Carrell S.J., George, Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 May 11

Carrell quotes a letter he had from Bishop Maurice De St. Palais of Vincennes in which that bishop said a sister of the community at Oldenburg, Indiana, Sister of the Third Order of St. Francis passing through Vincennes complained that he did not treat them as daughters. He answered that they had not treated him as a Father and superior, and that they had sent to such places as Ashland Kentucky unformed subjects. De St. Palais said nothing more but it was sufficient to cause Father Francis Rudolph to act in that ungentlemanly and uncanonical manner. In this was the bishop indirectly the cause of the withdrawal of the sisters from Ashland. Carrell says Rudolph's act was unjust since he had been at great expense to start the school and they abandoned it without warning. He had other trouble with them because one acted as housekeeper for Father Ferdinand Kuhr and there were other conditions in Newport. Carrell will report the case to the Cardinal prefect. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.