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A mother superior complained to her
archbishop that priests in the diocese had
impregnated 29 of her nuns. The archbishop
subsequently relieved the nun of her duties. The
Vatican has a history of protecting priests who
rape and impregnate women. Examples of Vatican
misogyny abound:
In 1993, the pope called on women who had been
impregnated by rapists during the Bosnian conflict
to "transform an act of violence into an act of
love" by becoming mothers.
In 1994, the Vatican beatified a woman because
she chose to stay with a physically abusive husband
rather than violate the marriage sacrament by
leaving.
In 1996, the Vatican withdrew its annual
contribution to UNICEF because the fund had
endorsed a health manual for refugee populations
that mentioned the use of emergency contraception
for women who had been raped.
In 1998, the Vatican strove to exclude "forced
pregnancy" from a list of war crimes, fearing that
it could be used to support abortion. The campaign
failed.
In 1999, the Vatican condemned a U.N. resolution
providing emergency contraception to women who had
been raped during the conflict in Kosovo, this time
claiming that the use of emergency contraception
was "abortive."
In May, the European Parliament adopted a
resolution condemning the violations of women's
human rights by priests and calling on Rome to
cooperate with the courts "to remove the
perpetrators from office."
Source: Ms
magazine and
www.catholicsforchoice.org
for information on how to take action against the
Vatican's policies.
Vatican: Thous
Shalt Have Sex - and, Enjoy it!
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