- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-01-06
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- 1949 to 2002
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)
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Bishop Grant to Downham Market Congregation
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-133
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- 26 November 1975
Compliments slip: Bishop Secretary: "Tony Sketch will arrange to deliver the enclosed - less the carbon - to all Downham Market parishioners when he distributes his invitations to the real Mass."
Page 1: letter to the congregation at Downham Market - explaining, now that the legal procedure is over, the sorrow he feels in acting against Fr Baker. Obedience to the Holy Father means accepting the changes away from the Tridentine Mass. Expects support for Fr Sketch. Notes of explanation included.
Page 2-3: Notes headed: "1. Your present position"; "2. The Missal of Pope Paul VI"; "3. The Bishop's dealings with Fr Baker"
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)
Bishop Grant to Fr Baker: Consequences of the Decree
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-131
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- 24 November 1975
Detailing the immediate consequences of the Decree sent on 20 November:
- not entitled to live in the Parish house - must be vacated without delay - contact the Bishop for support arrangements
- not entitled to use the Church - will not evict Fr Baker but will not tolerate him remaining
- not entitled to administer parochial funds - make arrangements to settle up
- not entitled to officiate at marriages - any married by you will be in an invalid marriage
- if celebrating mass in disobedience must make this clear to those attending and handle monies appropriately
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)
Bishop Grant to Fr Baker: Invitation to resign as Parish Priest
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-101-1
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- 9 September 1975
Laying out the issues which the Bishop had to consider along with the historic background and identifying the parts of relevant Canon Law, the Bishop invites Fr Baker to resign as Parish Priest in Downham Market
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)
Bishop Grant to Fr Baker: Requests to attend in Northampton
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-95
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- 7 September 1975
Requesting that he attends in Northampton to discuss the situation in Downham Market and that of Fr Baker. Having put the Bishop off at the last moment, the Bishop says that he expects Fr Baker to attend next week.
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)
Bishop Grant to Press Association: Report in the Daily Telegraph
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-132
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- 25 November 1975
Quoting from an article in the Daily Telegraph which the Bishop indicates could mislead a reader with some untruths about Fr Sketch. Writing because "this and similar one-sided reports cause distress..." "... you will instruct your staff to present both sides of the picture, and not accept uncritically the propaganda of an interested party in the controversy."
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)
Decree: Administrative removal of Fr Baker as Parish Priest
- GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-05-01-02-01-130-1
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- 19 November 1975
Fr Baker's ministry is harmful being direct and open disobedience of the Holy See. A review of the documents sent by Fr Baker were considered by the Synodal Examiner and the Pro-Synodal Examiner as not a sufficient answer and his ministry was harmful. Fr Baker had refused to resign and hence the Bishop is removing him from his office as Parish Priest at Downham Market. He has to hand over to Father Sketch.
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)