Watching a show that contains abusiveness about nuns in the past.
Just wondering, anyone else have any horrible stories.
My Mom is nearly 70 years old now and the sweetest woman I’ve ever met.
She told me stories of how the nuns in New Jersey would torture her to the point my grandfather took her out of school.
My Mom is the definition of a pacifist and almost joined a missionary to help people as a teenager; but she shoved a nun into a closet because they abused her so much.
Is this unique or are there many stories like this.
Thanks
By the time I went to Catholic School in the 70's the nuns were all bark and no bite. Mainly I think because so many parents like my mom had had bad experiences and weren't going to tolerate it for their kids.
Yup, my Mom said is was a couple Nuns, not all nuns.
Just wondering about it.
My Mom mentioned it and I’m not Catholic so was just wondering if it was an isolated incident after seeing that program tonight.
Whole different attitude back then. You got worse when you got home.
^^^This. Mean old ladies were much worse on average.
I would say an ear twist might be in order.
Yep. I hated my fifth grade teacher with a passion. Such a biased POS who obviously favored girls and overreacted at anything trivial the boys did. I never heard a more condescending person talk down to people, and about where they came from (how much money your family had) in my life. She would always rave about her rich lifestyle because she was the mayors wife. Everyone would have to stop what they were doing to hear her daily troubles. So fucking repulsive. We all thought she was fucking the principal too.
That was only 20+ years ago. She'd eat all the time in class like a pig as well. When I was done with her, it was back to normal in sixth grade again. Don't know what it is like today and I'm sure it was far worse before her but she really sucked ass.
Particularly the ones in Spain, those bastids had torture down to a science. Although the Dean of Discipline at La Salle Academy put me up against two file cabinets and worked my midsection for a while back in Freshman year (1970).
Nuns at Blessed Sacrament were ok except for sista Stella, what an inhuman bitch....
Define abusive. If you mean they didn't let the kids run the classroom out of fear of getting fired or sued you're right. If you mean corporal punishment or physical abuse no fucking way.
The Catholic Church (because of decisions by leaders) has strayed from the Bible in some significant ways that are at the heart of some of their biggest problems.
Specifically what I’m referring to here is the celibacy requirement for priests and nuns.
Not only is it unnatural, it’s NOT based on the Bible!
It’s a known fact that the apostle Peter was married! Peter is known by Catholics as the first pope (known by Protestants as the apostle Peter). It wasn’t just Peter; most of the apostles were married!
The celibacy requirement was a really bad decision not based on the Bible, originally made, I believe by Pope Gregory VII in 1074 AD (I had to google it).
Not only has it, I believe, contributed to the numerous sex scandals, it’s contributed to a shortage of priests in the US. A shortage to the point that they’re bringing priests in from countries where English isn’t the primary language for a position for which communication skills should be a priority (I’m glad our pastor is a very good communicator, with a good sense of humor).
I believe the celibacy policy has also probably resulted in some extra ornery nuns over the years.
My mom and dad, on the other hand, who didn't go to Catholic school never talked about abusive teachers. I also don't recall any, though I'm of course a different generation.
I know that's anecdotal, but there's a reason they have a reputation.
Also witnessed a boy having to kneel on a ruler with the pencil rill groove in it. It brought tears and a great deal of pain. I'm not sure it slowed down the antics much. Kids will be kids crying out for attention.
There was always some humor in light of this repressive terror. I can recall a dressing down by one nun where she was taking the entire class to task and claiming she saw all of our misdeeds by stating "I have eyes like a demon" and small voice was heard in the back of the classroom responding "You look like one too!!" No one owned up to the comment so we were all sent home that day with the threat of receiving an 'F' in the class for that term. The grade never materialized but the rebuttal lives on in the pantheon of Catholic School lore.
Jesuit brothers?