கன்யாஸ்திரிகளால் கற்பழிக்கப்படும் சிறுவர் சிறுமியர்: பிபிஸி ரிப்போர்ட்

அறுபதுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட கன்யாஸ்திரிகள் செய்த குற்றங்கள் விசாரணைக்குள்ளேயெ வரவில்லை என்று பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர்கள் குமுறுகிறார்கள்.

கன்யாஸ்திரிகளிடம் ஜாக்கிரதையாக இருங்கள்.
கிறிஸ்துவர்களிடம் ஜாக்கிரதையாக இருங்கள்.
கிறிஸ்துவர்களை நெருங்காதீர்கள், பழகாதீர்கள் பின்னே குமுறி அழாதீர்கள்.

வருமுன் காப்பது சிறப்பு

Sex abuse by nuns: the unknown story
By Christopher Landau
BBC News



Campaigners say nuns are too slow to tackle the issue of sex abuse
The crisis over child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church has cost the organisation both in terms of levels of public trust and compensation payouts.

When American bishops decided in 2002 to conduct an audit of the scale of the problem, their initiative was given a cautious welcome by survivors of sexual abuse.

But one part of the church was not part of the audit.

Nuns, officially known as "women religious", do not always fall under the authority of their local bishop.

This meant they stood outside the remit of the study, even though there are documented cases where Catholic nuns have committed child sexual abuse.

'Resistance'

In Portland, Oregon, there are six new lawsuits against the Catholic Church. Two are in relation to accusations made against nuns.


US bishops have a zero tolerance policy on sex abuse by priests

Kelly Clark is a lawyer who specialises in sexual abuse cases in the state.

He said: "I have more resistance these days from religious orders involving nuns, more denial, than I have from any archdiocese or any religious order involving priests."

He says that nuns are 10 to 15 years behind the rest of the church in their attitude to dealing with accusations of abuse.

One campaigner who agrees is Steve Theisen. He was abused over a three-year period by a nun who was a teacher at his school.

His view is: "I don't think they've even taken a first step on this."

Mr Theisen now runs a network for those who have been abused by Catholic leaders.

His research has uncovered more than 60 cases of abuse committed by nuns.

No audit

The Leadership Conference for Women Religious is the umbrella group for women's religious orders in the US.

Its executive director, Sister Carole Shinnick, says that her members have worked hard to make sure there are proper policies in place to ensure the protection of children.

But she admits that, unlike the steps taken by bishops to establish the scale of the abuse problem among priests, no audit has been carried out to determine how many nuns have abused children.

"We haven't done an audit... but the fact of the matter is it isn't something we've been asked to do," she said.

And knowing the scale of the problem does not necessarily lead to a solution.

Transparency

The bishops in the US have now adopted a "zero tolerance" strategy to sexual abuse, which means that priests found to have acted inappropriately must leave the church.

In Silver Spring, Maryland, the St Luke Institute exists to help priests and nuns with psychological problems, including sexual disorders.

The institute was once a major centre for the treatment of priests who had been found guilty of sexually abusing children.

But as a result of the zero tolerance policy, such priests no longer tend to receive treatment within the church - they are simply expelled from the priesthood.

As the director of the centre, the Rev Stephen Rossetti, explains: "Once we throw them out of the priesthood we no longer have a supervisory role - they're gone from our structure.

"They can still be members of the church but they're unsupervised... but where do they go?"

Few would suggest that the scale of the sex abuse problem among nuns will ever reach the rate seen among abusive priests.

But the lessons for the church - about the value of transparency - are the same, and victims of abuse by nuns believe the church has a long way to go to reassure them.

ஒரிஸ்ஸா-சிறுமிகளை சித்ரவதை, பாலுறவு பலாத்காரம் செய்த கன்யாஸ்திரிகள் கைது

பழங்குடி சிறுமிகளை காலைமுதம் மாலை வரை சித்ரவதை செய்த கன்யாஸ்திரிகள் கைது. இந்த சிறுமிகளை பாலுறவு பலாத்காரமும் செய்திருக்கிறார்கள் இந்த கேடுகெட்டவர்கள்

Torture in church school: Nuns nabbed
By Debasis Tripathy

Best example of torture and harassment of students inside the white walls of Christian church has come out to picture. Two nuns (sisters) are arrested for torturing and keeping homosexual affairs with students at Baripada.

According to police records, two minor girls namely Anjana Behera of village Titia and Sarojini Murmu of village Nachhipur under Khunta police station took admission in the “Bijoy Sadan”, missionary chhatri nivas”, a school run by Christian missionaries. It functions in the premises of the local Baptist church at village Baghamara. After their admissions they were allegedly compelled to worship Jesus Christ and to chant Bible continuously from 5 AM to 11.30 AM. As they were failing to do this due to sickness, tortured a lot both physically and mentally. In order to save life, both of them flew from the school and these heinous acts of missionaries came to light. Protests made by the local Hindu social organisation to arrest the culprits.

The two victims in the local police station on July 27, 2007 lodged F.I.R. S.Saswati the in-charge district collector of Mayurbhanj visited the spot along with the investigating cops. On July 28, 2007, two nuns namely sister Marry (50) and sister Prema (60) were arrested and forwarded to the court of S.D.J.M, Baripada. Latter as the court rejected their bail applications, they are remanded to judicial custody.

Shri Ranjan Mishra, a local social activist told that, “Inside the church school, many heinous activities are going on. Students are forced to have sex with attendants and teachers. As most of the students belong from poor vanvasi community, their torture has no limit. We have informed the district administration about this, and if no actions taken, we will not sit silently,” he warned.

On the other-hand, the church authorities have denied to comment more on the issue, expect the word “Truth will prevail”.