He entered the Society of Jesus on 7 September 1630 and was sent to the English missions in 1640. He laboured there with great zeal and success for forty-two years. A victim of the Oates Plot, he was betrayed and arrested at the instigation of a nobleman to whose sisters he was administering the sacraments, and was taken to the Leicester jail.
He joined the Society of Jesus on September 7, 1630, and was dispatched to English missions in 1640. He dedicated himself to his work there with great zeal and success for forty-two years. A victim of the Oates Plot, he was betrayed and arrested at the instigation of a nobleman who had been receiving sacraments from him, and was taken to Leicester jail.