“
Before being a priest, I am a man
”. Foucault does not hesitate a second before affirming these few words. 25 years old, he is in his fourth year at the Orleans seminary. For this young man from Allier, becoming a priest has “
almost always been obvious
”. So little blond head, did he know that ten years later, barely pushing the seminary door open, he would be alerted to the sexual and spiritual abuses present in the Church? “
It's obviously difficult but it seemed far away at the beginning.
For Vincent, in the Paris region, reading the letter from the bishops of France, formally naming the sexual and deviant acts within the institution, was a real punch. "
I arrived fresh, pure, full of good intentions, wanting to marry Christ and I felt like a potential pedophile.
»At the height of his 23 years, the first steps in the seminary were painful.
"
Then, we understand the meaning of our commitment, we understand the mission we want
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