Ill-treatment, financial capture, pass rights: a Catholic magazine denounced Thursday the abuse of power by mothers superior reigning unchallenged over their convent. According to the Jesuit review Civiltà Cattolica to be published on Friday, the subject "has so far not received the attention it deserves". These abuses "in their majority do not take the form of sexual violence and do not concern minors," said the newspaper.
Some nuns cling to their position for decades, others take in relatives with full board, at the community's expense. The review reports that they are sometimes buried in the convent. A mother superior "brought her mother into the community of sisters until her death, allowing her to share the common space for about 20 years", notes the investigation.
"Exclusive privileges"
The title of these nuns, in some cases, "seems to guarantee other exclusive privileges, such as receiving the best medical care, while a simple nun cannot even go to an optician or a dentist, on the pretext that it is necessary. "save" ". Some nuns were refused warm clothes for the same reasons.
“The upper closet is full of clothes bought with community funds without consulting anyone, while others barely have a change of clothes,” says Civilta Cattolica. “Unfortunately this is the daily reality of some sisters: a reality that they cannot make known, because they do not know who to contact, or for fear of reprisals”.
In January, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the powerful Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life, revealed that former nuns "abandoned" by the Catholic Church, some of whom had prostituted themselves to survive, had found refuge in a Vatican residence opened at the request of Pope Francis.
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