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IE IJA OLD/52
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Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus
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- [1950]-[1986] (Creation)
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Material concerning the reason(s) behind Fr David Woulfe’s leaving of the Society of Jesus. Includes typescript by Fr Francis Finegan SJ entitled ‘Why did David Wolf Leave the Society?’ an appendix to his privately published pamphlet on the earliest period of the Society in Ireland (n.d., 7pp);
- nineteenth century transcript of a Latin document ‘formerly’ in the archives of the Society at Gesu, supposedly the evidence of Fr William Good SJ, accusing Fr Woulfe of a ‘moral delinquency’ (n.d., 15pp) and
- transcript of the same made by Fr Fergal McGrath SJ (Irish Province Archivist to 1986), with explanatory note attached (n.d., 30pp).
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The Irish Jesuit Archives are open only to bona fide researchers. Access by advance appointment. Further details: [email protected]
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No material may be reproduced without the written permission of the Archivist. Copyright restrictions apply. Photocopying is not available. Digital photography is at the discretion of the Archivist.
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- Irish Mission of the Society of Jesus, 1542-1773 (Subject)
- Finegan, Francis J, 1909-2011, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- McGrath, Fergal P, 1895-1988, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Good, William E, 1527-1586, Jesuit priest (Subject)
- Wolfe, David, 1528-1578, Jesuit priest (Subject)