Sister Jesme weighs in on Kerala nuns exploitation, says events inside a convent can't be fathomed. The authorities repeated attempts to have her declared insane, she says, left her no other option. Stock Movers: RIL, Sunteck Realty, CreditAccess Grameen | Market Fatafat | 10th SeptStock movers: Indian markets see smart upmove, RIL shares cross $200 billion market cap | 10 SeptLumber Industry On Recovery Road? She quit the Church 10 years ago and wrote on corruption, sexual abuse & gender bias. She was referring to the murder of Sister Abhaya, who was killed for witnessing sex in a convent.On the other hand, Sister Lucy Kalapura’s book talks of how young nuns are sent to priests, who are sex maniacs. 8:54. Later in a tell-all controversial book ‘Amen – The Autobiography of a Nun’, Sister Jesme recalled her years within the citadels of the clergy. She has charged the Syro-Malabar Church and its congregations of becoming centres of “sexual anarchy”.As you are no doubt aware, Swarajya is, all in all, a reader-subscription-backed business model and in order to make sure we build a media platform with only the best interests of India at heart, we need your backing.For us to invest in quality reporting and continue bringing you the right stories, it takes a lot of time and money.Partner with us, be a patron or a subscriber. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Updated Sep 27, 2018 | 20:20 IST When confronted, the hostel head gave a shocking reply.The head of the hostel continues to be in service, she said, wondering how could injustices come to light when such people serve the church.Last year, reacting to the slew of concerns over the happenings in Kerala churches, Sister Jesme, who was the vice-principal at Thrissur’s Vimala College until 2008, said things are only getting worse year after year.In particular, she said that confession, which was meant for mental peace, was being misused. 24 Sep, 2018, 01.20 PM IST Convent authorities branded me a mental patient and tried to take me to a psychiatrist. INKtalks 4,000 views. She said she wrote her autobiography so that the world could know what happened within the four walls of the church.She then said that those misusing the church could go to any extent and “lust for money” was breeding “all other forms of lust” for which even murder could be committed. © Bennett Coleman & Company Limited See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Some, who have opted to lead a spiritual life, have ulterior motives, she has said.Sister Jesme was the first nun in Kerala to shock the world over the functioning of the church with her book One of the shocking incidents quoted by her in the book is how a priest, who had moved to Bangalore from Kerala, stripped her, saying he wanted to “look at a man”.Recounting her bitter experience as a nun, Sister Jesme said a majority of the 3,800-odd nuns in Kerala were scared to speak the truth as they could be sidelined or seen as an enemy.She has recounted an incident wherein a nun was asked to undergo surgery to have her uterus removed by the hostel head but she refused.
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