Léo Taxil was the pen name of Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, who had been accused earlier of libel regarding a book he wrote called The Secret Loves of Pope Pius IX.
Léo Taxil var et pseudonym for Marie Joseph Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pagès, som var blevet anklaget for ærekrænkelse i en bog han havde skrevet med titlen Pave Pius IX's hemmelige kærlighedsliv.