I remember a discussion a long time ago with K A Francis, a Tamil
atheist writer and author of "Bibliya Ayyangal" a book that was
translated into English and published as "The Bible - A Great Farce"
where he described the institution of the convent in the Catholic,
Buddhist and Jain faiths as "reverse prostitution." It was his
opinion (and one which I completely share) that offering commercial
and other inducements to avoid having sex was as derogatory a social
phenomenon as offering these to pay for sex. The tragedy in India is
that most converts to Catholicism and other branches of Christianity
are the desperately poor lower castes. Conversion might get them some
education, it does not, however, take away any of the other menaces
like dowry from their day to day lives. Many poor families,
therefore, send their girls into convents to avoid having to pay for
their wedding expenses. Results like what this Times of India article
speak of, arise out of this process of nun-running.
Mehul Kamdar
Nun commits suicide, father alleges sexual abuse
12 Aug 2008, 2141 hrs IST, Ananthakrishnan G,TNN
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as controversy over the death of Sister
Abhaya refuses to ebb, the death of a second nun in mysterious
circumstances has pushed the Church in Kerala into a spot. The nun's
father on Tuesday alleged that she was sexually abused in the convent
where she was living.
Body of 22-year-old nun, Anupa Mary, was found hanging from the
ceiling of the St Mary's convent in Kollam district on Monday. A
member of the Vimala Hrudaya Franciscan Congregation, Mary had joined
the convent only three months back. Police said a suicide note
recovered from the body mentioned her sufferings at the convent and
her differences with the mother superior.
The twist in the tale came on Tuesday with her father Pappachan
accusing a senior nun in the convent of sexually abusing Mary. He
claimed that the nun had made several advances towards Mary and when
they were turned down, she forced Mary to work more at the convent.
Pappachan, a cook in the Bishop's house in Kollam, said when Mary had
come home for leave some days back, she had told her mother that she
could not take it any more. She had, however, not said anything to
him as she feared being chucked out of the convent, he added.
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