Poland: Nuns jailed for child abuse and beatings

Submitted by Minuteman on Wed, 2011-05-25 02:40

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'An appeals court in Poland is sending a Catholic nun to prison after she was convicted of beating children at a home for troubled youths and allowing one resident to be sexually abused by other children.

A lower court had given the nun a suspended two-year sentence, but the three-judge appeals court on Tuesday increased that to two years in prison at the request of prosecutors.
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The appeals court also upheld an eight-month suspended prison term the lower court had given another nun, identified only as Bogumila L, who was convicted of verbally insulting children at the centre.'

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I spent over 3 years in homes in the US. One a religious place, Methodist, and the other Berkshire Farms for Boys, both in NY state. There was sexual abuse at both places. From talking to others that have done time in our children's' prison system the stories seem to be the same. There are always certain youth that are picked to try and convert, mostly for control. Sad really the things that go on right under our noses, and we wonder why we have so much trouble addressing certain training that our youth receive.

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Thu, 2011-05-26 17:33