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The Acton Free Press Wednesday June 14 1978 11 Scallen trial continues this week Continued from page 10 Mrs Drozdz said when she was In Monroe Centre she shared a concern about the famed comet Kahoteck with other worshippers there She Said she thought the comet was significant and was a sign from God who can do anything The comet she thought was going to have an adverse effect on earth The comet was Gods warn ing to earth she said to end the mora decline every- where I Veronica visions at Bayslde New York were Scallens inspiration to become a priest the court was told by both Owen and Mrs The former nun said she went with Scallen and others to see Veronica about 30 times before the accused became a priest and the jury heard the American seer also visited the retreat once She explained Veronica received visions and mes sages from the Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady many times when they were present and some were about Mrs Drozdz said she was there when Veronica said Scallen wasnt to follow the normal route to becoming a priest via a seminary She said he was chosen for a mission and shouldnt become discouraged She warned him Satan had set up a great force to stop him but be discouraged the former Mother Superior declared Mrs told the jury Scallen was told by Veronica he shouldnt take the long route to becoming a priest but was never concrete on what the short route was She admitted both she and the priest believed Veronica was receiving mes sages and visions and believed the Blessed Mother could be speaking to Veron ica Miss Kennedy said her brainwashing probably began in Bays do Both Bishop Reding and Father Roach told the court Veronicas visions were throughly investigated by the church and denounced about five years ago Since the revelations wcrcn t consider ed true a statue on the church site where Veronica per formed before large crowds of worshippers and believers was removed and Catholics encouraged to avoid going there Miraculous pictures Just about every witness for the crown told of Scallens socalled miraculous photographs One photo allegedly showed a statue of Mary with colored lines it Father Roach thought it was incredulous the accused supposedly tried to take photos of the Holy Ghost MacDonald testi fied that Scallen took a pic lure of her which was posed to show that the devil would get me if I didnt become a nun and this photo was used to persuade Mrs Macdonald to send her 13- daughter to the convent Scallen said he was getting messages from the pictures he took of the girls with a simple Polaroid and termed them miraculous Her mother said she saw a picture where water was being poured over Scallens head and he was being cured of war injuries Mrs Smith described Scallens photography as supposedly miraculous ad ding the pictures meant if she didnt become a nun she would be raped according Miraculous gaps were in the pictures Scallen told her He was always taking pictures of us after mass she explained adding the photos appeared regular to her She said it was Just like so many other actions he took at the retreat Scallen twisted normal things around to make himself appear correct and good she testified Book rescues The nuns as well as their parents the fraud victims told the court that encouraged them to go to other churches and steal reli gious books and materials for their Fifth Line church Daniel who along with his wife Mary contributed to the church said he and the others were told to steal reli gious books He called it rescuing Other witnesses backed his testimony and the court heard that Scallen told his followers to steal from other churches to liberate books and other items He allegedly told them their church deserved what others had because his was the only true church All believed be was Catholic priest Daniel said he was certain Scallen was a Roman Catholic priest even though the defendant did say there was some question of his being accepted as such by local bishop He said the man he believed was a priest told him others who didnt view him as a legitimate Roman Catholic priest were simply misin formed Mr MacDonald admitted he never cornered Scallen on the question of his being a Roman Catholic priest He said be believed the old Latin mass could still be said and wasn aware Canadian bishops outlawed It in He his brother wife sister- inlaw and nieces all went to when he was still Brother Dan and continued going to his chapel almost every Sunday after he became Father Benedict be cause they liked the old Latin mass which they couldnt get in their own Brentford church Scallens masses were more respectful and reverent The Roman Catholic Church used to be a lot fir mer The church told you right from wrong but that is rarely done now Mr Donald declared He and the other alleged victims of Scallens fraud said they gave money for upkeep of the Fifth Line retreat and don t think their money was used for anything but payment of bills I knew the Latin mass was frowned upon but I still thoughtltwasavalidmass It didnt bother me that it was said In an industrial building and it was very reverent and religious Mary MacDonald explained William whose daughters became nuns said he never confronted Scallen on the way he conducted confessions but thought they were unusual The court heard that Scallen told others about confessions and wanted lo know odd particulars dur ing confession He also inter rupted mass when the phone rang Joan MacDonald told the court of course she thought Scallen was a Roman Catholic priest and was or dained by a Roman Catholic bishop She and others present at the ordination testified they were sure he was a Roman Catholic priest Witness after witness stated they t have given Scallen any money If they hadn t thought he was a Roman Catholic priest but none could state emphatically that he told them tie was a Catholic priest Mrs MacDonald said she allowed her daughters to live with Scallen so long because he told her the only way their souls could be saved would be to become nuns He said they were to be brides of Christ and save their familys souls she an nounced They all said they believed the visions of Veronica Members of Scallen a congregation which num bered as many as some Sundays said they gladly gave money to keep the RESTAURANT Fish Chips Chinese Cuisine HOURS Monday loam toBpm tollpra Sunday Telephone 8532060 church going and knew bills were due because bills were posted in the church Daniel Kennedy said be didn t like what was going on at the retreat but went along with his wife and daughters involvement with Scallen He gave Scallen He said at one time he was prevented from seeing his daughter the nun until such time as he changed his views on church He told the court be wasnt happy about his daughter becoming a nun but thought there arc worse things than becoming a nun Scallen warned not priest Letters between and a Quebec monk Father Lamontagne were read Into the record and showed the defendant was warned by his friend that his ordination by Bishop wouldn t be valid in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church The monk told him his ordination would be illicit invalid and illegitimate Father Lamontagne told Bishop Rauber was a controversial figure and his ordination of wouldnt be proper He told frustration with the new Roman Catholic ways was no reason to break canon law and urged he post pone and delay the lion Fifth lineshrlne Numerous letters sent by Scallen to former Hamilton Bishop Joseph Ryan includ ing one In which he revealed his plans for his Fifth Line property were read to the jury His land was to be called Marion Park and its 4 acre of rivers and woods would be turned into a religious theme park It would be a panor of Catholicism Scallcn planned to build an orphanage and old age home on the grounds of his Lime house agricultural research factory and there would be many trails with shrines to the saints The park would have Walt Disneys exactness for details he told Bishop Ryan He had set up he Marlon Foundation and had a news letter called the Marion Age going out to several thousand supporters kept Bishop Ryan briefed by mail of activities and con tmunlly sought his advice and approval A letter Scallen sent to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau against abortion law reform was also read into the record at Holy Cross Many of his letters to Bishop Ryan dealt with his complaints about Father Devent at Holy Cross and problems he encountered at St Josephs in Acton He reported to the bishop that he was leading rosary devotions at both the Catholic church in Acton and George town and receiving little in the way of encouragement or support from the local priests Scallen complained to Ryan that Father Devent was hindering his Tuesday night Rosary devotions and blamed the parish priest for the fact attendance dropped drastl He objected to ordering him not to speak to parishioners or them religious instruction follow ing recitation of the rosary said he was writing In behalf of other concerned people at the church in one letter when he complained about vandalism and theft at church by teenagers and refusal to press charges He charged the priest even allowed a youth who set a fire in the church to escape prosecution told Ryan he was upset about vulgar hymns being played on inappro priate instruments in the church at folk masses He and other church were distracted and susceptible to evil thoughts because of the half naked ness of teenage girls in the choir Scallen claimed he offered to buy the young girls proper choir gowns but nixed the Idea He wrote of other com plaints he had about the modernization of the Roman Catholic Church and what he thought was a lack of priestly leadership at Holy Cross He was also most con about sex education being taught In separate schools He thought religious instruction should be taught in conjunction with sex education and also said men should teach boys and wi teach girls the facts or life Scallen was against mixed sex education classes trail to priesthood The long and winding trail his client has travelled from birth in Quebec City on June 1922 to the charges he Is facing in court were outlined by Bclleghcm During his afternoon on the stand Scallen added reams of details to his lawyers over view descirbcd his client as a very religious Roman Catholic who spent close 15 years working as an altar boy every morning at his church in Quebec City Whether you think hes a fraud hes not a Johnny Come Lately sold noting the central issue for the jury must be Scallen sincerity He said the accused had a tough time growing up In a poor family and at one time ended up in an orphanage At age he lied about his age so he could fight for Canada admitting one reason was the excellent pay In World War II and served with the and later the Seventh tank regi While serving in Italy he was badly wounded and had difficultv describing how his face was cut up said his clients leathery look was the result or battle injuries and urged the jury not to judge him by his ap pearance Scallen spent six months in hospital in Italy after being hurt and was left with poor circulation and other assorted ailments Before heading into action he married an English woman and after his six years service in the army get her return to Canada with him The three day mar rlage wasn consummated told the court His wife wrote to him in frequently while he was in battle and when he returned to England In he dis covered she was living with another man She old her husband she only married him on chance he would be killed in action and she would receive a dependents pension His wife told him she was happy when in farmed he was injured but sad when she learned he would live I got her message right between the eyes he declared But being a Catholic he realized the only way he could truly divorce tier was to get an annulment He kept on trying to get her to come back to Canada with him even though there was no love in the marriage and worked to get an annulment but over the years kept run ning up against priests who werent even interested in reviewing his problem After returning Canada he kept trying to get his wife to join him and kept search ing for a priest who would get him an annulment He also worked at a variety of jobs never having any trouble persuading employers he could do the job A grade dropout he read extensively and became an expert In many areas while remaining totally Ignorant in other fields Eventually he got a civil divorce from his wife which the Roman Catholic church viewed as a separation so he couldnt take part in the sacraments even though he attended mass regularly In 1950 he married a Cana woman In a United Church had three sons with her and successful marriage until left him a few years ago after they moved to because he abandon his intense interest in religion and becoming priest He continued to work in getting his first marriage annulled noting I didnt condone my actions in remarrying but don t blame the church either for my predicament It lsnt the churchs rule It God rule I hoped In time I would find a priest who would look at my case research it and see If there were grounds for an annulment Over the years he lived and worked in Montreal Toronto It was in Arizona that he isolated himself from the out side world for six months while mapping old Spanish trails in an effort to lick his addiction to Valium and other tranquilizers He became addicted to drugs while being treated for an ulcer and It took six months isolated in the hostile environment to sweat it out and mean sweat it out He rejoined his family In Canada having sent them home while he tackled his drug problem and eventually the family moved to a home on Windsor Road in George town in the 60s where he began his agricultural During the 50s and 60s he worked at mony industrial jobs often as a purchasing agent or buyer and even worked at Disneyland while living California He had gone to California because of his health In fact he has held close to different jobs including electrician weatherman and botanist His skills arc self taught While living in Georgetown he set up a lab and worked to make a break through In photosynthesis plant growth and the timing for plant growth under light economically He eventually discovered the pulse lighting sequence and timing needed and was able to grow a fully mature tomato in Just days He got help from four Univ ersity of professors with his project and event found a food industry firm interested in financing his project to the tune of over Thats when and his family went to Limehouse and he had his industrial building constructed He is expected to continue giving his life story today when he again testifies as well as details of his religious beliefs and attitudes said genuinely believes he Is a Roman Catholic priest I don core if you label my client as a stupid man a fool of a incompetent as long as you agree with me that he Is sincere in his belief that he is not a fraud 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