Clergyman; born in New York City, Sept. 27, 1837; was educated at the College of the Propaganda in
Rome.
In 1860 he was ordained priest and returned to New York City, where he became an assistant to
Father Farrell in St. Joseph's Church.
In 1866 he was appointed pastor of
St. Stephen's Church in New York, and while in this pastorate founded
St. Stephen's Home for Orphan and Destitute Children on a very meagre scale, but so rapidly did the enterprise grow that in a few years it occupied three lots on Twenty-eighth Street, two large houses, 20 acres of land at New Dorp, S. I., and an acre of land and house at
Belmont,
Fordham.
He became a strong advocate of the single-tax theories of
Henry George (q. v.) whom he heartily supported as candidate for mayor of New York City in 1887.
These views were rebuked in a letter written him by
Archbishop Corrigan, and shortly afterwards He was suspended from his pastorate and summoned to
Rome to appear before the tribunal of the
Propaganda.
He, however, refused to go, and, in consequence, was excommunicated.
In 1892 he was restored to the exercise of his priestly functions.
In 1894
Archbishop Corrigan appointed him pastor of St. Mary's Church at
Newburg, N. Y., where he died, Jan. 7, 1900.
