Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1897 Father John Gerard of Stonyhurst College , namesake of John Gerard ( who , following the plot 's discovery , had evaded capture ) , wrote an account called What was the Gunpowder Plot ?
Simplified: In 1897 Father John Gerard of Stonyhurst College , namesake of a Jesuit priest who had performed Mass to some of the plotters , wrote an account called What was the Gunpowder Plot ?