Friday, February 20, 2009

பரிதாபத்துக்குரிய கிறிஸ்துவ கன்யாஸ்திரிகள்

ஒரு கேரள கிறிஸ்துவ கன்யாஸ்திரி, கன்யாஸ்திரி மடங்களில் பாலுறவு பலாத்காரங்கள் நடப்பதையும் ஊழலையும் பற்றி புத்தகம் எழுதியுள்ளார்.

தமிழர்கள் கிறிஸ்துவர்களிடம் ஜாக்கிரதையாகவும் விலகியும் இருக்கும் படி கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன்.

ஏமாற வேண்டாம். குழந்தைகளை காப்பாற்றிக்கொள்ளுங்கள்.

Regional
Kerala nun alleges sexual harassment in convents


Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): As a tell-all autobiography of a former nun revealing alleged sexual abuse threatened to embarass the Catholic church in Kerala, the woman herself said on Friday society has "every right" to know what is happening to Sisters.

In her memoirs in Malayalam titled "Amen" (so be it, said by Christians at the end of every prayer), 'Sister' Jesme alleged that harassment, sexual repression, exploitation of nuns by priests and clandestine same sex relations take place behind the closed doors of convents.

The Catholic Church is silent on the book and is yet to make its official response to the tell-all reminiscences of the 52-year-old Jesme holding they would react only after studying the book. But the book released two days ago is being lapped up and selling like hotcakes.

Narrating how deeply disappointed and disillusioned she is after choosing the religious vocation on her own volition at a very young age, Jesme exposes the power struggles in the 'dark confines' of convents she had lived for about 30 years and in corridors of church administration.

An English professor and later the Principal of a church-run college in Thrissur, Jesme quit the convent last year after what she said years of 'sufferings and struggles.' "I wanted an outlet for my experiences of my trauma...Society has every right to know what is happening to Sisters," Jesme said dismissing suggestions she has sensationalised issues to get cheap publicity.


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