For a nun, we vow to be celibate and so we choose to express union and love in other ways, such as through our community life, our relationships, and our ministry (check out my post do nuns know how to love For other ways we express love). Fighting sexual desire is made more difficult by the church’s requirement that one must abstain from masturbation Sister federica says there have long been nun fetishes and rumors of convents full of vibrators, but the reality is that nuns, like priests, often struggle with their vows of celibacy under which even masturbation is a sin. Pope francis acknowledged this week that some priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns Npr's michel martin speaks with doris wagner, who experienced such abuse in a catholic order in germany.
Another scandal is engulfing the catholic church At a time when the vatican has taken its most concrete steps to address a long ordeal with sex abuse and coverups, a growing chorus of nuns is. The question of sex in the sanctuary is not always one of victimization for women What is certain is that it is complicated. The catholic church has been rocked with allegations of sexual abuse carried out by priests for decades Now survivors of abusive nuns are speaking out
