[TI] Catholic church ban on Mormans accessing Sacramentalrecords.

[Jim McCarthy]

Quite true. Abp. Burke has no authority over the Mormon Church, but he is a 
man who follows his own interpretation of rules; i.e. a loose cannon.  Jim 
McCarthy, Somerville, MA.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Serrino" <gserrino at verizon.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] Catholic church ban on Mormans accessing 
Sacramentalrecords.


> 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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