Nun being exploited ‘sexually’ commits suicide

A 23-year-old nun committed suicide in her room at the ST Mary’s Convent, allegedly due to “sexual harassment” by a senior Sister of the nunnery.

A 23-year-old nun committed suicide in her room at the Saint Mary’s Convent here, allegedly due to “sexual harassment” by a senior Sister of the nunnery.

While the suicide note left by Sister Anupa Mary said she was taking the extreme step as she could no longer bear the harassment, her father alleged that she was even sexually exploited by a senior Sister.

Pappachan, Anupa’s father who is a cook in the Bishops’s house here, said his daughter had suffered great humiliation and harassment in the convent.

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“Is it not barbaric that a senior nun used to sleep with Anupa in the night after putting her through all the rigorous chores during the day,” Pappachan told reporters.

Police have registered a case.

Meanwhile, Kerala State Women’s Commission sought a probe into the nun’s death and demanded severe punishment for the guilty.

Commission Chairperson Justice D Sreedevi said women should have the freedom to live with dignity as enshrined in the Constitution.

She said the nun’s death in the convent gave credence to the Commission’s recent suggestion for certain rules on enrolment of girls as nuns, which had triggered protests from various Christian organisations.

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Sister Anupa Mary, a teacher in a Lower Primary school run by the St Mary’s Convent Holy Cross Order, hailed from a poor family living at nearby Kanjiramkode.

Anupa had joined St Mary’s convent two months ago on taking the vow for nunhood. Earlier, she was attached to another convent in the city.

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