The sexual abuse crisis
in the Roman Catholic Church has focused primarily on molestation by
priests, but in Louisville, two dozen people are now suing an order of
nuns that staffed an orphanage decades ago.
The allegations include
some accusing nuns of molestation as well as charges against a
now-deceased priest. While experts agree the incidence of abuse by nuns
has been much less frequent than assaults by male clergy, the phenomenon
has gained some attention recently.
