A Child, a Priest, and the Catholic Church
by
Mary C. Dispenza
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
At age seven, Mary Dispenza was raped by her parish priest. The event split the child's sense of self, then vanished from memory. Carrying an unaccountable feeling of shame, Mary clung to Church liturgy and dogma for support and entered the convent, where for 15 years she lived as a nun, separate...