Magazine exposes abuses by priests to nuns

The Vatican Women's Magazine denounced the badual abuse of nuns by priests and the "scandal" of nuns who had to abort or give birth to children whose parents were not recognized.

The February issue of "Mujer Iglesia Mundo", a monthly magazine distributed with the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, was published on Friday. He referred to the badysis of abuses made by Pope Francis, stating that the power of the mullahs is the root of the problem.

He added that the nuns had been silent for years, fearing reprisals against themselves or against their orders if they denounced abusive priests.

The publication signifies a remarkable public recognition on the part of the Vatican of a problem that the Holy See has known for some time, but which has done little or nothing to deal with it.

Last year, after the Associated Press and other media reported on this scandal, the international badociation of women's religious orders urged the sisters to denounce the abuses committed to their children. and the police, thus breaking the silence that masked the problem.

In her article, the magazine's director, Lucetta Scaraffia, notes that for centuries, women in the church have been portrayed as "dangerous and seductive", which has prevented the Catholic hierarchy from recognizing that "no one is safe". she could be the victim of innuendo. unwanted badual acts on the part of priests.

"But here, the badysis of abuses made by Pope Francis can be useful: if we highlight the power and clericalism, the abuses against the nuns have another aspect and can be recognized for this. that they are: an act of power in which the contact becomes a violation of privacy, "he writes.

According to the article, in the 1990s, Vatican religious representatives were informed of the badual abuse of nuns by priests in Africa, where they were considered "safe" couples in the midst of the HIV crisis. .

While little or nothing has changed, religious women in developing and rich countries are beginning to denounce the abuses they suffer as part of a general demand for power. increased women in the church, a derivation of the #MeToo campaign. .

"If the Church continues to turn a blind eye to the scandal – exacerbated by the fact that the abuse of women causes procreation and therefore leads to forced abortions and children not recognized by priests – the condition of the child is the same. Women's oppression in the Church will never change, "writes Scaraffia.

"Mujer Iglesia Mundo", which appears in Italian, French and Spanish, had a major impact last year with an edition devoted to "work" and an article denouncing the usual treatment of nuns by cardinals and men. bishops, for whom they cook and they clean almost without pay. The current edition is devoted to the meaning of "touch" and how it can be perverted.

Anna Foa, an eminent intellectual intellectual, wrote in an editorial of the presentation that abuse transforms the caress, this fundamental aspect of love, into an expression itself suspicious and virtually obscene.

Foa also quoted Francisco when he "thanked the journalists who were honest and objective by denouncing the predatory priests and making the voices of the victims heard".