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The Confessor and the Penitent in a Jesuit Plea
The historical excerpt depicts Mademoiselle Cadiere’s daily communion and ecstatic visions, followed by a confessed entanglement with her Jesuit confessor Father Girard. He nurtures her spiritual ardor while concealing a growing, forbidden affection, culminating in coercive terms that bind her to him for a year under threat of mortal sin. Several other votaries join this pattern of custody and control.
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Mademoiselle Cadiere
Father Girard
Conteshon
Confessor
Jetus
M. Cadicre