This was in 1883. The fact that Maeterlinck was reading La Jeune belgique shows that he was already spoilt for a priest.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Georges Eekhoud, Georges Rodenbach, and other writers joined them; and La Jeune belgique went on with its task of fighting the Philistine.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Parnasse de la Jeune belgique, Le.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell