Victims of Catholic nuns seek to make sexual abuse by women in the clergy visible. “We have heard so much about priests who abuse and so little about nuns who do the same,” said the group's founder.
In a recent lawsuit, Gabrielle Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge Sacred Heart School in Bethesda, Maryland. The school declined to discuss the allegations, but issued a statement saying the order and its schools have implemented strong child protection policies. The law is pending, but the change “makes all the difference in the world,’ Longhi said.