Catholic nuns accused of sexual misconduct

CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste joined CBSN to discuss new sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Church. At least 18 people have come forward to say they were sexually abused by nuns. The alleged victims said they felt compelled to talk after a Pennsylvania grand jury identified hundreds of "pedophile priests."

[@markross2124]

She went to a nun because her uncle, a priest was abusing her. Then the nun groomed her for abuse too, why has this outrage faded from the news.

[@FirstNameLastName-is6yb]

People just don't care anymore. It's sad. It ruins the name of the church.

[@garyv2196]

This is a cult by the elites.

[@1234poppycat]

@@garyv2196 It is so rare and happened 40 + years ago. Still in the news, one abuse is one too many.

[@schtuke]

And looking at the victim today, does it not appear as though it shaped her sexuality/lifestyle?

[@mohdnorsyarafiabdullah3144]

Because the catholic church cover it up

[@tayebattle6894]

I'm glad someone is exposing the nuns, they're not perfect either.

[@dankmasterownz3449]

Wait until the day someone exposes each and every one of us and we might not be so happy . We must all be remorseful.

[@tayebattle6894]

@Juan Macedo I'm good put the light me. I've never done a person really dirty. Sounds like guilty dogs bark.

[@dankmasterownz3449]

Taye Battle as Christ said, HE DID NOT COME FOR THE SINLESS BUT FOR THE SINFUL.

[@kamenlaidarx9697]

They are human too not angel or saint

[@marioriedow3234]

I hope when Satan expose u, u can take it,

[@tb2748]

Where is the actual police in all of this? Why is everyone okay with the Catholic Church policing itself?

[@zombies4evadude24]

Selma Kelly good.

[@Anne-po99]

I've always wondered why they have their own courts.

[@joshuablack1358]

The inquisition needs to be reprised

[@jameswilson3991]

yes they are

[@kirkford8972]

Vatican city is it's own country and has it's own laws as far as I know and that's why these people are protected.

[@aprilchow-chee5281]

Hiding behind politics, money or religion to get away with these sick crimes is just horrific. These people need to be prosecuted the same as any regular person! Stop protecting people that should be in jail!

[@billyremmert7679]

This is not the church that Christ established

[@MyBizOnlu]

Sad thing is it happens worst within carmelites, catholic faith just hides and move them

[@jeromefitzroy]

Please, my grandma was afraid of the Irish nuns in school, always physically abusing her!

[@beboplady1542]

Irish nuns for some reason seemed especially mean. :(

[@sillypanda4658]

The Irish Catholic will surely put the fear of God in you. Especially the grandmas.

[@danielagreen1799]

And they're Mother SUPERIORS.that last word was dead givaway.

[@beboplady1542]

@@danielagreen1799 Yeah...I heard a rumor about a certain Mother Superior.Don't know how true it was.

[@ms.rstake_1211]

so sickening

[@ytwatchdogfaninsane]

The terrible thing is that as shocking as this is, I am not shocked at all sadly

[@thepope3046]

Sure. But the catholic church covered it up on an administrative level to save money

[@michaelwesten1764]

The Pope ya - but that’s the coverup leftist pop culture dwells on (academia/hollywood/media). I don’t see any other religion getting nearly as much flack or attention for their bad deeds.

[@originalcontent210]

The devil wants to bring down the Church, for it is holy! We all need to stand with the Church, not turn away. Pray, pray, pray! May God bless us all.

[@skwills1629]

@@thepope3046 No it didn't. The Media depicted it far worse than it was. Im not defending the guilty but its overblown to Think it was rampant or that the Church actively hid it.

[@Smileyyy21]

Now that I learned about Narcissists and Psychopaths I'm not surprised.

[@flawlessfluidity7771]

"Pedophile Nuns: The secret that has not been told" 😲 It sounds like a horror movie. How does this church still have a single member?

[@harlow743]

Brain Washing

[@Smooth0vibrations]

@@harlow743 we are all being brainwashed, the catholic church has nothing on the news, tv, reality shows, social media, pornagraphy, and cell phone addictions that rule you and I's lives. I spend a lot of time online and I see absolutely nothing from the catholic church attempting to brainwash me, nor do I see it on TV. No ads for the bible, no ads for churches, nothing of the sort. I do however see tons of information that encourages me to love money and buy all the newest gadgets and devices, and who to vote for, etc.. I don't know who is brainwashing who but it's a miracle anyone is Christian nowadays in a completely unchristian society.

[@nerthus4685]

@@Smooth0vibrations It is a miracle there is religion at all, however; the reason religion has been largely rejected is because of religious abuse. Organized religious institutions have historically been authoritarian, hierarchical, secretive, abusive, fundamentalist, shame based, etc. I believe the core teachings of religion, but religious institutions have practically destroyed the message for the majority of humans on earth.

[@LuisMartinez-dx4il]

Because the members agree with the raping nuns and priests

[@millicentomondi9356]

There are still members in the Church because the Church is sustained by its divine founder

[@yvonnebergeron1967]

I went to Catholic school as child I was terrified of the nuns .they were so mean and physically abusive .they even burned our hands if we didn't get 100 on our test .they hit with wooden clappers across the head .shoved the desk hitting us in the stomach .Hit with rulers .it caused me to suffer from panic attacks ,and school.phobia later developed agoraphobia which i still suffer from

[@himanshudutta609]

consult with some doctors.

[@carolinamelara3093]

I feel your pain I was also physically abused by the nuns mostly because English wasn’t my 1st language I was constantly slapped, whipped and hit with the giant rosary they wore

[@msoda8516]

Predators come in all genders, shapes and sizes. As a victim of sexual assault myself it breaks my heart that anyone else in the world had to experience that suffering. I pray that the victims get the justice and support they deserve.

[@chriskelly9549]

Its a child abuse club, nothing less

[@tomthx5804]

its lesnbians

[@Seeker0fTruth]

Chris Kelly - nothing less but so much more than simply child abuse... they are ruining lives... and generations of trauma & damage

[@chriskelly9549]

You speak the truth

[@chriskelly9549]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw my heart breaks for you

[@TheChickenRiceBowl]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw I'm so sorry. I'm not sure what else to say. That's terrible and I'm sorry...

[@frizbeee]

I was beaten by a nun for getting a math problem wrong at the blackboard in front of the class.It was just how it was. Horrific.

[@misty2004]

I'm so sorry . These people are sick.

[@HI-dt3my]

Nuns are actually insane

[@frizbeee]

@@misty2004 Thank you,, I bet youre not a nun. ; )

[@frizbeee]

@@HI-dt3my I think the crazy ones out numbered the pleasant ones,for sure.

[@misty2004]

@@frizbeee I'm not a nun, I'm just a normal teenage girl

[@dorothyc6390]

Yes there is. It happened to me in the 70's up until 1982. And there was no one no one that helped me, because I spoke out I was punished severely, humiliated, labeled a liar, theif and made silent. My entire life has suffered to this day. And I have reached out for help and I am feeling victimized again. It was a different world back then. And all they want is for it just to go away. Life isn't fair. That's it. I told a social worker what a nun did to me and she even asked another social worker if that was a crime because it was not spoken about and still isn't.

[@timchavez552]

Responsible parents should not let their children near the clergy.

[@SeArCh4DrEaMz]

responsible parents should not teach their children religious nonsence

[@teeada6858]

@Mrs egg Man You are indirectly agreeing with this comment though.🤔

[@orthodoxchristianchurch5387]

The Orthodox Church is the real One, True, Holy and Apostolic Church of Christ. The Catholic church of Rome is just an organization removed from the original Church because of the heresy called Papism. If anybody wishes to be saved it is only through Christ's Church and that is the Eastern Orthofox Church. May God enlighten us all toward the path of salvation. 🙏☦️

[@gloriaowoses5263]

Agree

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

NezavisneDnevne NovineINFORMER orthodox church is almost like islam, catholicism will prevail

[@raymondharvey1821]

This poor woman I hope she heals from all this.

[@69BellaValentina69]

She did not. Do you see she is gay? Every single time a kid gets raped, something happens to them in their mind, they usually turn gays.

[@A__Mina]

@@69BellaValentina69 people like to deny but I've seen it time and time again. I have a friend that was abused multiple times and they are transgender. That is no coincidence

[@lindai6988]

Alexxxxandra most likely coincidences. You are born gay

[@mybestlifefortherestofmyli7137]

Look at this. You think this religion is of the Lord God? God made man and woman to be married to have sex. This is definitely a cult. Look at all the children who have been abused for years and years. When will people Turn away from this cult and what goes against the Holy Bible. The only Heavenly Father through Jesus christ is the only way. Not Mary not saints not anyone else. Go to Christianity. Where The Lord tells you to be married and he permits sex with marriage and children etc. Stop allowing the brainwashing to go on. And then to thk you let this happen to your children. It won't stop. What's the difference between them and pedophiles? None.

[@sekai9906]

You know what's funny ? When nuns do something wrong, they are given a punishment right away. But when it's a priest, the church keeps him safe.

[@jessryan2104]

patriarchy and sexism at its finest.

[@jonathanxavier2026]

@@jessryan2104 Lol shut it. Female predators constantly get away with sexual abuse.

[@jessryan2104]

@@jonathanxavier2026 Did I ever say there wasn't

[@ehsgsvamgl2019]

@@jonathanxavier2026 wtf are you saying? if a person is accused of a crime, in this case sexual, and adequate and overwhelming evidence is presented, this will be ARRESTED, regardless of sex, be it man or woman, that is how the law works. So stop crying about yourself, fake victim of my balls, you and the other average losers on the web are worse than the nazifeminists, pathetic.

[@zombies4evadude24]

Huh weird... in other categories of punishment it’s the opposite.

[@ioanasingureanu]

The main difference is the power: priests have more power than nuns.

[@thrashingrage6542]

Wolves in Sheeps clothing. Everywhere.

[@youfoundwaldo77]

This is what happens when you repress sexuality. Sex is normal and natural and telling people it's wrong and a sin will forever change and scar them. That's why so much abuse happens in these churches.

[@StoicContrarian]

You’re absolutely right. I’m going on tinder right now to cheat on my girlfriend.

[@nandy1256]

@@StoicContrarian Unlike nuns and clergy, you dont have to repress having sex with your girlfriend. But if you feel so repressed in having sex with multiple partners, it's up to you.

[@thekaerichtexas]

Yup

[@cheapPixel]

The Church doesn't say sex is a bad thing. It's natural and sacred and should be treated as such

[@aestheticvibes432]

Sex is meant to be between you and your husband it was written in the Bible....God isn't a fool for saying so

[@tammy7087]

My best friend grew up in the Catholic Church. She says every nun she ever knew was either an angel from heaven or a borderline axe murderer. Rarely anything in between.

[@cstarks5187]

I've been waiting for this to happen. I went to a Catholic boarding school and was aware that one nun in particular was having an inappropriate relationship with a young girl.

[@lisaconnor7180]

Oh I can't take all this nun-sence😡

[@tannyocean9984]

But this makes me want to go to pornhub for some nun scene 😏

[@keharsinger3778]

Christian is a hoax

[@TheIndependentLens]

Trilok Sivakoti Atheism is a hoax. Until I see you slam Islam, don't even want to hear a thing about Christians.

[@nsr5961]

Leshem Connor but the perpetrators where nun other than the women of the church. 😕

[@nsr5961]

Tanny Ocean that’s nun of our business

[@donnat7634]

This has been going on since the catholic church was developed, the devils workshop

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

It has nothing to do with satan.....sex is fun....

[@SeanIgo]

@Matt correct. The Vatican became subverted by pedos completely since the second Vatican council.

[@sieekakhan6761]

As someone who had a relationship with a 26 year old when i was 17, grooming is something that young girls and boys wont understand at that age. What makes it worse is how these pedophiles make it seem normal and they treat you like you are special because they chose you out of everyone. Once they get older and once they understand that what happened to them was abuse and that they were taken advantaged of, it will be so heartbreaking for them.

[@pepsi_man4962]

Ngl I’m 17 and I wouldn’t care lol. I would be lucky af

[@sieekakhan6761]

@@pepsi_man4962 that is exactly what i thought too when i was 17 and had a 26-year old gf. It felt so good to be desired by someone older, and they dont treat you like a kid which makes it seem cool and fun. But trust me, once you get older, that's when you realize you've been groomed and were taken advantaged of

[@pepsi_man4962]

@@sieekakhan6761 maybe it’s just me but I would never care. Idc about alot anymore. But I’m sorry about what happened to you.

[@mybestlifefortherestofmyli7137]

Look at this. You think this religion is of the Lord God? God made man and woman to be married to have sex. This is definitely a cult. Look at all the children who have been abused for years and years. When will people Turn away from this cult and what goes against the Holy Bible. The only Heavenly Father through Jesus christ is the only way. Not Mary not saints not anyone else. Go to Christianity. Where The Lord tells you to be married and he permits sex with marriage and children etc. Stop allowing the brainwashing to go on. And then to thk you let this happen to your children. It won't stop. What's the difference between them and pedophiles? None.

[@lolol11227]

@@pepsi_man4962 that’s sad tbh that you’re ok with being abused

[@cruzmizzl]

"Preaching your salvation in their putrid habits of corruption and perversions." -PV

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

Some in the comments here have suggested that allowing priests and nuns to become married would solve this problem. I have read this many times, but it ignores the real reason these particular people become priests and nuns. If they want to have power over young people, then being married would not help. Can you see that they go in for the Catholic church positions of power BECAUSE they do not have to be married, and it gives them unfettered access to their targets ? As a bank robber once replied when asked by the judge why he robbed banks "That's where the money is".

[@AnaDiaz-wz4cf]

You make a great point there. As a parent, it baffles me how some parents have that blind trust in clergy to just leave their kids unsupervised with those people. I do understand that they usually prey on vulnerable/neglected kids but lots of cases have been from altar kids that have a stable very religious family.

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

@@AnaDiaz-wz4cf And we are learning only about the events that are being made public. Think of all the fiddling that went (goes) on and was never reported. Do you know the rock opera "Tommy" ? And even Richard Dawkins has disclosed that he was felt up by a clergy when a boy.

[@jakeliam599]

It does condone sin thats not true

[@courtneig2092]

Great point!!!

[@AnaDiaz-wz4cf]

@@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible it's all just very sad and sickening that those criminal pedophiles have been shielded by the whole church mafia and the higher ranking bishops and other powerful clergy members. No real justice for the poor victims. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that all priests and nuns are bad, I've met a lot of clergy members who are honest and good people. But the church's whole system of protecting the bad apples is what makes the sickos think that working in the church will give them access to victims and protection from the law.

[@stevensonrf]

It's about time this comes out!

[@CradleEpiscopalian56]

EXACTLY! Why are ppl shocked at this "news"???

[@ianjones7718]

MY WIFE WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND TOLD ME OF THE PHYSICAL ABUSE FROM SOME NUNS

[@manichairdo6346]

Some years ago, it was with great pleasure a judge threw a violent nun who'd beaten a young female student to a few years in prison. Justice served.

[@iamthatiam3652]

My college professor went to convent at 18 yrs old and escaped from this cult at 37.Boy... did she have stories.

[@crystald3346]

I am That I am what stories please

[@brendakabanda2181]

Would love to know too. I know in Africa the priests have families but it is not talked about and they have regular sexual relationships with nuns. They were rumours of priests fathering children and we think it was true as they took keen interests in certain children. Acting as father figures

[@melaniegraywolf3823]

I worked for Monsignor Mike Higgins, Catholic Priest from San Diego Dioces. He was a Canon Lawyer (Law of the Catholic Church). He represented the priests with the sexual harassment cases. He asked me if I thought priests should be married, I said definately yes. He would ask me about sexual things at times, if I heard my son and his girlfriend having, things like that. I told him if he ever talked to me, or asked me questions of that nature again, I would leave that moment and he'd never see me again.

[@Preye__]

@@brendakabanda2181 in Africa the priests don't have families, what are you saying?

[@brendakabanda2181]

@@Preye__ yes, they do. They just don't talk about it. My sister went to school with a girl whose cousin were priests' children. He paid their school fees. I don't think they take advantage of these women they just won't call them their 'wives' in public.

[@v-mariewilliams7058]

chastity and celibacy are too much of a burden? If you can't handel being chaste then don't become a nun or priest

[@KaneneProductions]

V-marie Williams How about not require chastity?!?!

[@tudormardare66]

@ Old people should rather do that, and people younger than 30 should be heavily discouraged from the monastic vow. In Orthodox Christianity, you can't become a monk if you're younger than 21, and even people older than 21 are kept for many years ( sometimes 10 or 15 years ) under a trial period before making the monastic vow, and if they are not fit, they are not accepted. Same thing should be done for celibate priests.

[@brian5128]

Celibacy yes it is a burden but chastity isnt that bad

[@Molotov49]

@ If some people can't be celibate, no one should have to? Ridiculous.

[@Molotov49]

@IOozeAwesomeness It's not a necessity. It's just not. You can live without it.

[@sunamkevinjang4615]

I hope this brings down catholic. It's just too corrupt it's irredeemable. They should start anew.

[@biongrenn8010]

Catholicism is never Christianity. They take people's money to build a place full of idols to pray to. The same place where people gather every Sunday to simply to showcase new clothes and the same place where priests and nuns abuse altar boys and choir girls. "Come out of her my people" God warned us. The choice is yours.

[@flower5396]

Isn't that what you see in the protestants churches?

[@jamesmartin1895]

- the church asking “Forgiveness” - how about “Justice”?

[@eastcoastgirl_07]

I believe it as I grew up Catholic. I've heard stories as well. I would always be careful not to be alone in a room with a priest or a nun. It's just disturbingly scary.

[@seri4832]

@Clay Potter ACCCTUALLLLYYY don't even EXIST AT ALL

[@harlow743]

Yes never trust anyone who is teaching you how to be a good person

[@rickyrick5586]

What’s worse is growing up democrat .

[@jerseybelle2491]

Raised Catholic...left..why would anyone stay in all this evil..lies..pope worship etc..I do not get it

[@HI-dt3my]

bobo brazil dude nuns aren’t normal almost every nun I’ve heard of has done something creepy to ppl

[@borjbuitizon3134]

Sometimes evil dresses like holy! Don’t be deceived

[@patrikpass2962]

Tbf they wear black robes like some death cult

[@albeit1]

So glad my mother isn’t alive to hear this endless criminality in her church.

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

don't worry....she can hear everything.....she knows the truth now...

[@patrioticprolifer]

"The demands of chastity are unrealistic" 1. No one forced you to take those vows 2. Chastity is a very different thing than pedophilia. That's absurd to compare the two

[@jonathangoodwin457]

The problem look away and I won't happen anymore if they are allowed to get married as a priest or nun

[@celiatdavies4352]

I think she should have said "the demands of celibacy are unrealistic"

[@evegusman7626]

If it were the case that marriage would solve the problem, why are so many pedophiles and rapists married.

[@leosilva4144]

No one forces you to have sex but you do it

[@mobrown7594]

Anne PM exactly lol like the nuns could go and sleep with men if they could not take the chastity lol

[@Gotinks]

"Surviving The Catholic Church" is needed

[@MsPrecious61]

And their Catholic mother

[@permijitdunkley1697]

KZbin Miss Gl_________ Davis questions' to Nun's posed by famous youtube work 💄🎵🎚🎶🎵🎚🎼

[@rev.j.rogerallen9328]

The really bad part is that most of these sexual abusers get no punishment and are actually protected by the Church.

[@nenep6343]

She sure did “fill in all those pieces”... literally! Those priests and nuns are full of demons!!!🤢

[@USlisa50]

It’s about time all of this bad behavior was exposed. It’s been going on for many years. Hypocrites!

[@bridgefin]

You are the hypocrite! YOU KNOW this has been going on for many years and you said NOTHING!!!!!!!!!! No, you are just another bigot happy to condemn anyone other than yourself.

[@ralphlebkuecher117]

gone on for centuries

[@bridgefin]

@@ralphlebkuecher117 Yes, since the Garden of Eden.

[@LuciferMorningStar-fv7ob]

Someone has to start holding this people accountable for their actions. They been raping kids for years with no repercussion. And when caught they get transferred instead of arresting them. License to rape.

[@myahrios7322]

This is not new, even though they're trying to make it seem like shocking brand news. Regardless, I'm not Catholic but remember, just because people use a good thing for evil, it doesn't mean the thing is evil. There's evil in everything good. Humanity needs help everywhere, being religious or not.

[@mlacher100]

Thats not a true statement, there is no evil in God, the bible Says that Jesus was the Only person who did not sin. I pray for the Lord to pull the vail that is upon you eye's so you can see what truth looks like. Jesus is the Lamp set upon the hill in a dark world as a guiding light, to follow and walk. These priests and nuns are no different from us, they deal with the same sinful nature as the rest of the world does. Thank you and have a blessed day🙏😇❤

[@myahrios7322]

@@mlacher100 I never meant it in the way you understood, sorry. I meant to say that people bring evil into everything good. Sorry for the poor choice of words

[@mlacher100]

@@myahrios7322 , no need to be sorry😇 thank you for clarifying what you mean

[@digital_underground]

@@mlacher100 But WAS there evil in God? God made everything. Do you think God made evil, by separating it from him, so that he could be pure?

[@mlacher100]

@@digital_underground no my brother, God gave us all free will so we can choose. He did not make us robots. I would invite you to read Gods word for truth to be reveled to you. God is All good and he is Holy. Look up the meaning of Holy. God bless have a great day🙏❤😇

[@21anusha]

Sick world. The whole damn place !!!

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

pretty much.....don' t bend over....

[@debel6078]

In 1960, when I was 3, my mom was hospitalized for 1 yr with tuberculosis, & almost another yr recovering. While mom was away & dad was working daily, I believe my 16 yr. old sister began skipping school. She ended up being placed at a residential facility run by nuns in Adrian, MI. CPS wouldn’t allow my sister to remain with me, my dad, aunt & grandmother because her dad was deceased & these weren’t her biological relatives. The nuns must have had her for about 2 years. Afterwards, the family acted like it never happened. This is all just coming back to me now at age 62. I had almost no memory of it. Now, I’m able to connect the dots. Until all the recent revelations, our family had no idea why my sister became a lesbian & a heroin addict. As a devout, thoroughly naive Black Catholic, my mother completely trusted those nuns. There is no way of knowing the horrors or the abuse inflicted upon my sister that so radically changed her life. My sister took that with her to her grave in 1970 at age 26. I see now, how terribly wrong the family was for blaming my sister for “choosing” to be that way. As a child/teen in foster care, she had no choice & no voice. Sadly, this is a worldwide epidemic with the Catholic Church. It should be clear with all the decades of payouts & tens of thousands of cover-ups, that the Vatican has no real intention of cracking down on this behavior. They are just as guilty of the same, if not worse. Pope Francis refused to speak on it when pressed back in Feb. 2019. They were busy covering up their own recent scandals with high ranking cardinals. Families need to stop blindly entrusting their children to anyone. Stop expecting these predators to self-police. If these institutions will not voluntarily clean up their act (& they won’t); they need to be de-funded & dismantled by the people. How many more lives have to be destroyed?

[@ladyohladydeer5488]

It was nuns who beat raped and killed thousands of American Indian children in the name of THEIR religion that had nothing to do with Jesus Christ

[@michaelojeda8338]

I'm glad that I abandoned Catholicism even before the sex abuse revelation of 2002. As a history major I am no longer shocked by this anymore. Anybody who reads the long history of the Catholic Church will see a pattern of decadence, greed, and perversity which spans over a thousand years.

[@michaelenandry]

Michael Ojeda Yep. The Roman Empire established the Catholic Church in the first place as a weapon to “pick up where the Empire left off” in its fight against true Christianity.

[@robdillon2788]

It is all about money- she took the money

[@bunnipop1867]

They need to make sure that all of the nuns the priests etc who commit these acts are not moved but imprisoned. If regular degular people doing this type of sick pedophiliac behavior can be sent away, regardless of your standing socially or economically YOU SHOULD TOO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. The church needs to actively start reporting the names of these monsters and law enforcement needs to be charging each and every last one of them. Until either is done, they are both condoning the behaviors of these sick individuals. Protecting people who do this is allowing for this to continue within religious organizations.

[@tazboy1934]

They need to be lash 100 time a day for ten days

[@FuzzyElf]

Oh, no, I think we know what's likely to happen to rich people who are guilty of crimes. Look at recent news.

[@rightfulfuture4]

chastity belts are a thing, but yes, I do agree, imprisonment for people who touch kids

[@C-Raw2Raw]

The church need to be shut down if that type of stuff is going on period. People use church for comfort and shelter a bad person can come into a church and every good Samaritan in there won't see that they are clearly using them for shelter. If wicked stuff like that is happening in the church they need to be shut down and closed. Period

[@always_b_natural703]

I remember reading an account about this back in the 1970s. This is definitely a thing

[@lizjohnson6324]

We had nuns when I was at school they were so evil I hated them .it was as if they hated all children .god help them on the day of judgement.

[@Marie-fh9fr]

Wonder why hollywood chose the Catholic church as a muse for the met gala

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I honestly think the Catholic church paid for that because they are losing respect and numbers and probably are looking for a way to attract the younger crowd.

[@nezra3514]

Because Catholic Church is Satanic And New York City is THE BABYLON

[@cooperscreditconsultingint6792]

Goooood point!

[@MrAndywear]

What a stretch.

[@zacnieprawisz9171]

Tahtahme Xero I hardly doubt that, it's not the way catholic Church is promoting itself, if that wouod be the case, they would also perform on Eurovision :D

[@DoreenBellDotan]

I don't understand the women that are twisted this way. I just don't get it. Celibacy is not an excuse for Pedophilia. It's the reason why one might have a clandestine relationship with an adult, but *not a Child*! There is a need for victims of religious Pedophilia from all religions to come together and talk. There has to be a common element.

[@cianap.281]

Unfortunately the same things that attract charitable hearts also attract abusers: those in need.

[@ZuoCruz]

In the Vatican those “celibate” priests have secret boyfriends

[@danielham2906]

Sad. This is the result of straying from God's word and following man-made traditions. Too bad so many good people are caught up with this cult. You will know them by their fruits... and their fruits are rotten to the core! Let the excuses begin.

[@patrioticprolifer]

You're ignorant. Protestants (from the word protest are the ones with man made everything! You're an offshoot of the OG. Yours is the one man made and made up.

[@jeremywright9511]

But religion is man made...so what are you even saying?

[@valeriouscatastros8717]

This is why the Bible says that Priests/Pastors should be married/the husband of ONE wife! For if a priest cannot run his family, how can he run God's Church?

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

they ain't straying from God's words, they are just normal child molesters.

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

having sex is not 'straying from God', it's just how they make you feel bad about yourself.....and give them money. Sex is great and good for the body and soul. The best way to fight depression is get laid.

[@efrains54]

Lucifer walks the earth!

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

yeah, he's the pope.

[@marisabeltran3084]

And randomly gives you cancer

[@ShantiDoss2000]

Lucifer is also created by god same who created the humans So don’t compare God , angels and his fallen children I mean fallen angels with this priest and nun It is better your self develop a personality than disturbing God and his angels 👼.

[@robertyoung8785]

EDUSA Diaz 54, there is no Lucifer, just bad people, like all those priests and nuns in the Catholic church.

[@v.leewalker8640]

Why am I not surprised!

[@keharsinger3778]

Jesus lessons are horrible

[@jacklincoln7786]

This can all be alleviated by allowing the men and women to marry. The medieval practice of celibacy is non-Biblical. The Apostles like Peter, and most of the rest were married. The Catholic Church attracts homosexuals because of the Catholic Church . It has to reform NOW!

[@jmnightingale9055]

The celibacy rule came in many centuries after the Catholic Church was formed as a means to keep first bishops and then priests from having legitimate children that they could pass property on to, property that they might be motivated to take, one way or another, from the Church if they had heirs.

[@barbarachipman4429]

NO. my father used to say this as well but i don't believe it. if you do not have that mind set then you will not be a person who does this.

[@adronlamb9334]

Jack Lincoln Catholics are not Christians, they are heretics. Forget reform there is nothing to reform. It will be destroyed along with all who believe it

[@josephjenkins6693]

But He said to them, “All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

[@yahulwagoni4571]

Paul was not married. Jesus, I believe, was not married. My guess is seral of the Apostles were not married.

[@michellerosemarieflynn8897]

THIS IS A LONG TIME OVER DUE WE ALL KNOW THIS IS TRUE AND WE ARE COMING FOR THEM NOW !

[@islandgirl9479]

First of all I would of told many people about the abuse first time it happened Then I would stop going to that church period.

[@marymacdonald1651]

I don't doubt this woman's story at all. But I do want to say, I was practically raised by nuns. They were all very kind to me and always conducted themselves with dignity and virtue.

[@dede4004]

Then you had a good parish and group of nuns. This isn't so in other places. Just know that.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

I always tell people with good families to be grateful. You had a good church family, reason for gratitude. May you always be so lucky.

[@blawlor100]

They were very kind to me as well. I am grateful for the blessed Dominican nuns and my tremendous Catholic education!

[@kesmarn]

I had a similar experience. The nuns who taught at our elementary and high school provided a good education, behaved with honor and helped me to deal responsibly with a difficult home situation. Which is not to diminish what this woman and others experienced.

[@heatherwilliamson9232]

Awesome that you were treated fairly. Unfortunately you are the minority.

[@KMF3]

Notice how these are homosexual cases as well.

[@Soul_Latina]

KMF true

[@KMF3]

@Leven Pfvast can someone remove my comment? Didn't know.

[@MrFileFifty]

KMF many these cases are of same-sex abuse because the Catholic Church is built on segregation by gender. It’s how the Church traditionally functions. The sexuality of these priest/nuns isn’t an excuse for their abuse, just background on why many cases are same-sex.

[@TheDragonboy2001]

Ironic right 😂

[@maxorbit357]

@@MrFileFifty Agreed, and, also, I think, few heterosexuals become priests or nuns. With all the historical repression of homosexuality it makes perfect sense that there would be a much higher percentage of homosexuals than heterosexuals choosing to attempt the celibate lifestyle required to be a priest or nun. Add to that the fact the Catholics think homosexuality can be, and needs to be, "fixed", and you end up with more homosexual than heterosexual child abuse in the church. Just another feather in religion's cap

[@alejandrafidalgo6710]

wow, in the case of nuns how quickly the pope is mobilized. it was'nt the same with prists

[@vessyamola805]

LUKE 12:2"But there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed and nothing secret that will not become known"(God is unveiling the church, not the reporters)

[@dede4004]

Amen to that. God said he would reveal the leaders sins before the people, and the people's sins before a Holy God.

[@vessyamola805]

Ephesians 5:5-7"For you know these recognizing it for yourselves, that no sexually immoral person or unclean person, which means an idolater, has any inheritance in The Kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with empty words for because of such things the Wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore, DONOT be sharers with them.

[@billrichardson6620]

This First Lady being interviewed seems like an absolutely lovely person and I wish I could give her a big hug. I’m sorry for what happened to you

[@KdBlaze]

This is all happening when u tell the priest and nuns not to have a wife or a husband it’s the fault of the people who let sum random old man dictate what you add or subtract from your religion let them get married and have a family y’all playing with the religion that god brought to the world thru Jesus

[@KdBlaze]

Kevin Ellington yes because we are only human and we have needs so having a wife or husband will stop you from committing major sins like this one here and more. It will also bring you closer to god.

[@KdBlaze]

tart70 you know the church is not the only house of god.. we all know this religion is biased on what people said about Jesus and not what he said.. in the past it was manipulated by some old Jews first they added/took away things that didn’t suit them and the romans and Europeans did the same.. if you believe in god then believe that he will lead u to him or take you were u need to be.. there are different ways to reach god why don’t you try learning about god try out the orther two major religions in the world Islam and Judaism then let your heart decide which path you must follow..

[@mikemondano3624]

Except...there is no such thing as "God" or any other such imaginary superstition. Grow up and put childish things away. Take responsibility for your own life.

[@mikemondano3624]

@TerraTN Leaving is not allowed.

[@mikemondano3624]

@TerraTN The Amish are as sexually active as anyone. But if these people want celibacy, why not just get them cut off or sewed up if they are not using tham, anyway?

[@lizzystitch4842]

These nuns who have / are carrying out such acts are deplorable. God will sift them out like wheat from the chaff. While we pray for those who have been sexually abused by clergy and nuns, may we also pray for those who have been physically abused by priests and nuns, priests who yell and slap altar boys for innocent mistakes, nuns who beat with rulers and canes those who misbehaved. There's enough problems in the Catholic Church to go around for everybody. It's time it was all brought to light, sifted through, cleaned up, and made into the Church that Christ desires!

[@nicopiggin9029]

I've never had a good experience with a nun, always insanely strict and sacrifice their freedom for what they think I'd a greater good. The entire nun order is flawed

[@alicialove7358]

This why I left the Catholic church...

[@SuperFb95]

Oh please bad apples are everywhere. So did you joined the Muslim faith? They are so peaceful.

[@SuperFb95]

@Christopher Hueghs maybe the pope not the priest in the little town or the nun in the Catholic school next home.

[@SuperFb95]

@Christopher Hueghs I'm not a Catholic ether but TODAY Catholicism is definitely not the religion with huge problems. Definitely not the one we should worry about.

[@pjf2675]

I'm sorry you had those experiences Alicia. Unfortunately pedophiles will go into any profession that allows them to be in contact with children; unfortunately that also includes parents or other relatives.

[@himynameisjohnwumsh7631]

Good for you. I don’t understand why the Catholic Church continues to defend try to sweep the problem under the rug. These people are evil.

[@johncurran1179]

"The Keepers". Who killed Sister Mary Cathy?

[@tomthx5804]

Probably the other lesbian nuns

[@anitagomez9100]

Yeah that was such a roller coaster shady cops , shady church

[@crystald3346]

This is horrific if true, and should be stopped in all institutions

[@jennydixon9239]

This makes you question everyone and everything! I'm disgusted.

[@bettyboossister3918]

No all you need to do is understand catholism is man made...Vatican is richest bank and pope wants one stage religion...do your research

[@mikebtrfld1705]

My mom was Catholic, my dad was Presbyterian. He refused to go to church with us. I saw he didn't believe it, so I guess that's why I didn't. I'm not religious, and I feel fantastic.

[@infodirectgroup]

no you just had a bad experience in a false religion like me, I was a Catholic too, until I read Romans in the Bible, now I am at peace, There is a difference or being religious and being Godly. The Word of God wants us to have a relationship with Jesus directly. We do not inherit Heaven by our righteousness, it us Jesus's if we believe in Him as our Savior. Here is a short video kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITYY6OqodiomNU

[@mikebtrfld1705]

@@infodirectgroup proselytizing? Lol nice try.

[@lynnkufm2289]

@@mikebtrfld1705 My Mom was Catholic and my Dad wasn't. He had no religious affiliations. He didn't want his kids going to church, so we didn't and we're great! 👍 I prefer non fiction anyways. 😁

[@tomthx5804]

I ate some wowshit once, and boy did I feel fantastic.

[@jesusmary5418]

Mike Btrfld God gives us free will don't base your actions on someone else.

[@rogerdearth3026]

Martin Luther knew about this long ago. Many died trying to change it.

[@ALuis-js3zs]

That's news to me. Gosh. How did he know? Before my time ....this good man.

[@Ioannikios174]

@Joe Smith He was a former monk.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Watch the old, 1950s movie about Martin Luther. It was better than the newer one.✝️✝️

[@KnightGeneral]

Martin Luther married a nun.

[@SeanIgo]

This didn't exist in Luther's time.

[@starling4022]

wolves in sheep's clothing

[@SanaZel]

Raping children is different from raping adults.. stop blaming this on celibacy

[@lindiwengwevela524]

This reminds me of the Chilean nun who would basically deliver children (babies and toddlers) to priests and then put diapers on them to cover up the bleeding after they had been raped. She was completely un-remorseful during her trial...

[@carolhutchinson7763]

What was her excuse for doing this?

[@MizzMelan]

Wow that's really sick!!! Throw it all away!!!!

[@melloLL4722]

@ Lindiwe Ngwevela Really?! I believe God forgives sins but.. Eww! Disgusting!

[@smokeylebear1062]

What’s the story ?:/

[@lindiwengwevela524]

My bad, it wasn't in Chile. It was in Argentina. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4480530/Nun-arrested-helping-priests-rape-deaf-kids.html

[@danielleandrade6345]

This has been going on for so long and it’s shocking how not many people are aware of this it needs to be solved

[@merichamarais9539]

Of course. This has been happening for years. Man made and unnatural.

[@TT-ik3zq]

Are there any normal people left on this planet??? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MsDi333]

Not a lot Tracey, we live in a "fallen world" always have. Jesus said "I am not of this world" He not only said it once He said it a number of times: John 8:23, 9:39,17:14, 17:16. He also said ""Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12 How many do not even obey the Ten Commandments or even know what they are? IF the Church fails so does the culture. Most who have not followed the Catholic faith couldn't handle following GOD as in Martin Luther(ex-Catholic Monk and his ex-Catholic wife a nun) John Calvin (ex-priest) Huldrych Zwingli(ex-priest) those are just a few. They didn't take their vow to God seriously and GOD will not be mocked. There will be punishments to come soon as we have never seen. Prepare! Si vis pacem para bellum Viva Cirsto Rey!

[@nelsonjimenez7939]

Not a lot and the earth is flat. Not a planet but a plane. They added the 't' at the end and the evidence will shock you. I suggest you watch eric dubay. He is being attacked. If you are a believer you should know the bible says the earth is flat.

[@nelsonjimenez7939]

@*/ check this detailed explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXOofot_rZ6bqqM

[@jeremywright9511]

@@MsDi333 And I am sure you are the poster child of purity. You nut jobs are always the first to do something questionable and then place the blame on someone outside of the faith. Shameful. Do you even follow everything that is in the bible? Better not eat shrimp then.

[@BryceDAnderson1952]

really......good one

[@patrooney2283]

OMG, this is horrendous!!! In the name of God, how could they do this!!!

[@Asmr_kungfu]

They do this in the name of god.

[@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918]

As a lifelong Catholic, “surviving” 12 years of Catholic school, there were four nuns that I LIKED, decent women all , while I was in high school. One in particular was impossibly kind when, as a senior in her typing class, I had a “female “ incident with intense cramping. She made me a cup of tea..40 years on I still haven’t forgotten, nor will I forget, what an act of KINDNESS Sister Kieran did for me. Your rank and file nuns, on the other hand, were a group of sex-starved cows.who made my formative years F’ing MISERABLE. , along with others. keeping it “G” rated.) There are always exceptions; the four sisters that I mentioned had a TRUE calling from Christ. RIP, ladies...😔

[@garman763]

As Weinberg once said, "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."

[@_brandon_jean_8032]

how do you get a nun pregnant? dress her up as the altar boy.

[@stevelovesgod]

Dark

[@mdnis]

Good job CBS! Seven minute report about abuse by priests and nuns without once saying the word HOMOSEXUALITY. Where is the Pope on all this, the report asks? Covering up for all the homosexual bishops.

[@mancal5829]

They don't speak of the pink elephant in the room.

[@tomthx5804]

Lesbians are the problem

[@mancal5829]

@kash krupa That is true. But... How did it come to be removed? There was a lobby to do so. It wasn't a decision arrived at by science.

[@Ellie49]

Thank you, Samuel, for this link. Very illuminating in a horribly distressing way.

[@blessingjohnchelliah4317]

@DJ FX It was considered a disorder in the 80s and had a code number under DSM. Not so anymore. Conversion therapy was tried and failed. A small fraction of the population is homosexual.

[@brittanyguillen5554]

I still dont understand if she was sexually abused why keep seeing the nun

[@captainarcher2]

Because...as Tony The Tiger would say, " Iiiiiiiitttttt's Ggggrrreeeaaatttttt !!!!!!

[@angelicalim8531]

It's abuse as in her innocence was taken advantage of well before she can decide what is right and wrong.

[@brittanyguillen5554]

She said it herself that she knew it was wrong and even after settlement she still saw the nun and now she wants to talk about it. I understand abuse but i dont understand why settle and then go back to the abuser it makes you look like you are contradicting your own story. Not many people can have a wrong be right to them

[@TahtahmesDiary]

She was a young adult who had been groomed literally her whole life. That is sadly one of the symptoms of abuse is to keep forgiving, making excuses for, and visiting your abuser

[@Eann007]

@@brittanyguillen5554 it's all about attachment

[@maxnullifidian]

Remember, this stuff didn't just start a few decades ago, but many hundreds of years ago. It's part of the deep culture of the RCC.

[@rogerfreeberg4661]

When I was in the fourth grade I pleaded with the nun teaching the class to let me go to the bathroom , she refused to let me go. I finally defecated in my pants , had to sit through the rest of the class, about an hour or longer and then walk home ,a good distance. It was one of the most excruchiating and painful thing that I ever experienced. To this day, and I am 80 years old I will never forget that and what it felt like to sit there in my feces praying that I could crawl out of the class as the other kids around me said what is that smell ???? It was horrible

[@blitzie1233]

As a Catholic I am appalled! But I won't turn from Jesus and my faith due to sinful people. It wasn't Jesus who did it but HUMANS!!!!

[@memymo1310]

I'm sorry but this "faith" as you call it is corrupt. From the top to the bottom. Pray for discernment.

[@blitzie1233]

A Miller. I have and do pray for discernment. I have been to many different religions and was Assemblies of God. Now in my life Communion and the Mass meet my spiritual needs. I also read my Bible. I am fine and saved by Christ's blood. Amen....

[@rubenhurtado1741]

@@blitzie1233 next time you read the Bible, thank a Protestant.

[@gnarmarmilla]

Blitzie 123 turn to Jesus Christ and away from Catholicism.

[@blitzie1233]

I won't turn from Catholicism. The church needs cleaned up but I'm not bailing out....

[@PaulGreen11]

I've had enough I'm going back to K-pax This world is a sick place

[@tickedoffnow]

I'll go with you lol

[@a.s.l711]

the thumbnails of the nun look scarier than the Nun.

[@peterc.8961]

Thanks for shedding light on something thats been happening for years! Most people go unaware of what is really happening, wolf's in sheep clothing

[@nothinghere6227]

Just imagine if this was medieval times... oh the brutal torture they would face.

[@ananousous]

If you would speak against the church, you must be the witch responsible for bringing this darkness upon us

[@annastarr2043]

They wouldn't be believed & would face ostracism & worse.

[@herpline269]

They wouldn't face anything most likely. The kid would probably be disciplined instead for "lying"

[@PedanticAntics]

.. The Comfy Chair !

[@chowder8802]

Hardly

[@Illuminated7]

Surprised that nuns are involved? Anyone who attended catholic school knows better!

[@hintixmotivation5852]

And yet there are men in congress crying when they see the pope, 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@stevelovesgod]

They're in on it

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

Joe Biden is one of those men and now he is the one in charge. Because of his view on abortion there are some Catholic churches the will not serve him communion . But he puts his party's view over his church. I pity him when stands before a holy God.✝️✝️✝️

[@robertyoung8785]

Sadrack Jean Baptists, and a lot of kids crying when they see a priest.

[@sheilaharris2898]

God must be so disappointed with them!😢💔😡

[@ladyjayy1945]

The thumbnail picture scared the crap outta me 😵

[@The_Other_Ghost]

If your god flips out for people swearing and working on the Sabbath, and allows this to be done... He might not exist.

[@jonathangoodwin457]

God doesn't exist but not in religion Or good works. Faith Only

[@sunnyedaize1262]

You clearly don't understand how this works.

[@KenMasters.]

Only their version of God doesn't exist.

[@The_Other_Ghost]

@@KenMasters. How do we know your version of God exists? Dt 22: 13-21

[@The_Other_Ghost]

@@jonathangoodwin457 You must be one of those muslims or mormons, they talk about using faith that lead them to Islam or LDS... Is faith the most reliable way to get answers?

[@britanyfitzgerald5061]

And what about large number of babies and children's skeletons found buried in convents walls and in mass graves in Irland, Mexico, America Easter Europe, Russia, etc, etc, etc,

[@andresinsurriaga1082]

I would say the Pope is probably against all of this.

[@SlyNine]

First, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. You don't hear about sexual abuse by women, because people don't think women sexually abuse kids or that it's s harmful when women do it.

[@angelicalim8531]

True.

[@TheChickenRiceBowl]

Why did you write "Everyone is innocent until proven guilty" before your comment about female rapists?

[@SlyNine]

@@TheChickenRiceBowl As a victim of sexual and physical abuse, as someone the will never be able to show what happened. Innocent until proven guilty is the something I always stand by. It's the corner stone for justice.

[@morethanaconqueror7461]

As a little boy my mother wanted me to be a priest and it would have been the greatest act of evil against me.

[@deborahminter4807]

Should not be something, a parent decides.

[@melissadavis5513]

We need to hold every one of the Priests and Nuns accountable. How much Power does that damn Catholic Church have ???!!! Who are they that they do not get arrested ???!!!

[@infinitequest0424]

Thanks for sharing