Uruffe
Encyclopedia
Uruffe is a commune
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
department in north-eastern France
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priest
Guy Desnoyers.
A peasant's son, Guy Desnoyers was ordained a priest in 1946. In July 1950, he was appointed parish priest in Uruffe. He was a very active priest and rather appreciated by his parishioners and won fame for organizing young boys of the area into a soccer team. However, at the same time, Guy Desnoyers had relationships with several women. In 1953, he conceived a child with a fifteen year old girl, Michèle L. He persuaded her to give birth secretly and to abandon her child. In 1956, he had another relationship with Régine Fays, a nineteen year old girl from Uruffe, whom he seduced in the theater activities he had created. She also gets pregnant. Desnoyers was able to persuade Régine's father that her lover is a young man of the village, gone to Algeria to fight. Régine promised to keep the secret about the father but she refused to give birth secretly.
On December 3, 1956, a few time before the expected day of delivery, Guy Desnoyers got frightened and, on a road, shot his mistress in the head. Then, he disemboweled her to do a Caesarean and extract the female child, which she bore. He baptized, then killed the baby. He also slashed the baby's face to obscure a possible resemblance. The day after, he helped to search for the bodies, claiming that he knew the murderer but was unable to expose the murderer because of the obligations imposed by receiving secret of confessions. But, on December 5, he confessed his crime. On January 26, 1958, he was condemned, by the Court of assizes of Nancy, to forced labor for life. He was released in August 1978 and retired in a monastery
in Brittany
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
department in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The scandal of the priest of Uruffe
The scandal of the priest of Uruffe is a scandal that was in the news in the 50's. It deals with the crime committed by the CatholicCatholic
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priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
Guy Desnoyers.
A peasant's son, Guy Desnoyers was ordained a priest in 1946. In July 1950, he was appointed parish priest in Uruffe. He was a very active priest and rather appreciated by his parishioners and won fame for organizing young boys of the area into a soccer team. However, at the same time, Guy Desnoyers had relationships with several women. In 1953, he conceived a child with a fifteen year old girl, Michèle L. He persuaded her to give birth secretly and to abandon her child. In 1956, he had another relationship with Régine Fays, a nineteen year old girl from Uruffe, whom he seduced in the theater activities he had created. She also gets pregnant. Desnoyers was able to persuade Régine's father that her lover is a young man of the village, gone to Algeria to fight. Régine promised to keep the secret about the father but she refused to give birth secretly.
On December 3, 1956, a few time before the expected day of delivery, Guy Desnoyers got frightened and, on a road, shot his mistress in the head. Then, he disemboweled her to do a Caesarean and extract the female child, which she bore. He baptized, then killed the baby. He also slashed the baby's face to obscure a possible resemblance. The day after, he helped to search for the bodies, claiming that he knew the murderer but was unable to expose the murderer because of the obligations imposed by receiving secret of confessions. But, on December 5, he confessed his crime. On January 26, 1958, he was condemned, by the Court of assizes of Nancy, to forced labor for life. He was released in August 1978 and retired in a monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
in Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
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