The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Girard/Cadière Relationship

1 A Community of Faith

2 The Meeting of Two Souls

3 Unraveling and Betrayal

The Trial

4 Becoming a Cause Célèbre

5 Arguing the Case

6 Before the Courts

Beyond the Grand’Chambre

7 Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit

8 The Aftermath

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“Choudhury writes vividly and unfolds the scandal at some pace and with persuasion, based, as her study is, on examination of private correspondence, official exchanges, and police records.”

—Nigel Aston, Journal of Social History