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Ex-nun's confessions set to rock Kerala Church

Thiruvananathapuram: Already reeling under several controversies, the Kerala Catholic Church is facing fresh embarrassment from a tell-all autobiography written by a nun who recently quit the Order alleging harassment from superiors. ‘Amen — an autobiography of a nun’, released last week, is written by Dr Sister Je ....Read more

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Sr Jesme's bookBy: P C Chandy | Tuesday , 28 Jul '09 12:32:22 PM Reply | Forward In a society which treat women as secondclass citizen, Jesme has done a great service by openly,but decently and in a matured and responsible manner expose the undsirable practices going on in convents.She has said good things as well about the religious.She makes a case for intospection amoung church and convent authorities.It was really pitiable how a rank holder and dashing young women turned nun was treated badly at the fag end. I admire her courage.Congrata to Jesme .I will be too glad to extend moral support to her.

Desire wins, always!By: Sharma Anil | Tuesday , 7 Apr '09 12:05:49 PM Reply | Forward Budhism, the oldest religion and order of Bhikshus and Nuns had the same story. Moral decline in Budhist Monsatries made them a laughing stock. Catholic Church in Kerala is also in its ruins, depsite the wealth and influence it has got in Kerala society, has become another laughing stock. Sisters are not to blame. It is their parents/brothers to be blamed. Often their daughters/sisters get abused by the church rackets, apart from the default and well-known labour exploitation. Church get richer and richer while their women are exploited more and more. There is a case for NCW and all other human rights activists.

reply to Sr JesmaBy: Sophia | Monday , 9 Mar '09 9:51:17 AM Reply | Forward In catholic church only we see celibacy is as a factor of holiness. If people understand the Bible truly in its sense ,not only their celibacy but also their kind of communitylife with all their sacramental life is dead against the Bible .Their way of worship and spirituality is tottally against the Bible. If we go deeper in to their life the Sodom and Gomorah is alive there in the priestly nun life. These are the work of Satan. This people are blind folded by Satan . They see hear and experience the truth but do not realizes it . You may please read the Book "Itha Ninte Mina " written by me you may understand the facts. If any one would like to read it I can send it to you. Jesus is the Truth,light and eternal life ifyou try to follow Him only no one will be misguided. Any how these are the last days for jesus'coming . I can not say heaven is opened for priests and nuns . But heaven is only for those who trust in His promise of Heaven as His free gift only out of His mercy.

Is she a Pronstar?By: Thomas | Monday , 2 Mar '09 20:25:13 PM Reply | Forward I read the story of the ex-nun. is there anyway to find out what she tellling is the truth. is she ready with relevent data to back herself? the review i read is like her unfulfilled desires. i feel she wants a good sex. She has to way to get it inthe convent she must be a nut case. writing about it may be the expression fo her loose character. i am sure some one come forward to have you. well i feel you can be the directer of s good pron movie. thats the right job for you. thank the heavens that you are out of the convent. if you have such stories send it some pron film makers they wll be hapy and pay you well. i feel ashamed of you jasmie. sorry for you. what s waste is your life. you are supposed to be a pronstar. but they made u a NUN. now the church is praying for the mistake.

u hav a dirty mind! go meet a counsellorBy: Bennet | Tuesday , 10 Mar '09 10:46:14 AM Reply | Forward Dear Thomas,sr.Jesme in her book has written her experience. Being an Indian citizen, she also has every right to express herself.I dont think any woman would lie about such matters just to gain popularity, and I feel men with ur kind of mind are anti-social elements in the society. men like you are the reason a woman is suppressed even now. I believe so far she was a waste living as a nun, but now she is nomore..because God is alredy using her to bring out the deceptive Catholic church from its filthy veils. Thank God people like you are always there for the promotion of pron movies!!!

I approveBy: Richard Belmore | Wednesday , 22 Apr '09 1:56:04 AM Reply | Forward It is truly said by you.

It's no different in the WestBy: Alphanso | Monday , 2 Mar '09 3:05:17 AM Reply | Forward I would like to congratulate the Indian Express to expose the story. For the Catholic Church to allow the disclosure of this confession is unbelievable. I guess this nun must be knowing much more! After going through all this, I hope she is allowed to return to the religion of her forefathers - Hinduism. OM Shanti.

so called mental agoniesBy: manu | Sunday , 1 Mar '09 13:12:26 PM Reply | Forward I have great respect for the priests and nuns for their selflesss service to the people. any fool can do any social work but like the consecrated one who can work for the people with much sincerity, not only for the physical growth but also for the spiritual life of the people. The so-called Amen is a biased piece of literature has nothing to do with the facts as i suppose. How could she write all this. this itself shows her very character and her vested interests. I won't say this as her guts. some wavering thoughts . why does she want to tarnish the Church with her prejudised imaginations. faithful should be cautious of these treats and act according to it

Selfless Service?By: Mike | Monday , 11 May '09 9:47:10 AM Reply | Forward Selfless Service?? I heard in India priest, nuns, missionaries service is not selfless. If people from other relegion need service they need to change their relegion? Bribing them with money for change of relegion is also done? This is against human ethics, service ethics. Is this not an insult to Jesus? Please update me.

a woman without morality and PrincipleBy: Joseph | Thursday , 26 Feb '09 0:30:21 AM Reply | Forward The nun in this story ist most likely psychologically not balanced. Her revelation after spending 32 years in the religious life shows that she is an woman without any principle and morality. It is only when her position as the principal of the college was under threat her so called "moral conciousness" awoke. If her vocation war genuine and if she had considered her chaste life as the most precious gift in her life , she should have reacted to the earlier sexual adavnces towards her. From her narration i understand that she did not give any value to her celibacy. Her present outrageous reaction is only because her vested interests are no more promoted by the religious superiors. She is a black sheep in the religious life. There could be a few mor black sheep in the religious life. It is not fare to brand the catholic church as bad because of the presence of such silly persons who have no moral standars and who live only for thier selfish vested interests.

hiBy: vins | Sunday , 5 Jul '09 2:13:25 AM Reply | Forward i don't think she is imbalanced. she maybe imbalanced during her times in the convent where she had seen the sodomites, pedophiles, peverted priests and nuns. she is very brave to tell her story to the world. comeon, think about it, there is too much dirt in teh priesthood and turning a blind eye is the greatest hypocrisy.

Nuns and sexual preversion.By: Gregory Schuller, Sr. | Wednesday , 25 Feb '09 1:06:21 AM Reply | Forward The torment Jesme went through is nothing new in a convent or in and orphanage run by nuns. I am living proof of the sexual degradation of nuns. Some of their torment of a 5 year old boy, me, was horific and it took me many years of life to finally begin to trust women, much less nuns I ran into. I in fact have just finished writing about this and gave details of their sexual preversion. It was for my benefit to get it out of my head, I am now 74 years old.

Amen Autobiography of a nunBy: Mario Furtado | Tuesday , 24 Feb '09 16:15:21 PM Reply | Forward This is on sided. Has anyone tried to get the story from the otherside ???Why does one publish stories without doing proper research on that ?? Probably is it because it adds to the sale of newpaper

protect our churchBy: joseph | Monday , 23 Feb '09 23:07:07 PM Reply | Forward we have to save our faith from this immoral preists and nuns. Many years this sex and money scandals are going kerala church. Even in abroad many priets and nuns are doing the same things. Money is first and sex is next.

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