(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, JANUARY 23 - Cases of sexual abuse by counter-religious religious but also "sexual abuse among nuns" are being examined in the Vatican, at the Congregation for Institutes of Vitaconsecrated. Card.
Joao Braz De Aviz in an interview with Women Church world, monthly from L'Osservatore Romano. The cardinal gives an example: "between the formator and the person in formation". "In a congregation - reports the cardinal - there have been nine reported cases". A phenomenon so far "hidden" that "will have to come out". The cardinal also speaks of a house for former nuns who, once they leave their congregation, are in a state of poverty. The structure was commissioned by the Pope. "There are very hard cases - says the cardinal - in which the superiors kept the documents of nuns who wished to leave the convent, or who were sent away. These people entered the convent as nuns and find themselves in these conditions. There has also been some case of prostitution to maintain itself. "
Vatican, cases of abuse even among nuns
2020-01-23T15:25:08.063Z
Cases of sexual abuse by religious against nuns but also "sexual abuse among nuns" are being examined in the Vatican, at the Congregation for institutes of consecrated life. Card. (HANDLE)