It’s a shame that none of them dared to speak out risking their vocation and the privileges that came with it even when sexual advances came from priests, the obedience to whom is the cornerstone to Catholic Church. In Amen, Sister Jesme recalls of a time when the other nuns in the convent thanked her for pacifying Sister Vimy by submitting to her sexual advances. But when faced with irrepressible urges, holy men and women resorted to exploiting vulnerable objects of desire. In a community that adored saints who became martyrs defending their virginity, emphasis was laid upon the vow of chastity. The celibate status added a mystique to priests and nuns and ensured their loyalty to the institution. Amen is a scandalous book that was wrongly marketed as a nun’s revelation of the sexual debauchery in the Church because the few such incidents mentioned in the book are put across subtly as if they don't mean much to the author.Ĭelibacy was imposed on clergy in the 11th century only because the church feared losing the wealth they accumulated, to heirs of the clerics. I wasn’t sure if the shame I associated with Amen was owing to malpractices in the Catholic Church, unholy secrets of those regarded highly in the faith I hold dear to or because the incidents disclosed in the book happened in places not far from my hometown. So I hid it in the corner of my book shelf, pretended it wasn't there and never discussed it with anyone. Amen is a scandalous book that was wrongly marketed as a nun’s revelation of t This was one of the books that I was embarrassed I own. This was one of the books that I was embarrassed I own.
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