When he had been a catechist he had developed religious feelings in children by slapping their faces and there had appeared from time to time in various journals articles about 'the sadistic catechist', 'the slapping catechist'.
Katekista zenean, belarrondoko bidez garatu zuen umeengan erlijio-sentimendua, eta askotan hari buruzko berritxoak argitaratzen ziren hainbat aldizkaritan: "Katekista basapiztia", "belarrondoak ematen dituen katekista".