Keith Raniere Nxivm trial: Why it's so hard to stop a cult

Sex cult leader Keith Raniere, has been convicted in New York of charges including racketeering and sex trafficking. For 20 years, Raniere was the leader of Nxivm (pronounced nexium), which claimed to be a self-help group and to have thousands of followers. But during his trial, former members gave an insight into the reality of how the group was run.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48635278 

Catholic Churches In Birmingham Fail To Deal With Child Sex Abuse

A damning report's found failings into how allegations of child abuse were dealt with at the Archdiocese of Birmingham It found children could have been saved from sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Birmingham if the Catholic church had not been so determined to protect its reputation.

https://www.capitalfm.com/birmingham/radio/news/local/church-birmingham-fail-deal-child-sex-abuse/

Scottish charity regulator criticised for taking over a year to respond to complaint

A member of the public has complained to the Scottish Parliament because the charity regulator in Scotland has taken over a year to decide whether to investigate possible missue of charitable funds. Peter Martin of Muir of Ord asked OSCR to investigate the “misuse of charitable funds in relation to sexual abuse in the diocese of Galloway” in April 2018, but has still not had a decision. -

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/scottish-government-involved-after-oscr-takes-over-a-year-to-respond-to-complaint.html

Top Buffalo diocese official allegedly scolded boy who accused priest of abuse

The second-in-command of the Buffalo Diocese in the early 1980s allegedly blamed a teenage boy who accused the Rev. Michael R. Freeman of sexually abusing him. Monsignor Donald W. Trautman told the boy in a meeting at diocese headquarters that he should have avoided Freeman, who was assigned to St. Christopher Church in the Town of Tonawanda at the time, according to local attorney Steve Boyd.

https://buffalonews.com/2019/06/20/top-buffalo-diocese-official-allegedly-scolded-boy-who-accused-priest-of-abuse/ 

Pope names replacement for France abuse

Pope Francis on Monday named a temporary replacement for a French bishop who has gone on leave after being found guilty of covering up sex abuse. Mons. Michel Dubost, emeritus bishop of Evry-Crobeil-Essonnes, has been named apostolic administrator of the diocese of Lyon. He replaces Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was sentenced to six months in jail for covering up a string of sex-abuse cases in the eastern French city.

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/vatican/2019/06/24/pope-names-replacement-for-france-abuse_b1676e88-d53a-4580-a9e0-87fbc3b85e9f.html

‘I have not allowed the abuse I suffered as a child to define me’

Every day I’m inspired by my husband, Sacha. He suffered the most heinous abuse at an orphanage as a child and he was a part of the recent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Despite that heartbreaking start to his life, he’s survived and at 78 works in our local performing arts centre, entertaining the over-60s.

https://startsat60.com/discover/opinion/bloggers/i-didnt-let-the-abuse-i-suffered-as-a-child-define-me 

Former Erie Bishop Responds to Allegations of not Reporting Sexual Abuse

Former Erie Bishop Donald Trautman has released a statement, over the latest sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church. “The assertions about me from the press conference in Buffalo regarding James Bottlinger are not accurate. I can state with absolute certainty that I never saw Freeman and Bottlinger in Freeman’s bedroom or “private quarters”. If I had observed any inappropriate actions, I would have immediately corrected it. I did not cover up anything.”

 https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/40689980/former-erie-bishop-responds-to-allegations-of-not-reporting-sexual-abuse

Church commission updating policies to reflect new Vatican sex abuse reporting law

The Curia’s Safeguarding Commission is currently updating its policy to reflect a new Vatican law on sex abuse reporting, a spokesperson has told The Malta Independent. The revised version will be published later this year. Last month, Pope Francis issued the “motu proprio” “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” (“You are the light of the world”) to help the Catholic Church safeguard its members from abuse and hold its leaders accountable.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2019-06-24/local-news/Church-commission-updating-policies-to-reflect-new-Vatican-sex-reporting-law-6736209959 

Woman abused by 'evil nun' tells how she's scarred for life

The crimes of a nun who allegedly abused society's most vulnerable children are beginning to come to light thanks to the bravery of one of her victims. Sister Isobel O'Brien was identified as part of a Merseyside Police investigation into abuse at Greenfield House convent in Billinge, St Helens, after Marie Hargreaves, now 65, came forward decades later.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/despicable-crimes-evil-nun-exposed-16389870 

Little girls tortured, beaten and sexually abused: Brave victims of 'evil nun' come forward

More brave victims have described the horrific abuse at the hands of a nun who allegedly sexually assaulted little girls in her care. Last week grandmother-of-nine Marie Hargreaves bravely spoke out about Sister Isobel O'Brien, who she says battered, psychologically tortured and sexually abused her in Greenfield House convent in Billinge, St Helens.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/little-girls-tortured-beaten-sexually-16466002 

2 Catholic orders name 65 priests accused or convicted of abuse; 27 served in Arizona.

Two Catholic religious orders recently released lists naming 65 clergy accused of sexual abuse against minors dating back decades; 27 of the men served in Arizona. The newly released information comes as American bishops met this week in Baltimore for a conference that focused on how to respond to the church's sex-abuse crisis, which has increasingly caught the attention of state prosecutors across the U.S.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/06/15/2-catholic-orders-release-names-who-served-arizona-accused-child-sex-abuse/1435770001/ 

Pedophile Behind Bars, Victims Will Receive $60 Million

“We are grateful that this process is in its final stages and will provide closure for these brave young men,” said New York attorney Paul J. Hanly Jr., co-lead counsel on the case with Boston lawyer Mitchell Garabedian. “The settlement will allow the survivors to move beyond these horrors, enable them to receive whatever counseling and aid they require, and move on with their lives, as best as they can.” If there is no successful challenge to the settlement in court, it will officially take effect on August 27, 2019.

https://www.legalreader.com/pedophile-behind-bars-victims-will-receive-60-million/ 

Safe haven or house of horrors? Ex-Mt. Loretto residents reflect on shocking sex filing

To some it was a safe haven, an environment where struggling children put their lives back on track. Others, however, claim it was a place where predators preyed upon their vulnerabilities. Former residents of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Mount Loretto, are embroiled after a bombshell court filing alleged that a woman who attended the haven suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of several nuns and at least one lay person.

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/safe-haven-or-house-of-horrors-ex-mt-loretto-residents-reflect-after-shocking-sex-filing.html 

Her Evangelical Megachurch Changed into Her World. Then Her Daughter Said She Changed into Molested by a Minister.

Christi Bragg listened in disbelief. It modified into a Sunday in February, and her smartly-liked evangelical pastor, Matt Chandler, modified into preaching on the sinful of leaders who sexually abuse these they are called to give protection to. But at the Village Church, he assured his listeners, victims of assault would be heard, and healed: “We take into fable you.”

https://steerfeed.org/her-evangelical-megachurch-changed-into-her-world-then-her-daughter-said-she-changed-into-molested-by-a-minister/99154/ 

Kamala Harris buried investigation into predator priests and did 'absolutely nothing' after becoming San Francisco D.A. say victims who want their cases files released

Survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy claim Kamala Harris did not do enough to prosecute their cases when she was San Francisco district attorney. Victims said compared to Terence Hallinan, who was DA before Harris defeated him in the 2003 election, Harris did 'absolutely nothing.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7125993/Kamala-Harris-buried-investigation-predator-priests-victims-say.html 

‘Detailed information’ lands Visalia priest on paid leave

Kathleen Lisle speaks out about her experience being abused by a priest in the Catholic Church when she was 12 years old. Angela Gosnell and Sam Upshaw Jr., Nashville Tennessean A Visalia priest with a troubled past is on paid leave after The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno discovered new evidence that may point to wrongdoing.

https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2019/06/10/visalia-priest-placed-leave-roman-catholic-diocese/1416475001/

That strong New York Times #ChurchToo horror story – with clues pointing to big SBC issues

Throughout the 16-plus years that GetReligion has been around, I have received emails asking why the mainstream press has focused on clergy sexual abuse cases in the Church of Rome, but not abuse cases in liberal and conservative Protestant flocks.

That’s an important question and one that looms over the intense media coverage we are currently seeing — with good cause — at the Southern Baptist Convention meetings in Birmingham (click here for Bobby Ross Jr. round-up on preliminary coverage).

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/6/11/that-strong-new-york-times-churchtoo-horror-story-with-clues-pointing-to-big-sbc-issues

Federal judge OKs $60 million settlement in Haitian orphanage abuse case

HARTFORD, Connecticut - A $60 million settlement to be paid by Fairfield University and several Catholic organizations and individuals will go to as many as 170 Haitian children at a Catholic orphanage who were abused by convicted pedophile Douglas Perlitz. Jayne Conroy, an attorney who represented the children, said the settlement was a long time in coming.

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2019/06/11/federal-judge-oks-60-million-settlement-in-haitian-orphanage-abuse-case/ 

Argentine bishop and friend of Pope Francis charged with sex abuse of seminarians

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, one of Pope Francis’ first episcopal appointments, has been formally charged with alleged sexual abuse of two seminarians in the Diocese of Oran in northern Argentina.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/argentine-bishop-and-friend-of-pope-francis-charged-with-sex-abuse-of-seminarians 

AP: States Consider Charging Catholic Church as Crime Ring

In what would be an unprecedented legal move, Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel is considering applying federal racketeering laws to prosecute officials within the Catholic Church for their roles in covering up clerical sex abuse, according to an Associated Press investigation published Tuesday morning.  Such an action would mark the first known example of a law enforcement agency prosecuting the Church using federal laws aimed at taking on organized criminal activity.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/9926-ap-states-consider-charging-catholic-church-as-crime-ring 

What happened at Nazareth House orphanages?

The extent of the appalling abuse suffered by children in the care of nuns at the Nazareth House orphanages has been laid bare in a new report. Over five decades, children were subjected to physical beatings and punishments on an almost daily basis. In homes in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Ayrshire and Midlothian, they were humiliated, insulted and denigrated by adults charged with their care.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48460746 

Thousands of children ‘led miserable and fearful lives’ at abusive Aberdeen care home

Thousands of children were made to live in fear by violent nuns who physically and sexually abused them at an Aberdeen care home. A “heart-breaking” report has been released detailing the “utmost depravity” youngsters had to endure at Nazareth House on the city’s Claremont Street. The home was set up by six members of the Sisters of Nazareth charity in 1862, and operated as an orphanage, school and care home for the elderly.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1761013/thousands-of-children-led-miserable-and-fearful-lives-at-abusive-aberdeen-care-home/ 

Children were subject to sexual abuse of 'utmost depravity' at home run by Sisters of Nazareth religious order, inquiry finds

Children at homes run by a religious order were subjected to sexual abuse of the 'utmost depravity', an inquiry has found. Residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth (SoN) were 'places of fear, hostility and confusion' for many children, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry said. The inquiry published its findings into residential institutions run by SoN between 1933 and 1984 on Thursday, concluding that children suffered sexual abuse there.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7086611/Children-home-run-Sisters-Nazareth-subject-sexual-abuse.html 

Nazareth sidebar: Nun’s conviction

Just one Nazareth House worker has been convicted of abuse since the closure of the Aberdeen facility. Marie Theresa Docherty, known as Sister Alphonso, appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court in 2000. She pled not guilty to 21 different charges regarding the cruel and unnatural treatment of children in her care.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1761094/nazareth-sidebar-nuns-conviction/ 

Nigerian Catholic priest Duru rapes 68 year-old American woman: Court papers

A 68-year-old retired American teacher Kathy Coll has sued a Nigerian Catholic Priest, Fr. Cyprian Duru for alleged rape in 2016. In the 13-count suit, Coll also sued the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop David Zubik, and St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish, her Ross Township church.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/06/08/nigerian-catholic-priest-duru-rapes-68-year-old-american-woman-court-papers/ 

Catholic Church spent $10.6 million to lobby against legislation that would benefit victims of child sex abuse

A new report released Tuesday reveals that, over the past eight years, the Catholic Church has spent $10.6 million in the northeastern United States to fight legislation that would help victims of clergy sexual abuse seek justice. "At the most basic level, we were inspired by frustration," says attorney Gerald Williams,

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/catholic-church-scandal-spent-10-million-lobbyists-fight-extension-statutes-of-limitations-child-sex-abuse-vicims/ 

Child abuse is a global epidemic — we need global action to eradicate if

In May of this year, a 3-year-old girl was raped in India. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, a child is sexually abused in India, my home country, every 15 minutes. But India is far from alone. n 2014, 1 billion children between the ages of 2 and 17 were the victims of physical, sexual, emotional or multiple types of violence. One statistic suggests that 200 million children worldwide face sexual violence annually.

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/446848-child-abuse-is-a-global-epidemic-we-need-global-action-to-eradicate-it 

Abuse survivor plans trip to replace memorial ribbons

Sexual abuse survivor Mike Ledingham launched his book The Catholic Boys at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Onehunga. A child abuse survivor is so upset at the removal of memorial ribbons from an Auckland Catholic church, he plans to get ribbons from Australian survivors to replace those taken down.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/113274971/abuse-survivor-plans-trip-to-replace-memorial-ribbons 

Nazareth House child abuse: East Kilbride survivor hails outcome of inquiry

An elderly survivor of state care child abuse says he is delighted justice has finally been served after a 20 year fight. Jim Buckley, 74, was the first in Scotland to give testimony to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on the cruel regimes he was forced to endure throughout his childhood at the hands of nuns.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/nazareth-house-child-abuse-east-16253582

Child abuse and its concealment did occur within Protestant institutions

Patrick Murphy observed that, “Protestant churches have generally not been involved in widespread child abuse and its concealment” (May 25). Their “moral authority” and “reputation remains largely intact”. Bible-based prohibition of abortion and equal marriage therefore plays strongly within unionist politics.

https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/2019/06/07/news/child-abuse-and-its-concealment-did-occur-within-protestant-institutions-1636145/ 

Children Were Abused In Sisters Of Nazareth Houses

According to the information from their website, the Sisters of Nazareth have been supporting and caring for those in need at all stages of life for more than 150 years within our Nazareth Houses. They do this by living their core values of Love, Compassion, Patience, Respect, Justice and Hospitality. These values are shared by all who work in their Nazareth Houses.

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/children-were-abused-sisters-nazareth-houses 

Victims of Sexual Abuse by Nuns Are Speaking Out

Besides Catholic priests there are also Catholic nuns with credible allegations of abuse against children, but it seems like their victims are not getting enough visibility, When the media reports about abuse in the Church it is almost always about the priests. Nuns may be even more difficult to prosecute because women are not seen as abuser in general and nuns are usually out of the media spotlight that is focused on abusive priests.

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/victims-sexual-abuse-nuns-are-speaking-out 

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences

Deaf survivors of sexual abuse are being encouraged to share their childhood experiences as part of a major independent inquiry. The Truth Project, one of the three parts of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, this week launched new measures to make it easier for d/Deaf people who were sexually abused as children to come forward and tell their stories.

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-encourages-deaf-survivors-to-share-childhood-sexual-abuse-experiences/ 

Catholic Nuns Have Also Sexually Abused Children, and Survivors Are Speaking Out

It’s not just Catholic priests who molest children. Catholic nuns do it too. Trish Cahill tells NPR’s Laura Benshoff in a piece today that she was just 15 when a nun invited her to her home — and the teenager was thrilled to have that opportunity and attention. That only lasted a short while. … during an outing to a house at the Jersey shore, Cahill said the nun gave her tea laced with intoxicants.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/30/catholic-nuns-have-also-sexually-abused-children-and-survivors-are-speaking-out/ 

Catholic sex abuse: Brothers say priest 'crushed my soul and spirit'

Two brothers have returned to a Catholic church where they experienced harrowing child abuse at the hands of a priest. Mike Ledingham​ launched his book The Catholic Boys on the church steps at Our Lady of the Assumption in Auckland's Onehunga on Saturday. Huddled under umbrellas, the former SAS soldier, 68, and his brother Chris spoke to friends, family and a Māori healer who came to cleanse the clergy house.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/113113796/he-crushed-my-soul-and-spirit-brothers-speak-out-about-catholic-priests-abuse 

Canada guilty of decades-long 'race-based genocide' against indigenous people – inquiry

A damning report has accused the Canadian government of perpetuating genocide by inaction against indigenous women and girls. Indigenous rights activists say they've been witnessing their own grim version of #MeToo for years now. The report is the result of an extensive inquiry commissioned by the Canadian government itself in 2016.

https://www.rt.com/news/461000-canada-genocide-indigenous-women/

Catholic Church in Australia releases standards for child protection

The Australian Catholic Church has released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, more than 18 months after they were recommended by the country's landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse. The standards closely parallel the commission's recommendations as well as norms enshrined by the government in the National Principles for Child Safe Organizations, although some provisions have been watered down, observers noted.

https://international.la-croix.com/news/catholic-church-in-australia-releases-standards-for-child-protection/10249# 

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Convicted teachers to speak to inquiry from prison

Two men convicted of sexually and physically abusing pupils at a Fife residential school are to give evidence to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. John Farrell and Paul Kelly were teachers at the former St Ninian's School in Falkland, an institution run by a Catholic religious order, the Christian Brothers. Kelly is serving a 10 year sentence for abusing three boys at the school.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48514239#

Woman, 65, claims in court that Catholic nuns 'tortured and sexually abused' her for five years from the age of six

A 65-year-old woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted and tortured by nuns for five years while living at a Catholic mission for homeless youth on Staten Island in the 1960s. Robin (Miller) Campbell, 65, claimed in court documents filed on Monday that from the ages of six to 11, a nun at Mount Loretto Catholic Mission on Staten Island would place her hands under her covers as she slept in bed, that another broke Campbell's back throwing her down a flight of stairs and yet another broke her fingers slamming a piano's key cover on her hands.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7104637/Woman-65-claims-Catholic-nuns-tortured-sexually-abused-five-years-age-six.html 

Bombshell court filing: Woman claims nuns sexually abused her while a child at Mt. Loretto

The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto was created to be a haven for homeless and destitute children. But a former resident alleges in court papers it was more a house of horrors for her in the early and mid-1960s, when she suffered “horrific acts of sexual and physical abuse” at the hands of several nuns and at least one lay person, while a young girl.

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/bombshell-court-filing-woman-claims-nuns-sexually-abused-her-while-a-child-at-mt-loretto.html 

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: ‘You would get leatherings for lying,’ says former resident of St Ninian’s School in Falkland

A former pupil of the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, has told how a “big and powerful” adult hand was placed over his mouth and nose while he was having a shower causing him to struggle and then to black out. The witness, who was a child at the time of the incident in the 1950s, did not see who grabbed him.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/907281/scottish-child-abuse-inquiry-you-would-get-leatherings-for-lying-says-former-resident-of-st-ninians-school-in-falkland/ 

Survivors describe physical and sexual abuse at school run by religious order

An abuse survivor has told how he was hit with a golf club and beaten with a leather belt while resident at a children's home run by a religious order. The man, referred to as John, was hit so hard with the club that its head flew off but the religious brother continued to hit him with the stick. Among those jailed for abuse at the order is Plymouth man Paul Kelly, who also taught at St Boniface School in Plymouth for 27 years.

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/survivors-describe-physical-sexual-abuse-2942284 

'Whitewash' over Nazareth House children's home abuse

A man has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) the sexual abuse he suffered as a child in the 1960s was ''whitewashed and hidden". He told the inquiry he was abused by priests, care assistants and older boys over two years when he stayed at Nazareth House in Lasswade, Midlothian. The hearing heard that when he tried to report abuse he was beaten or told to "stop telling lies".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-44210914 

Hundreds of Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order complaints received

Police have received complaints from more than 300 people against the Sisters of Nazareth Catholic order which ran children's homes in Scotland until the 1980s. The Scottish child abuse inquiry has begun hearing evidence in connection with the homes they ran in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayrshire. Police received 308 complaints against the Sisters of Nazareth. They related to their child care homes between 1934 and 1984.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43881629 

Nun told boy in her care he was 'garbage'

A nun told a boy he was "garbage" and was being sent to Australia from Scotland because "your family doesn't want you, your country doesn't want you", an inquiry has heard. A witness told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry he was 11 when he was forced to emigrate in the 1950s. He was then sexually abused by priests at a care home in Tasmania.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43899641 

Boy 'stripped and beaten' at home run by nuns

An 11-year-old boy was stripped by a man and beaten black and blue at a children's home, a hearing has heard. A witness at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry said the man "battered hell" out of him at Nazareth House in Aberdeen in the 1960s. He said the nuns who ran the home would have known about the incident but did not check to see how he was.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-43908135# 

Nazareth House orphanage sisters 'beaten until they bled'

Three sisters were beaten until they bled and called derogatory names on their first day at an orphanage, an inquiry has heard. The claims were made by a woman in her 60s, who cannot be named, who lived at Nazareth House in Aberdeen from 1967. She told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry how nuns at the Catholic-run home put on a show of "niceness" when the sisters arrived.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43925098 

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Nazareth Houses were 'places of fear'

Some children at the Nazareth House orphanages in Scotland were subjected to sexual abuse of the "utmost depravity", the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has found. Chairwoman Lady Smith said the children's homes were places of fear, hostility and confusion. Youngsters were physically abused and emotionally degraded "with impunity".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48458480 

Six decades later, 2 men accuse nuns of sex abuse

From a sidewalk in Kearny, Henry Coffey, 80, points to the sections of the old Sacred Heart Orphanage where he says nuns molested and beat him as a boy in the early 1940s: the laundry room; the nuns’ quarters; the classrooms. From a sidewalk in Kearny, Henry Coffey, 80, points to the sections of the old Sacred Heart Orphanage where he says nuns molested and beat him as a boy in the early 1940s: the laundry room; the nuns’ quarters; the classrooms.

https://www.nj.com/news/2009/10/six_decades_later_2_men_accuse.html 

Vows of Silence?

Myra Hidalgo was 14 when her older sister Mona shot herself in the head. During her second year in college, her 52-year-old mother died of heart problems weeks after undergoing what was supposed to be a routine angioplasty. Little more than a year later, her father, heartbroken, shot himself in the heart.

https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/article_5d93002e-c3bb-5cc9-b33e-f7e9c9e84f0b.html 

Questions Raised over Handling of Nun Abuse

Patricia Cahill says she was sexually abused by a nun when she was a child. As an adult, she says she went to at least a couple of officials with the Morris Township-based Sisters of Charity and told them about the abuse. She says nothing happened for a couple of years. Then she called a lawyer. More than 10 years after the Sisters of Charity paid her $70,000 in an out-of-court settlement, Cahill said she still is trying to come to terms with her alleged abuse.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2004_07_12/2004_10_24_Koloff_QuestionsRaised.htm 

These 3 N.J. nuns were accused of sex abuse. Here’s what we know about them.

When a law firm released a report earlier this month naming 311 Catholic clergy members from New Jersey accused of sexual misconduct there was something striking about the list-- it included women. Three nuns from New Jersey were among the priests, monks, deacons and other clergy members listed in the report compiled by New Jersey attorney Greg Gianforcaro and Jeff Anderson & Associates, a Minnesota-based law firm that specialized in representing victims of abuse.

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/these-3-nj-nuns-were-accused-of-sex-abuse-heres-what-we-know-about-them.html