridenllne since format Father Roach has given Examining a number of extensive testimony regard photographs presumably or Ing the Roman Catholic the interior of Scallen Church organization and church though that structure dealing with the been slated in court yet church views of various Father Roach Identified a Asked by Owen If he had ever heard of Roman Catholic priests trying to capture a picture of the Holy Ghost with a polaroid Father Roach said no He answered In the negative to Owen question regarding Roman Catholic priests having women J in front of them as a number of religious Items which he said a priest would use In performing a mass He noted the altar was against the wall so the priest performing the mass would have his back to the congregation He said a person must become a deacon before being ordained as a priest Father Roach said If Scallen form of penance or humbling was a Roman Catholic priest oneself He admitted to he be a deacon sub- If he had heard deacon and priest In one day that a priest had a woman as the accused ordination undress before him he would papers from Bishop Joseph find the story state preposterous He testified he had never Belleghem said the with Scallen as a priest rite dates back to and had never heard of the A D and the Benedictines of Mary tion of Its priests Is Immaculate It means by the Catholic Church nothing to me It s not a and their Bishops can Catholic Order as far form ordinations and the as 1 m aware priests can perform mass Father Roach agreed but added their mass fan t lawful In the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church even If it is a mass He said the pictures of a church s interior he was shown were appropriately religious adding there seemed to be an emphasis in the statues of saint devotion He said the church In- the pic tures were of an old or Catholic church and likely someone under 30 recognize it He concluded a person can be ordained as a priest and recognized as a priest and still not be a Roman Catholic priest to shelter Mr and Mrs John Rowe of Acton graduated from the University of Guelph at the June convocation Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History He will be attending Teachers College for the fall semester at the University of Toronto Mark attended Z Bennett and Acton high school Regional lawyer needs help Region Adminis tration Committee has recommended that a solicitor be hired to assist Regional Solicitor Dennis in low department The hiring must be ratified by council The assistant will be paid between and Chief Administrative orficer Ernie said there is an in credible workload for the law department right now Young driver Rick Rocher On Thursday June 1 Rick of Acton graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts degree In Mathematics and Psychology While vcrslty Rick made the Dean list In the fall he will be at lending Western University in London to pursue a career In teaching Rick Robert LitUc and Acton high school and Is the son of Mr and Mrs C Of Acton Peter Campbell Peter James Campbell received his Bachelor of Commerce degree cum McMaster Univer sity Hamilton this month A former O P constable Acton he remained with the force while studying at He is presently at P P headquarters In Toronto in Special Services Rackets His wife Is the former Elizabeth Kirby or Eden Mills and they have a young son Joshua They live now In Oakvllle sand salt fenders A 111 EARL WALLER from the Legion plants flowers at the graveside of deceased members of the branch on Sunday Decoration Day ThelODE also took part the special day which has seen declining interest in recent vears Housing densities contentious issue Wintario coming A grant of KOl Is to be made to the Georgetown and district to share in the costs or preschooler day camp and program The Nerval community association is to receive a grant of to share In the A Wintario grant of is to be made to Halton Hills library to aid In the purchase of Canadian materials and materials for the capped Kills recreation department receive a grant of to help purchase gymnastic ie Queen a Silver equipment Jubilee celebrations CNIB drive The annual campaign tor Canadian National Institute for the Blind la underway in Acton and district all this month About canvassers will be going door to door in the drive Campaign chairman Vic Bristow has set a goal of 3 for ihis year last year I hope people will respond as welt as they always have in other years Mr Bristow says The inclusion of figures for Regional Chairman a proposed future housing Morrow commented the density mix in the regional conflict was between what official plan proved a people wanlcd lo see happen issue at regional and what experts predict will planning committee Inst happen because of social and week economic trends We can I Counsellors reviewing sub- change it We have to plan for missions from the public Milton Mayor Don Gordon figures should be included in said Ihe proposed figures Ihe plan itself or in Ihe matched fairly closely what pendix Planning staff will be housing by and a returning with a revised corresponding Increase In the policy in an to percentage of medium and resolve the dispute high density housing in Milton Oakvllle Councillor Ron odd Hills The two was one who opposed northern municipalities the Inclusion of the figures would still have a higher saying Ihey conflict with proportion of low density desires of residents housing and a lower pro- Tor a stable community He of high density said the proposed change in housing than Burlington or density for Onkville which by would shift from a ratio of per cent single family dwellings to per cent single dwellings in years would result in a radical revo lution in life style and housing Councillor Arch Donaghey on the other hand argued the figures are a pro jection for a life style that is changing already The proposed showed a slight drop in he percentage of low density Planner Rash Mohammed pointed out the appearance of a community was a matter of design rather than density A community can have high density zoning and still look good The design of a commu nity Is where the local municipality can show in novation and Hon Regional Public Works Committee has sanc tioned the construction of a domeshaped building to store salt and sand at the works station on Steeles Ave The action was taken after the region received com plaints from neighbors and the of the Environment about the salt polluting neighboring lands and streams with salt Director of Public Works Bob Moore said the sand and salt piles are In the open now and visible from Highway Our location next to High way is highly visible and Is creating poor public relations Funds for the construction of the dome will come from money hat had been ear marked for work on Ave but that Job won be finished this year A station wagon a fiveyear old boy at the wheel scraped fenders with a parked car on McDonald Boulevard Sunday evening The youthful driver went onto the boule vard shoulder He was passing the parked car owned by Robert Andrews of Maple Ave Georgetown when the vehicles touched Regional Police estimate there is in damage to each fender The station wagon is owned by David Morris of Guelph THE ACTON FREE PRESS Second CUii Malt Postal Reglslrallon Number Notice of Public Meeting Thursday June 23 1978 800 pm PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED lis Board tee the cfiueni of Hills to attend a public mmtlnrj lor tho purpose of discussing present I facilities end tutu a in the Town of Tho Board gas all who with to express their view to For those unable to a writ members Mr EH Elmo a Or Acton Ont Mrs Batty Fisher 36 Charles St Georgetown Mr R T Howitt LBT2X9 87M340 Mr Geo Lee Churchill Acton Mr Michael Acton Mr D Magwood 42 Cm Georgetown Goo g Blown Mrs R R R 5 LOT W Bnhn Georgetown Halton Hogs Regional Police are forming their own motorcycle organization The Hogs as they have named themselves number under a dozen but consist of enthusiastic police who arc owners of motorcycles shirts have already been designed and made to the new club ANNOUNCEMENT Halton Hills Collision is pleased to that GORD RAMSDEN has joined tholr One Stop Auto Service Centre staff Class A mechanic For any mechanical lems on your automoble drop in or call HALTON HILLS COLLISION Corners 8532880 INTRODUCING ONE AUTOSERVICE IN THE ACTON AREA HILLS COLLISION now has a licensed mechanic to do your mechanical repairs tune grease jobs and oil changes plus a wide variety of other 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