Talk:Monasticism

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This might fit into a fully developed article, or another page, but as this is just a stub - the rather contextualized claim that nuns are being raped by priests doesn't really fit. It might suggest that there is a good article on "the Catholic church and practice in the real world" - but not just tossed in anywhere. --GodotRIP original "muahahahah". 1...2....3...4...muahahahahah 14:33, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

"There are complaints that Roman Catholic priests exploits nuns sexually and that the Vatican does little to protect victims. This happens especially in the Third World where women are conditioned to be subservient to men, in Africa nuns are seen as safer than sex workers as they are less likely to carry HIV. Getting a certificate to work in a particular diocese could depend on the nun having sex with the priest in charge. 23 countries are specifically mentioned as places where abuse happens, not all are Third World:
Botswana, Burundi, Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

Sex between priest and nun can be consensual which is not necessarily abusive but coercive sex is a big problem.

"Groups of sisters from local congregations have made passionate appeals for help to members of international congregations and explain that, when they themselves try to make representations to church authorities about harassment by priests, they simply ‘are not heard.’

Frequently the nun is forced to leave the congregation with no means of support while the priest is moved to another area and continues as a priest. Vatican Admits Priests are Raping Nuns Around the World;AIDS exacerbates sexual exploitation of nuns, reports allege;Vatican: Priests Have Been Raping Nuns to Avoid Hookers with HIV;Vatican Confirms Widespread Rape Of Nuns By Priests In 23 Countries"

I've restored the content, My best source is AIDS exacerbates sexual exploitation of nuns, reports allege and that’s the National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the Wikipedia article on the National Catholic Reporter and according to Wikipedia that journal ‘won the "General Excellence" award from the Catholic Press Association in the category of national news publications each year from 2000 through 2011.’ That looks to me like a reliable source. Proxima Centauri (talk) 07:49, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

I've moved it to the Nun article with more material. Proxima Centauri (talk) 20:32, 7 September 2012 (UTC)