Irish nun to face 87 charges of sexual abuse against young school girls

Watch Magdelena Sisters.....all these "Christians" should be treated the same as any other.....if you are a criminal, you should be punished. Nuns in Ireland have been cruel to many innocent girls for years. I hope they throw her in jail and burn the key and find the rest. Or maybe they should "do onto others" on her..

THIS IS SICK, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH NEEDS TO LET THESE PEOPLE GET A RELATIONSHIP. WHAT IS IT THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHEN GOD CREATED ADAM AND SAW HIS PAIN HE THEN TOOK A RIB OUT OF ADAM AND CREATED EVE. THESE PEOPLE ARE LONELY AND THEREFORE TURN TO THE WEAKEST OF ALL CHILDREN. SHAME ON THE CHURCH WHY DON'T THE CHURCH ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO GET INTO A RELATIONSHIP OF THEIR OWN PEIRS.

@culchiewoman: plese read up on your Sigmund Freud and the "human sexual response" of Masters & Johnson, women just do not have the testosterone needed for sexual aggression. This is not 87 counts of "sodomy". These are 87 children who have been abused. As Bill Clinton said, "it all depends on what the meaning of 'is' is". What is the definition of sexual abuse in this case? Again being mean and disspirited is not sexual abuse. Hitting children on the knuckles with rulers is not sexual abuse. It would appear that this is hysteria gone crazy. As a former public high school teacher, I would relate that a new female principal was brought in who was a bodybuilder. She took steroids to stay slim. These testosterone pills "amped up" her libido and made a number of the younger girls "very uneasy" in her presence. This nun was not doing a Sylvester Stallone impression. Extremely doubtful situation!

Nonsense!

If anyone is unaware. May I repeat, first time on this Irish-American topic, sexual abuse is widespread among married, single male and female professionals. It has nothing to do with religion as such or celibacy because every social group does it. The Catholic Church is catching it as if it is a celibacy-male priest phenonmenon which the experts tell those who listen it is not. The sad story will all unfold as more kids grow up, get away from home and can find an opportunity to sue, then we will know all about who knew and who covered up. The disease if alcoholism was not even known until AA was founded and developed the spiituality of the 12 Step Programme which is now practiced by all addicts from sex to gambling to shopping. YThere is no excuse for amy immoral, illegal activity by anyonem but they are all better understaood now advances in medicine, psychology and psychiatry. Moral formation that does not deal with each one's inner dragons which if, ignored roar and start fires under and inside is putting a cloth over a flithy table.

AMWilson, I know a few people who havent had sex is a few years but they didnt go and rape children.

Holy cow ,this is a new one ,I had nuns all my life in grade school ,high school etc. sexual abuse would not come to mind, but meanness yes at least some of them though not all,I'll wait on this one before I say anything after all this article doesn't tell you much.

Peterson the Roman Catholic below calls for prayer for the Roman church....Me an ex Roman Catholic now born again Christian descended of John Devoy (IRB) calls for prayer for the victims of this abuse. Soon Ireland rids itself of Roman influence and their man made religious doctrines the better for the country.

Pray for the Church !!

Whatever happened to "ordinary decent criminals"? sex crimes aren't even enjoyable to think about.... disgusting...

It is so mournful that a nun has done this type crime.

@PhlutiePhan: why wouldn't you believe women/nuns capable of sexual abuse? I recommend a thorough reading of the Stanford Prison Experiment. That may give you a clue. Put women who have been brainwashed into believing they are "brides of Christ" and holier than mainstream society in charge of vulnerable, marginalised women (Magdalene Laundries/mother-and-baby homes) and children (orphanages/industrial schools), and you have a recipe for abuse -- physical, mental and sexual. They begin to see their charges as sub-human and it becomes easy to treat them that way. Women are no different than men in that when they become corrupted by a totalitarian system of 'containment', they can easily become abusers.

Can recommend two books for the wider context: Uta Ranke Heinemann: Eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. Bestseller in the 90's, gives insight into development of sexual (and marriage moral) of Catholic Church. Not about atheism, etc. Great readers comments on amazon to the book. Knowing the CC sexual moral in general, how it came about, the reasoning and thinking, explains also child abuse. The other book: The concept of sexual pleasure in the Catholic moral tradition. By Shaji George Kochuthara. Generous insight via Google books possible. The book tells the history of that bit moral, nicely and competently.

Hey Hold on lets not find this Nun Guilty till she has been given a fair trial in a court of Law . We don't have any real facts here. Those who have not sinned cast the First Stone !

Every one of the abusers needs to be tried and every person who covered for them. And let the church pay the fees itself.