For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation has revealed. Across India, the nuns talk of priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex. Nuns described in detail the sexual pressure they endured from priests, and nearly two dozen other people — nuns, former nuns and priests, and others — said they had direct knowledge of such incidents. Many nuns believe abuse is commonplace, insisting most sisters can at least tell of fending off a priest’s sexual advances. It’s a mocking term for the sexually frustrated and is often used for nuns and priests who have fled religious life.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2019 05:09 UTC