LE VESINET - Abbé Léon MARET (1830-1908, parish priest of Le - Lot 463

LE VESINET - Abbé Léon MARET (1830-1908, parish priest of Le Vésinet since 1865, he was charged in 1879 with indecent assault on a 12-year-old girl, and his trial caused a great scandal, The "Affaire du curé du Vésinet" gave rise to satirical songs, and Flaubert and Zola wrote about it. The Abbé spent 7 years in prison, then retired to Villeurbanne, where he continued his great work, the biography of all the world's bishops, over 80 volumes) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-12, headed with his Monsignore coat of arms (he had been appointed by Pope Leo XIII his secret cameraman), Le Vésinet, June 10 (1877), he sends his notice on the new bishop of Laval to be published in "la Semaine du Fidèle" [read the interesting notices about him on the net by the Société d'Histoire du Vésinet].