This building, located somewhere in South Carolina, also has been in the news of late. Where is it and why has it been in the news? Send your guess to feedback@statehousereport.com — and remember to include your name, home city and contact information.
Last week’s mystery, “Brick building,” showed a view of Bishop England High School on Daniel. It’s been in the news recently for being the focus of a $300 million lawsuit related to a voyeurism allegation.
Only a few readers correctly identified the building, including Kevin Mertens of Greenville; Jay Altman of Columbia; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; and Henry Eldridge of Tega Cay.
Graf reminded us that the school’s namesake had a newspaper career as well as a religious one: “John England was born in Cork, Ireland, on Sept. 23, 1786. He was ordained on Oct. 11, 1808, and quickly became a renowned lecturer. He organized schools for the poor, was appointed as president of St. Mary’s College, and served as Chaplain of the Presentation Convent, the MagdalenAsylum, and the city prison. He also had a parish in Brandon from May 1817 until August 1820, at which point he resigned because of being named Bishop of Charleston.
“Bishop England wanted to revive classical learning in his diocese and started ‘Book Societies’ throughout his congregations. He was a prolific writer as well and in 1822 started The United States Catholic Miscellany, the first Catholic newspaper in the country. The paper answered attacks made on the church and contained general catechetical information. England wrote, edited, and helped publish the paper. He died on April11, 1842.”
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