Juncker, Henry D., Bishop of Alton, Alton, Illinois, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1862 March 28

Juncker received a letter from Cardinal Barnabo acknowledging the money paid for him by Purcell. He wrote to Barnabo on August 26, 1861 and attached a note asking the Holy Father to receive his little mite. He also enclosed in the letter his answer to complaints made against him by some other priests along with a request for dispensation from the decrees of the Council of Trent in some six French missions. As none of these events were mentioned in a letter of February 25, 1862 he sends a copy to Purcell to give to the Cardinal while in Rome. In a letter later received from the Cardinal, Juncker is asked why Father Thomas Walsh refused communion to the woman who lives with Father Patrick McCabe in Cairo, Ill. as she wrote a letter to the Cardinal complaining of Walsh's action. Juncker tells Purcell that to tell of all the crimes those two are guilty of would fill a book, and when McCabe sued him and the woman appeared as principal witness it caused nothing but scandal. In church the woman did much damage and tore the silk lining from the tabernacle. Juncker asks Purcell not to let Father Thomas Walsh give her any Sacraments until she makes public reparation. He asks Purcell when he is leaving Cincinnati. He is going to Quincy next week but will be back in Alton on the Monday after Palm Sunday. He asks if it is proper for Bishops to act as extraordinary Confessor for Sisters if no proper confessor is available. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.