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Desciara Boulos has a petition before the Patriarchal Court for separation from his wife, Mei Giamile Damian, for adultery. Court not proceeding since his wife has made a counter claim. Asking Bishop to put the enclosed interrogatory to him since he lives at "13 Marian Arcade, Great Yarmouth".
Side 2, pencilled notes: Wife remains in Palestine, has attributed bad behaviour to you. Notes on being with unmarried women, visiting houses of prostitution, walking with a dancing woman, bad behaviour with a woman

Faculties needed to cover the Convent and to allow him to hear confessions of sick nuns within the convent, if required.
Manuscript annotation: "Confirmed faculties ; & sent 1. Duplication faculties, 2. [?] Confessions for Nuns. July 25 / 28."

Confirmation of existing convert. Bishop presumes that the priest receiving her did not follow the inbuilt rite of including Confirmation in the rite of Reception. Not normally delegated to priests. Except for urgency. Too late for tomorrow's Confirmation at St George's, Norwich. Bishop sets considerable store on the public administration of the Sacrament.

Repeats the content of the original letter from Rev Dr Franz Fellinger and encloses the interrogatory (not available) to be put to Mr B Boulos. The Bishop delegates Fr Courtney to do this in the presence of a responsible person to act as a notary.
Side 2, Notary's handwritten record of answers to the questions put:
"1. Yes I have been disarrayed.

2. The accusation is false.
3. Indignantly denies having been to house of prostitution
4. Denies walking out with a dancing woman or any woman.
5. It is not true denies both points of accusation
   [undecipherable 5 words] by me (signed) Bishara Boulos"

Witness to the signature of B Boulos J Courtney SJ [word?] Delegate of [Bishop of Northampton]
(signed) Edward Julius Cox Notary

Returns the Patriarch's document with answers. No parochial seal, else he would have attached it. Note that the man's address is 26a, Regent Road and not 13 Marine Arcade (a shop/stall in the arcade).

Approach by Shanahans to be legally married in the eyes of the church following a registry office marriage on 26 January. They thought they were doing the right thing but now know it was not so. The urgency arises as the man, a US Army NCO, considers he may be recalled soon. They are first cousins. Fr Thompson has his doubts since he is aware of 3 false statements: 1 the registry office was actually in London, 2. the man is retired from the army, 3. the woman has lived for 12 years in Bungay and not recently in Ireland.
Manuscript annotation: "Answered. Cannot do anything till more enquiries are made about the couple. Three false statements to begin with is a bit tall!"

Fr Ryan, PP at Borrileigh has written (letter enclosed) with all the information needed.
p.s. Fr Thompson cannot get about yet - had a relapse - voice fine, cough worse, must wait for a change in the weather.

Fr Ryan, PP at Borrisleigh, has written providing background information about the Shanahans.

Case of the Irish-American James Shanahan & his first cousin Bridget Shanahan. Fr Thompson has received the baptismal certificates for both from the PP (Fr Ryan) at Borrisleigh, Co. Tipperary. Still not clear whether they are free to marry - although both appear regularly at services and want to regularise things over their registry office marriage. He suggests that they could be asked to swear an oath on a Statement of Freedom.

Encloses the Dispensation tax. The US Army considers the man Shanahan to be unmarried. Fr Thompson says they are rotters, the woman's the worst, and is glad to get them off his hands. She said, on being advised of the fee due Rome, that the whole thing was a commercial business and that all is needed is money to "smooth away all the difficulties". Fr Thompson suggested that they do the favour of clearing out of his parish.

Marriage Dispensation naming "Jacobus Shanahan et Birgitta Shanahan" of Northampton Diocese. Dated 27 February 1924.
Manuscript note: "Executed March 4 / 24."