“Spiritual Abuse in the Church: Taking Evil at the Root”

Carthusian custom dictates that when a brother publishes a book, he humbly signs: "a Carthusian" . Exceptionally, the prior of the Grande Chartreuse has chosen to depart from tradition as this work personally implies. The reflection on the risks and excesses of religious life proposed by the superior of this monastic order created in the 11th century by Saint Bruno is the fruit of four years of reflection on sectarian aberrations within religious communities, and numerous meetings with the victims of spiritual abuse.

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Their testimonies punctuate throughout the book the author's analysis, echoing this requirement that the Church has set itself to face the terrible crisis it is going through: give priority to the victims, and lend them - finally - an attentive ear.

This book is a major step. Firstly because it does not directly deal with cases of pedophilia, but with less publicized and often more insidious acts: spiritual abuse, which

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