'Too scary to take a stand': Nuns speak out about enduring abuse and how Catholic hierarchy did little to protect them

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Across India, the nuns talk of priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex. They talk about being groped and kissed, of hands pressed against them by men they were raised to believe were representatives of Jesus Christ

from Latest News India on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2Qgt44x
The Associated Press

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