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... priest of Accoules in Marseilles . Though of humble birth and scant education , he was welcomed by several wealthy families . He was gay , even boisterous , occasionally playfully tossing soft cheese [ brousse ] across the dinner table ...
... priest of Accoules in Marseilles . Though of humble birth and scant education , he was welcomed by several wealthy families . He was gay , even boisterous , occasionally playfully tossing soft cheese [ brousse ] across the dinner table ...
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... priests , Fathers Davot and Mariette , of saying black masses over the naked bellies of young girls . Father Gérard , priest of St. - Sauveur , was charged with saying a similar mass , at which he had debauched the girl serving as an ...
... priests , Fathers Davot and Mariette , of saying black masses over the naked bellies of young girls . Father Gérard , priest of St. - Sauveur , was charged with saying a similar mass , at which he had debauched the girl serving as an ...
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... priest , ex- plaining their volte - face as an attempt by the Devil to save his servant . The nuns in- sisted their testimony had been dictated by the friars who hated the parish priest . The Mother Superior was ignored when she ap ...
... priest , ex- plaining their volte - face as an attempt by the Devil to save his servant . The nuns in- sisted their testimony had been dictated by the friars who hated the parish priest . The Mother Superior was ignored when she ap ...
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