SINS OF THE FATHER

A men” is the concluding word for prayers. There is also another meaning, “So be it”. The latter is probably what inspired Sister Jesme, a senior nun from the Kerala Church, to release her sensational autobiography titled Amen which has caused a shockwave of Tsunami-like proportions.

The book contains lurid descriptions of sexual perversions performed on her by priests and fellow nuns. The scandal has been magnified because it involves the all-powerful Catholic Church in a state with a large Christian population which supplies about 60 per cent of the country’s priests and nuns.