SIXTH ABUSE

It is an abuse, born of the preceding, that the archbishop of Manila

and the three bishops of Nueva Cáceres, Nueva Segovia, and Cebú,

residing in their dioceses, may be bishops in partibus, since,

under pretext of the exemption of the regulars, they may not ask

the latter how they administer their obventions or how they live,

which in truth is the height of scandal.

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