But don’t expect to read shocking revelations. Pere Jean will stay true to the seal of confession. His goal is to shine a light on a forgotten part of society.
“It’s amazing to see how deep their thoughts and words can be,” said the priest, who worked for 38 years at Montreal’s Bordeaux – considered the country’s toughest jail.
The unconventional chaplain said he was destined to spend his life in prison.
“Hadn’t I chosen to be a priest, I probably would have become the world’s greatest gangster. I’m a passionate person,” he asserted in a book recently published about his life.
Patry recalled being a petty criminal when he was young. He stole regularly, beat up kids in his neighbourhood and wrecked a school. He was saved by his family, his faith and a magazine article on a French priest working with prostitutes in Paris’s red-light district.

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