An admission that several priests have been engaging in antisemitic agitation in connection with the conflict between the Catholic Church in Lithuania and the Lithuanian Government (reported recently in the J.T.A. Bulletin) was made to-day by Dr. L. Bistras, the leader of the Catholic Party in Lithuania, in the course of an interview with the J.T.A. representative here.
The leaders of the Catholic movement in Lithuania, however, he declared, are entirely opposed to any antisemitic tendencies. Unfortunately, several priests have attacked Jews, he said, alleging that they are supporting the Government in its stand against the Church, but in many cases this is due to a misunderstanding, and their action is certainly not supported by the Catholic Church or the Catholic Party in Lithuania.
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