“It’s important because [the Rev. Coyle is] an example of a man who loved people, who wanted all the groups of the community to come together,” said Archbishop Thomas Rodi of Mobile, who preached during the service at Birmingham's Cathedral of St. Paul.
The Rev. James E. Coyle was pastor of St. Paul’s Church from 1904 until he was shot to death on the porch of the rectory next to the cathedral on Aug. 11, 1921. The Cathedral of St. Paul in Birmingham held its annual memorial Mass on Friday to remember its former pastor, a priest who was killed 102 years ago near the front of the cathedral.The Rev. James E. Coyle, who had been pastor of St.
As defense attorney, Hugo Black had Gussman summoned into the courtroom and questioned him about his curly hair and skin color. Lights were dimmed in the courtroom so the darkness of Gussman’s complexion would be accentuated, said an Oct. 20, 1921, newspaper account of the final day of the trial. Black gained an acquittal.
There was a fear Protestant girls would be kidnapped, forced to become Catholic nuns and held against their will, Davies said. Coyle had been an outspoken opponent of the Ku Klux Klan and an advocate of justice for all, Pinto said. “It was built in his honor,” Jerabek said. “We want to continue to honor him by preserving this house.”
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