(Regards to http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281625)
Sixty-seven-year-old Sister Mary Chandy walked out of the Congregation of the Daughters of
Presentation of Mary in Chevayur, Kozhikode, 14 years ago. She wrote her
autobiography,Nanma Niranjavale
Swasthi (Peace to the One Filled with Grace), in April 2012. Excerpts
from an interview:
What did you do after you left the
convent?
I only had the clothes that I was wearing.
I did not have any money. I remember envying men for they can sleep at night
under a tree but a woman cannot do that. I would visit houses and ask for
donations. My dream was to open an orphanage and look after unwanted children.
Is there one incident that made you
quit the order?
There are so many incidents that hurt me.
After I left the convent, I went through many trials and tribulations. It has
been a long journey outside.
You have said that the priests
drink during festive occasions?
Yes, both the priests and nuns drink wine
and foreign liquor. When the priests drink, what spews from their mouths is
absolute filth.
The Church says that you were only
a cook for a brief period and not a nun in the convent?
If that is so, why have they kept my
baptism certificate? It is now in their hands to prove I was not a nun.
What you say about the
priests...does it hold for the majority of them?
No, there are many good priests and nuns
who do a lot of good work. But then there are also the bad ones. My advice to
young Catholic girls is to not to go for counselling or confession to the
priests.
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