Patrick C. Goujon a careful reading which emphasizes what makes giving spiritual help possible in a conversation. We are shown how Ignatius deals with decision-making and with obstacles in the spiritual life. He is also revealed giving encouragement and correction and advising about how to offer these to others.
"I never imagined how much sexual assault on a child could destroy their adult life. I was shocked by the scandal of such crimes, especially when they are perpetrated by men of the Church. That was my view until one day suddenly it came back to me what a priest had done to me during my childhood. I had been locked in denial for almost forty years. Because I had complained and finally spoke, I thought I could heal, but everything fell apart. In the rubble of my history, came a nagging question: how could I have chosen to become a priest?" This is the blub from the French text of Prière, de ne pas abuser, a memoir by Jesuit Patrick C. Goujon about his recovered memory as an adult that he had been abused by a priest as a boy. The book is written in a very poetic French. It was published last year by Éditions du Seuil and has been reviewed very prominently in France, including in Le Monde, Le journal du Dimanche, La Croix, and L'est Republicain"--
Un match de foot grandiose, une partie de tennis décisive, un jogging amoureux, une mémorable leçon de kung-fu. Des sommets sont gravis, des cols grimpés, des brasses coulées, des courses perdues, des espoirs gagnés ou déçus. Trente écrivains passionnés et solidaires mouillent leur plume pour parler de sport et puisent dans toute la gamme des émotions. Avec le témoignage de trois grands champions : Laurence Fischer, championne du monde de karaté, Stéphane Diagana, champion du monde d'athlétisme, et Richard Dacoury, champion d'Europe de basket. Un formidable hymne à la vie.