a Franciscan. McLoughlin criticized the Church for requiring young men to take such a vow, often without having experience of life outside school and seminary. He also criticized the Catholic parochial school system, and alleged that a Catholic plot had existed to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, criticisms which fed anti-Catholicism in America in the 1950s and 1960s. He also joined Freemasonry. In early 1970, Mcloughlin was still administrator of Phoenix Memorial. He later moved to Oklahoma, where he died on October 9, 1970. He is buried in Berwyn Cemetery in Gene Autry. Legacy The city of Phoenix named the Emmett McLoughlin Community Training & Education Center in his honor. Works People's Padre: an Autobiography (Boston : Beacon Press, 1954). American Culture and Catholic Schools (New York: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1960). Crime and Immorality in the Catholic Church (New York: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1962). An Inquiry in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (New York: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1963). Letters to an ex-priest (New York: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1965). Famous Ex-Priests (New York: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1968). References 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests 1907 births 1970 deaths Critics of the Catholic Church American conspiracy theorists American hospital administrators