Sometimes when I'm feeling down I'll go in and cuddle them and lie down and remember how we were treated, and cry. There are times when its hot outside, and the last thing you want to do is dress in heavy clothing. September 2018 We can across the grave of the head nun,(sorry cant' remember what they are called) and my beautiful Aunt stomped on the grave and kicked dirt on it and said cuss words! She lived at Nazareth House homes in Newcastle and Carlisle until she was 13, in 1944. My mother was one of them. Across thousands of miles, across decades, the abuse took eerily similar forms: People who grew up in orphanages said they were made to kneel or stand for hours, sometimes with their arms straight out, sometimes holding their boots or some other item. A few Nuns kicked women and children down the stairs and then took the opportunity to kick them as they lay injured or struggling to stand or crawl away. As the result of a rape and beating by a Nun, I spent two years in a coma in hospital hiding from my mangled mind and body. No one would believe how bad it was. To learn more, you can also read our posts on why 911 operators are so rude, why judges are so rude, and why cops are so rude. Think for example of other people in committed relationships. But thats human nature. But there is good news in all of this. That is why I want to take them to court.". My time there has deeply affected my life. Yet, even now, I continue to read horrible things about the church and popes. Therefore, trying to live a perfect life is both impossible and unnecessary. "When I left [the Cardiff home] at 18 I was just handed a suitcase with hardly anything in it and shown the door. Nuns should strive to serve their Lord and Savior as best they can. I think my time there has left deep scars. secrets passed from mother to daughter. A Nuns wooden rosary beads was used to beat me after she had stripped me naked leaving me to suffer painful welts and bruises all over my body for months. Your post was so full of hate & sarcasm Im surprised you havent been banned what you wrote was absolutely inexcusable. March 2021 After Duplessis received the provincial Church . She hated children and was always hitting us with a cricket stump she carried around. Sign up for a new account in our community. Why? So I guess if someone can tell me why they are so mean and abusive that would be nice. Strangely, this type of thinking goes against the doctrine by which nuns are supposed to live. Plenty of Students..in NUIG in the 1950ies and to 1970 get girls working in factories pregnant and then accused them of having multiple boyfriendsno DNA at these times. This caused a huge strain on me.. Revelation 18:2-42-"She has fallen! "There were two slices of bread and dripping for breakfast, a ladle of soup at dinner and two more slices of bread and dripping in the evening. Nuns. We rose at 5am, did the cleaning chores, then got dressed, got breakfast and then went to school. The details of the patterns were kept so secret, in fact, that many of them were lost as the families either died or fled the poverty for other lands. "Ruthless and sadistic madness on the part of least some of the nuns and a depthless depravity on the part of some of the men are the defining characteristics of at least some of those who ran the orphanage," wrote Professor Grundy. The nuns would enter a convent in their teens and would be told nothing about sex or re Continue Reading 18 2 Peter Kisner Tragically, Philomena and her six siblings came from a loving home in England but were taken into 'care' while on a holiday in Waterford, in 1970. In those days the people were encouraged to bring their children to the mission to be schooled by the church and they children all lived there. Unkind. The children were beaten regularly and the nuns were never really nice to them. ), it wouldn't be hard to, Couple a sadistic personality and a whole lot of pent up sexual frustration.yeah anybody would go psycho. Physical violence was allowed and was encouraged by the frustrated Nuns in all the Institutions in order to get the upper hand - literally and brutally - by striking blows with hands, feet, sticks, chains, metal objects or whatever else came to hand. May 2022 December 2018 She would choose . My grandmother, aunts, uncles, great aunts and uncles cousins ect ect, were mostly raised in the Cotholic Missions on different Indian Reservations. "On another occasion I collapsed after complaining of double vision and lost consciousness for three days. "Bedwetting was about the worst thing you could do. You must wear modest clothing when not wearing your nun's habit. "I don't think I saw Sister Laurence ever smile. She remembers a nun who would come to her class every day to choose a student to help her with Mass. January 2020 November 2019 The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration are a. This is part three of my series debunking the "Irish slaves" meme. Run by the Bon Secours order of nuns, the Tuam home opened in 1925 and closed in 1961. Catholic nuns, as decreed by Pope Francis, are not allowed to use smartphones or social media. Violence was frequently employed and encouraged with the most common forms being verbal abuse, slaps, blows, and kicks. . Nuns have to obey their superiors, which can lead to a feeling of being trapped and powerless, and it can also lead to nuns being quite resentful towards those in positions of authority. By using physical violence, the Nuns exercised power not only over the slave women and children, but also over their fellow Nuns.Physical domination was indeed the proof of what they were capable of and, for some Nuns, it expressed a real thirst for power. The "significant quantities" of remains were found in 17 out of 20 underground chambers that were examined. . I was sent to clean her office and if she decided I didn't clean it properly she would start banging my head against the wall. Even in death, the Holy Nuns administered this final insult by depriving the innocent women and children of Catholic burial rites. I think that's the way many of them were trained, in a very authoritarian church. Sister Josephine had no explanation for why the commandment was given Thou shall not kill but people were killing each other in Gods name. My aunt said I never stammered before I went there. He would feed him at breakfast, dinner and lunch then undress him and bath him before putting him to bed. In May 1983, 12-year-old Thomas was taken to Lourdes, by the local charity the Order of Malta, who frequently arranged trips for disabled children. There was a constant atmosphere of fear, and beatings all the time. Any child caught speaking native was punished. I don't think my grandma knew exactly what he was sick with but she told me that the Nuns had NO empathy for a sick child. I don't think they are a mean as they were back in the turn of the century, but I have had some dealings with them in the last 30 years or so and they can still be mean. So nuns did their best to keep you from committing a mortal sin and their way of doing that was to enforce a sort of discipline by various means of which some were mean like hitting your knuckels with a ruler. Background. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Does any of what these Nuns did sound righteous to you? We did all the work in the convent, cleaning the windows, scrubbing floors, doing the laundry and washing out the bathrooms. The stigma that nuns are cruel is somewhat of a misnomer. Within them, however, nobody could escape the interlaced structure of these complex power relations. Today I have all the soft cuddly toys I want, a room full of them. Its not easy to always obey those in authority, and many nuns who cant obey suffer from stress and anxiety, leading to nuns lashing out at others in positions of power. Professor Grundy reserved his most scathing words for the police forces and bureaucrats, who he said may have known what was going on but did nothing to stop it. During the Age of Exploration, two basic factors influenced the Europeans in their efforts. Bob Marley, "We went to explore the Moon & discovered the Earth" Gene Cernan. The Magdalene Laundries were a profitable business for the Nuns and the Cult of the Irish Catholic Church. Why are Nuns so mean? It certainly isn't Catholicism. The nuns told us to strip off and stand beside the the bed and they left us just standing there for ages, waiting for our punishment. "When the Sister died, we were told to pray for her in Heaven, but we all prayed that we were glad. I blame Nazareth House. First off I'd change that to SOME nuns, not all. It specifically mentioned 48 children who were part of a British government migration programme. Nuns indeed put in a lot of hard work. After all, we all have our own crosses to bear. There was real hate there. The innocent novice Nuns, with their good intentions, had no idea of what awaited them in the hellholes known as the Magdalene Laundries with their captive and illegally-held female slaves and their children who, although they had committed no crime, toiled there. well practise what you preach, "He who is without sin." you should know the rest, but then again i'm not to sure you do? Seven months into his stay, in December, William was invited to a staff members room, to help him put up Christmas decorations. The whole idea was for those women to do penance for their sins. This can lead to a lot of unresolved issues, and these issues can eventually turn into anger and resentment. Its not easy to grow up in an abusive or neglectful home, which can lead to trauma and emotional damage. I was constantly humiliated. My mother went to Catholic school as a child back in the 1950's. The Irish Brigade fought in most battles during the War of Spanish Succession, including the Battle of Ramillies in Central Belgium on May 23, 1706. The proud wearing of the religious habit was a profound experience for the middle-class women, and the uniformity contributed to forging an esprit de corps, a feeling of pride and mutual loyalty even though it did not exclude hierarchies of rank and did not preclude friction within the group. Not a life of such abuse, torture, pain and hell. July 2019 The girl herself often wished to take the veil to escape the intolerable working conditions on the family farm. Yet another was scarred after being scalded by a nun who accused her of not using enough hot water when washing. . Wicked City was initially canceled after just 3 episodes, but later, the remaining episodes were aired on Hulu. You are right nuns are human like you and everyone else. Oberon Copeland is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, with a degree in economics and HR. When I couldn't make out what they were saying they thought I was being cheeky and I got slapped and punched a lot. i think they just really need to get laid, Damn nuns I don't think I have ever met a nun but damn them anyway errrrr. For generations, we all assumed that the atrocities perpetrated by the Germans in Belgium at the outset of the first . For William, now 54, the trauma of the abuse haunts him in every waking moment. The Nuns carried out their daily tasks of interplay of the inmates bloodily and with great relish, and the slaves everyday experienced these practices through their interactions with the frustrated Nuns. i may have exaggerated a little. Its not easy to live up to such high standards. Most - if not all - of the Irish Nuns were from respectable, rural and middle-class families. Gmail Thank God they chose the nuns. Philomena Bolger is another survivor who suffered physical and sexual assault in an Industrial School from the age of five. Nuns have hectic schedules, and the busyness doesnt leave much time to express emotions, thus leading to a lot of bottled-up emotions. Rocketgirl33, "Holidays were spent at other Nazareth House homes. The first reason is that they have the power to be cruel. The novice Nuns watched and learned from the older, more experienced Nuns, so that they too could attain the level of cruelty and depravity they daily saw being committed on the slave women and their fatherless children. "I left the faith as a direct result and don't describe myself as a Catholic anymore. We were sent upstairs. Some 216,000 children - mostly boys - have been sexually abused by clergy in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a damning new inquiry has found. Thus, nuns act out their cruelty towards others. My mother entered. Archaic teaching methods are now seen as barbaric. So if you see a mean nun, remember that shes probably going through a lot. June 2019 In her case, she claims, a company charged 15,000 for work on her home which included 6,000 for a stove which actually cost 475. I endured all their frustrations directly with violence, beatings, rapes, and mental trauma. "You were thrashed about the feet, head and hands, you had your hair pulled and your head bounced off the walls. What gives? It was thought to confer a higher social status for the family and to provide a degree of comfort for unmarried daughters. Many Nuns pretended not to see or hear what was going on around them, but instead were passive, taking refuge in their work and silent prayers. Some of these women and girls from middle-class backgrounds and with no professional training, were transformed into some of the most vicious Nuns running various Religious Institutions in Ireland. They would just use anything that came to hand. I was lucky one. Clodagh Kilcoyne via ReutersROME"Marie" was placed in a French Catholic boarding school for "young girls from good families" when she was in the fifth grade. Respectability was everything for a family, no man would want to marry a women who had been with another man sexually not to mind a woman that had had a child with another man. The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. The investigators established the chambers were originally used to treat sewage. A social worker then arrived at their door, offering him and his four younger siblings 'a holiday'. It was considered very prestigious to have a daughter become a Nun as was having a son in the Priesthood. Its a shame, as nuns should represent peace, kindness, and gentleness. FOR Vera Willshire, who is now 75, the year 1939 was one of the happiest of her life. Dozens of former residents of homes in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Midlothian and Kilmarnock claimed they had suffered vicious beatings and sexual abuse. In fact, one priest was a child molester at our high school. Sister Fidelma, an Irish nun at St. Brigid's Abbey is possibly the most interestingand smartestnun ever to be found on the pages of a clerical mystery. The slaves of Magdalene. Thankfully, those methods have changed, and nuns are now taught with more compassion. In some cases the Nuns even used their long heavy-duty wooden rosary beads to beat the slave women or the children. For decades, "bad" Irish girls were sent away to convent-run laundries, where they worked for no pay in awful conditions for years on end. The Nuns had been punishing this boy for not doing his chores and on that fateful night he was murdered by the Nuns. Mrs Guerrier, who is now 73 and lives in Tottenham, north London, said: "The nuns were extremely harsh. She was looking for a victim."I was 11 and looked 9. It was only later I realised that you didn't bruise so badly there. "I call on the Irish State and government to remove the gagging orders and give us survivors the right to speak out for the sake of our mental health.". In the 1940s, the Bon Secours nuns were paid by the Irish state nearly 100 per child a week to care for those in their care. There are only half as many religious sisters today as there were just a half century ago and a majority of sisters are either retired or in late middle age. Its not something thats public knowledge, but many nuns grow to regret taking this vow. One that stands out is the story of a boy who had become very ill. The early Irish monks and nuns, who tried for a time to be as strict with themselves as the hermits of the Egyptian desert, found that it was just about impossible to starve properly in Treland, because the country abounded in delicious food of all kinds-"leeks from the garden, poultry, game,/Salmon and trout and bees," as a salivating monastic Every morning he had to wash and dress his little brother Thomas, who had brittle bone disease and was unable to walk. . August 2019 Yet the harsh conditions of the Tuam home meant the infant. In Ireland, the Sisters of Mercy operated, from the time of their foundation in 1831, as a series of autonomous convents, each of them subject to the authority and jurisdiction of their local bishop.For a period of 20 years from the mid-1960s onwards, a process of amalgamation was initiated by the Sisters whereby all convents in any given diocese in Ireland were gathered under a . This can lead to nuns being quite resentful toward Mothers. It gives a good idea of the standard of care. The nuns were terrible.". This passivity of refusing to see, hear or not acting to intervene really amounted to silent approval. I didn't know the underscore wasn't mandatory for usernames before I came to these forums. I went to a strict local school and the belt was used frequently, but nothing like on the same scale that the nuns used to beat us. By Sue Lloyd Roberts. One of these burst and burnt my foot badly, leaving a permanent scar. Why Are Nuns So Cruel? The act of forgiveness is powerful. Read Book A Light In The Window An Irish Christmas Love Story Kindle . Four days later, they were taken to the industrial school at Mount Carmel in Moate, Co. Westmeath, run by the Catholic nuns of the Sisters of Mercy. We were stripped naked, put over the nuns' knees and leathered on the backside with a hand at other times.. It took maybe a week or two to metamorphose the awkward, timid, novice Nuns into the new, confident and vicious Nuns so demonstrably capable of using verbal and physical violence on their captive slave women and their children illegally detained in the religious prisons known as the Magdalene Laundries and other institutions. I have cried so much wondering what happened to my loving brother. We found nine reasons that may shock you. (9 Reasons Why), Why Are Netflix Originals So Bad? Eventually, the crochet schools established by the nuns in the 1850s and 1860s disappeared as fashions changed and the demand for Irish lace declined. The stories I have heard just make me cry. This woman wouldn't say sh** if she had a mouth full. The Mother Teressa took him to the creek behind the dorms and drug him through the cold water until he died. "But girls were beaten every day. December 2019 January 2018, List of the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, Mother and Baby Homes, Industrial Schools of Ireland. Nuns with children at Sean Ross abbey. Children were treated as slave labour and made to. Their accounts of life in the various homes have a common theme: of thrashings even for the most minor misdemeanour or failing, be it sneezing, wetting the bed, or forgetting the words of a hymn. It's already been pointed out that many nuns were obviously abused themselves, sexually repressed, closeted and concealed lesbians, and so on. I have not found many "nice" stories about nuns. First off I'd change that to SOME nuns, not all. Police are also investigating after lawyers representing former residents passed on relevant files. Firearm Discussion and Resources from AR-15, AK-47, Handguns and more! By Terrified, I remember holding out my hand thinking an adult would take it. July 2020 This was the thinking in all other European Countries well up to the 1960ies..Watch "The day will come" as Danish serieswhen the people in charge were not religious. It makes perfect sense that some would take their emotions out on others. The victim lies prostrate on the ground, at the Nuns feet. February 2019 Many of the initial applications were turned down and, in response, William set up the Residential Institution Survivor Network (RISN), which has now helped over 200 people with appeals. The one thing that I have found from talking to them and from past stories they have told me before they died was the Nuns of the Caotholic Missions were always mean and abusive to the children. We were told, The priest will be up to bless you now.. At night, they were abused by visiting priests who came to the girls dorm. They may feel they are missing out on something essential and wonder what could have been. I went to a convent and the nuns were from Ireland - I landed one who also beat me and her face whilst hitting me with a ruler on the back of my legs was absolutely horrid. So now comes the question. They were not battleaxes or crones. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. June 2021 The scathing report, by Professor Bruce Grundy of Queensland University, told of how one girl, Helen Carter, had her legs burnt with a red-hot poker, to exorcise the Devil, while another child almost lost her legs which became infected after a nun pulled out her ingrowing toenails with pliers. "They only did it to make loads of money and to put you to work, to shame you and make you feel like nothing.. My mom told me that they had no life, could not leave the convent, no TV, no newspapers, so I think it was simple burn out, no way to get away from us brats. No one did and I was just told to follow on. Nuns used crucifixes to rape little girls or forced boys to have sex with them, too. Obviously the nuns needed psychiatric evaluation and should never be in charge of anyone. At the residential home, he was given two sets of clothes, a number 217 and sent to his dormitory. September 2021 We were in our nighties and we weren't allowed to wear underwear, because the nuns considered it 'dirty'. Nuns Break COVID Rules to Attend Exorcism. "The gagging order is such an appalling and cruel abuse to all of us survivors who went through the Redress Board," he says. Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others By David Livingstone Smith Hardcover, 336 pages St. Martin's Press List price: $24.99 Read An Excerpt When the Nazis described Jews. 1. "We were skivvies, basically. No goodbyes. Part of being human is being a sexual person humans are attracted to other people, have romantic feelings and sexual urges. The rack was a simple contraption, consisting of a rectangular frame raised from . This button displays the currently selected search type. Children were also left hungry and cold, with poor hygiene facilities. October 2018 January 2019 July 2018 This kind of behavior applies to nuns, as well. Being on the receiving end of this behavior is horrifying and confusing. Although nuns acting mean is mostly history, the stigma remains in many peoples minds. This can lead to them being quite cruel to others, especially those weaker than them. "Looking back, I think they really despised the children. "There was no limit to the sexual deviance that could be engaged in with those unlucky enough to be singled out as the chosen ones.". Nuns can be cruel for a variety of reasons. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Why Are Bartenders So Rude? Flagrant and cruel. At one time, the training nuns received was outdated and very harsh. The exercise of absolute power is crucial for understanding the running of the Religious Institutions in Ireland. We were beaten with big sticks - the bigger the better, she says. FOR MORE than 100 years, the Poor Sisters of Nazareth cared for children in the order's dozens of homes across Britain. As a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday marked . Start your Independent Premium subscription today. For other inquiries, Contact Us. They took great delight in saying my mother died at school assembly. It is also true that in the Free State times families could have taken their daughters home at any stageWe had a Constitution which obliges due process before incarceration. 10 The Duplessis Orphans. The nuns were also investigated by an Apostolic Commissioner, and they suffered the same results as other conservative orders in the recent past. Anything can trigger flashbacks because there are so many bad memories, he says. The purpose of the daily perpetration of violence against slave women and children of all backgrounds were to dominate, break and destroy them. Some Nuns systematically accelerated and intensified their violent acts in the presence of another Nun, and considered it better still if she was an incoming novice. "My feet were so badly swollen I was kept off school for three days and two other girls had to join hands to carry me up and down the stairs. Many were young and pretty, and though maybe they were kind in their first few weeks, they soon became much the same as the rest. Myth: In 17th century Barbados (and elsewhere . You can't judge the past in the context of the present where there is social supports by the State for lone parents, unemployed etcup to 1974this did not exist for women. April 2019 Searching for. They are not interested in children which was obvious at Tuam .Orphanage, in Ireland plus others.. Nuns are supposed to be modest in their appearance, which can lead to them being quite critical of others who dont dress modestly. I think what happens is that religion is handed down from generation to generation in what ever form it maybe and catholics had no problem sparing the rod as that's how they grew up. Only my opinion of course, but I'd blame it on a lack of physical and emotional shenanigans with members of the opposite sex. I hope your not suggesting any of my post isn't true? "You could get hammered for anything. Celibacy is NOT normal for humans. More than 400 former residents are planning to sue the order over what they claim was cruel, unnecessary and harmful treatment suffered at the hands of the Sisters. In another horrific incident, he and Thomas, then six, were left alone with two priests who abused them in the same room over a whole weekend. Iona Institute Director. Instead of fetching a doctor they kept me in bed and surrounded me with hot water bottles. 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