10-16-2006, 11:57 PM
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Vatican Recognizes Rape Report : Washington Post</span>
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican yesterday acknowledged a report that some priests and missionaries were forcing nuns to have sex with them, and in some cases forcing their rape victims to have abortions.
Some nuns were also forced to take oral contraceptives, the report cited in the newspaper La Repubblica said.
The Vatican said the issue was restricted to a certain geographic area, but the report cited cases in 23 countries, including the United States, Brazil, the Philippines, <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>India,</span> Ireland and Italy.
Although the Vatican did not name the area, the report said most incidents of sexual abuse against nuns occurred in Africa, where the nuns were identified as "safe" at a time when AIDS is devastating the continent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...0¬Found=true
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican yesterday acknowledged a report that some priests and missionaries were forcing nuns to have sex with them, and in some cases forcing their rape victims to have abortions.
Some nuns were also forced to take oral contraceptives, the report cited in the newspaper La Repubblica said.
The Vatican said the issue was restricted to a certain geographic area, but the report cited cases in 23 countries, including the United States, Brazil, the Philippines, <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>India,</span> Ireland and Italy.
Although the Vatican did not name the area, the report said most incidents of sexual abuse against nuns occurred in Africa, where the nuns were identified as "safe" at a time when AIDS is devastating the continent.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?p...0¬Found=true