She was told the killing was photographed and videotaped, to be used as blackmail if Sister Ortiz attempted to seek redress, she said. AD“I felt I had no choice,” she later told the Kennedy human rights organization. With human rights advocate Patricia Davis, she wrote a memoir, “The Blindfold’s Eyes: My Journey From Torture to Truth” (2002). Last year, Sister Ortiz was named deputy executive director of Pax Christi USA, the American branch of the international Catholic peace movement. At times, Sister Ortiz said she continued to struggle with the Christian ideal of forgiveness.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2021 21:24 UTC