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Catholics Grateful for Legal Win: Penal Laws Do Not Prevent Personal Gifts to “Illegal Societies” – Limerick Gazette

Catholics Grateful for Legal Win: Penal Laws Do Not Prevent Personal Gifts to “Illegal Societies”

Catholics in the country can be grateful that penal laws do not prevent personal gifts and gifts for charitable purposes to members of “illegal societies.” This follows a recent decision by the Master of the Rolls in a case involving a bequest to a member of the Franciscan Order, £500 to the Rector of St. Mungret’s College for Foreign Missions, and the residue of the estate in question to the Superior of Limerick. The first two cases involved a personal gift and a £500 bequest for a charitable objective; however, the Superior could not benefit from the will since it was a gift to the Order, which is considered an “illegal society.” Consequently, despite the state’s attempt, the Order cannot be eliminated through this legal challenge.

Northants Evening Telegraph – Friday 10 May 1901