Despite the lack of a resident priest to regularly perform mass, the Rapanui had returned to Roman Catholicism, but there remained some tension between temporal and spiritual power as Father Roussel disapproved of Salmon because of his Jewish paternity.
The Rapanui had returned to Roman Catholicism. This was despite the lack of a resident priest. This was to regularly perform mass. There remained some tension between temporal and spiritual power as Father Roussel. This Father Roussel was disapproved of Salmon because of his Jewish paternity.