Storia do Mogor 361.3.6

361.3.6

At these words the Lord Bishop of San Thomé said that if the Reverend Father Esprit were to be allowed in, it was necessary beforehand for him to admit three things, to be reduced to writing. The first was that he must confess himself to be guilty; the second, [266] that, having confessed his fault, he must humbly ask pardon; and the third, he must promise he will no longer claim the cure of the Malabārīs. We could not accept these conditions, which absolved Monsignor from his acts and threw the blame on the Capuchins. They also deprived us of all hope of a re-entry on our original mission. Shortly afterwards we took our leave. We suddenly perceived what had led to this declaration, and what, if only a little attention is paid, will clearly explain the maxims followed by the reverend Jesuit fathers.