Russell, Massachusetts, USA
1870 - Forbidden to Read Bible

The Irish Catholics at Russell, Mass., have forbidden their children to read the Bible in the schools, and demanded that the teachers shall not oblige them to do so. So the Catholic children merely stand up while the others read (some of them refusing to do that), and the question is referred to the committee for decision.

St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 15, 1870

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