Leslie Rumble

After gaining a doctorate at the Angelicum University in Rome studying with such teachers as Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange,[2] he returned to Australia in 1927 and for many years taught theology at the order's seminary in Kensington, New South Wales.

In 1928 Dr Rumble began a Sunday evening programme on radio-station 2UE, answering queries about Catholicism.

He treated inquirers as honest seekers for the truth and answered in a very logical style "in a voice like worn sandpaper".

[7] Written versions of his Question Box program were popular in the United States (where he toured successfully in 1940-41[8]) as well as Australia and were said to have sold seven million copies.

[3] During the federal election campaign of 1949 Rumble suggested that the Labor Party was too committed to socialisation for Catholics to vote for.