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The Acton Free Press Wednesday 1978 Scallen found guilty DENIS EDWARD SCALLEN Also known as Father Benedict and Brother Dan OMB to hear Nassagaweya The Ontario Municipal Board Kill hear a appeal concerning the of school taxes as a result of recent court decision The divisional court ruled I ha I even though Millon s objection came a Tier the deadline for appeals Ihe appeal should be heard or several years Nassaga Townsh p and later the town of appealed what was felt to be a faulty factor The factor is used by the province to calculate s share of the school board taxes Each year this year The treasurers from Ihe other area municipalities in the region met and agreed to help offset what was believed be an unfair burden on townsh p taxpayers But this year the area treasurers said the payment should be phased out starling this year because market value assessment introduced next year and the problem would be eliminated Notice of that decision was sent to the own of Milton by reg ma 1 but never reachcdtownhall Milton d not file its lion to the dec and the refused to hear ob ject because the deadline had passed before Milton officials found out lhat the notice had gone S that time province has backed away from market value assess ment Without that the factor presumably will stay the This adjustment or payment to Nassagaweya would have been in the order of If other areas do not continue lo pay thai former lown ship ratepayers will have to come up with the money themselves No date has been for the hearing Continued from court which he had taken and looked very different The officer explained how he took the pictures to the Jury showing odd thing can purposely be made up In photographs told the court his activities wero known all along by the local Roman Catholic church and he was never told to atop or called up before on ecclesiastical court Pope hit doublet He said he dldn t inform the Vatican of his ordination for many reasons Including the fact the Pope lent functioning as a free man and when people see Pope Paul VI they ore really seeing his double or stand In He hinted the Pope is a prisoner and said this has happened in the past He said Generals Mon and Eisenhower had doubles in World War and so does the Pope He said in some pictures the Pope is skinny and haggard while in others ho is well looking Scallen know which Pope was the poster Kosher Nostra Another remarkable piece of evidence introduced last week was Scallen writings about Communists and Zionists Irying to take over Ihe Roman Catholic church His book the Naked Zionist and the Blue Lady was discussed as well as his term for some Jewish people whom he colled the Kosher He maintained he made everyone aware of his ques tionable status In the eyes of the bishop and warned them there would be opposition such as his current court problems I m a Roman Catholic Priest was steadfast in declaring he was a Soman Catholic priest since he had been validly ordained and always had been a Roman Catholic who preached Roman Catholic faith and but also offered the old now outlawed Latin mass He said the fact he was by a bishop of the Old Catholic Church had nothing to do with his denomination Scallen said he was a valid priest and his denomination is Roman Catholic Beside calling the nuns liars regarding stripping he also accused them of not telling the truth when they said he told others about con fession and sent his parishioners out to other churches to steal book and religious articles He did admit his church acquired a number of books and Items from other churches but they were given because they were to be destroyed not stolen Scallen also called Bishop Reding a liar because prosecution witness said he t aware of Scallen activities or his ordination Real nun Scallen the 13th witness was followed on the stand by a real nun Sister Mary John who Joined the Sisters of Christian Charity at age and left them In to join Scallen s order She was a member of an active order spending many years teaching and serving as principal at many Eastern United States parochial ele mentary and secondary schools Wearing brown and white habit she told the court she got to know through his writings end agreed with many of his Including the importance of retaining old Ideas like the Latin mass She described the teenage nuns as cheerful happy innocent group and stated she never heard any com plaints about stripping and other severe penances although she didn arrive until after these things allegedly happened Sister Mary said she slept with the other nuns at one end of the industrial building while Father Benedict was at the other end She backed up Scallen a testimony that women t allowed in his end of the building She said she tutored a nine year old girl sent to the retreat by Bishop and taught her to read write and tell time Sister Mary told the court the three teen age nuns t want to leave Ihe monastery when they could have during the police raid The court also heard about a bulletin issued by the Roman Catholic Bishop for Helena Montana warning people that Bishop a valid Roman Catholic Olflo Montana Interestingly Scallen said In an Interview during the trial that he planned now to move the Benedictines of Mary Immaculate to a acre site In Montana not far from where Rauber es tablished himself He told this newspaper he would move to Montana after all his legal problems arc straightened out and vowed to remain in Hills and fight his opponents until the end On Thursday night he said he was sure he would be acquitted and described his trial as either making or breaking his religious order While he can I say mass while under a civil court charge life goes on at the convent he stated adding he prays daily for his detractors even Anna Drozdz In his summation arguments followed Scallen theme that you can call me a hook a fool or an eccentric but I am a validly ordained Roman Catholic priest who was visibly stunned by the verdict had told the jury we are hearing an ecclesiastical matter tried in a Criminal court and this Is not the proper forum He said the Crown had foiled to prove fraud Owen countered he pur avoided finding out If he was a valid Roman Catholic priest stating it appeared he did not report to anyone but Just ran the monastery by himself He charged earlier that wanted to create a super priest image An honest belief by the accused that he has a legal right to something constitutes a complete defence Judge said during his charge reminding the jurors the court was trying fraud not Scallen religious con During his three hour charge reviewed the testimony but never men tioned the stripping or nuns charge they were lured lo the convent Acton Public Library presents STRAWBERRY FOLK FESTIVAL Folk Music by Kevin Ksnatty Strawberry Shortcake and Beverage SI to the of the Acton Scout Gukta At the Library 30 Saturday June MURRAY MEMORIAL DANCE FOR FUN Learn Tap Jazz Exercise Ages 5 to Members Y Members Commencing 1978 for 9 Weeks FOR 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