[TI] Catholic church ban on Mormans accessing Sacramental records.

[Gerald Serrino]

Kim,
I don't think Archbishop Burke has authority over the Mormon Chruch or what 
it does with records previously legally obtained I think your fears are 
unfounded.

Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Sansone" <kimsansone at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Termini Website" <Terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:35 PM
Subject: [TI] Catholic church ban on Mormans accessing Sacramental records.


>I belong to another list and received this email
> through that list regarding catholic sacramental
> records.   Click on the link or copy and paste it to
> read the article.   Let's hope this doesn't happen!
>
> Dear List:
>
> Back in the dark ages (about 25 years ago) I remember
> often being rebuked by a secretary in a Catholic
> rectory.  Back then only priests or their designees
> were deemed worthy of viewing their so-called
> "Sacramental Records".  These included baptism
> (birth), confirmation, marriage, and burial (death)
> records.  For many, many family historians this was a
> crushing blow, the only avenue left in which to gain
> knowledge of their ancestors.  The Catholic Church
> guarded the information with the same zeal that they
> still guard orphanage home records (regardless of the
> fact that the inmate was there for adoption or not).
> Somehow (I'd love to know the story behind this) the
> St. Louis Archdiocesan Parish Records were recorded by
> the Genealogical Society of Utah.  BTW, the
> Genealogical Society of Utah is dedicated to
> gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical
> information throughout the world. Established in 1894,
> it is an incorporated, nonprofit educational
> institution entirely funded by The Church of Jesus
> Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormons).  The
> St. Louis records were microfilmed in the early 1990s,
> and are currently available (all 242 microfilm reels)
> at the St. Louis County Library (as well as anywhere
> in the world with a Family History Library).  You
> might want to avail yourself of these records
> immediately.  Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, current
> head of the St. Louis Archdiocese, is well-known for
> his staunch support of Vatican directives, and I
> wouldn't be at all surprised if he takes the next
> logical step to have the existing microfilm burned.
>
> Link to news article on Catholic Church ban on Mormons
> accessing "Sacramental Records" :
>
> http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695276377,00.html
>
> Dave Lossos
> Lossos at Gmail.com
>
>
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