20
March
VATICAN: ABUSE OF NUNS NOT EPIDEMIC
On Tuesday, the Vatican denied a report in the National Catholic Reporter saying sexual abuse of nuns by priests, especially in AIDS ravaged Africa, is a serious problem. The magazine article is based on five reports dating to 1994 by senior members of women’s religious orders and a priest. A Vatican spokesman acknowledged there were isolated cases of priests sexually abusing nuns, but said the problem is restricted to a limited geographic area. The article said, priests are afraid of contracting AIDS and sometimes turn to young nuns who are