Golias publishing had outlined the story of Santier and the charges against him earlier, but without FC's detailed sourcing, mentioning it several times in its biennial assessment of the French Church hierarchy, Trombinoscope des évêques de France, 2022–2023.[8] According to Golias, the practice at issue required the penitent to divest himself of an article of clothing as he confessed each of his sins before receiving absolution, known as "strip confession". (English in original).[9]