Posted on 01/17/2015 7:24:31 AM PST by the scotsman
'A sordid tale of lesbian sex, murder and seduction in a Catholic convent in 19th-century Rome has been discovered in a secret Vatican archive.
The Sant'Ambrogio scandal involves a beautiful young sister who convinced the nuns she was experiencing visions and visits from heaven - then made them engage in rampant sexual activity.
Herbert Wolf, a leading scholar of the Catholic Church, learned of the Sant'Ambrogio scandal when he became one of the first allowed into the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The naughty nun also entered into an erotic relationship with a theologian on the pretense he was possessed, and is thought to have murdered three other sisters.
But when a German princess fled the convent in disgust, a sex scandal hidden behind a habit for many years was unveiled.
Wolf, a professor of ecclesiastical history at University of Muenster, Germany, made the discovery and has retold it in his book The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio.
Written in German, the controversial never-told-before tale has been translated into English for the first time.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It goes against all the natural inclination of the human race, which was created in the image of God...
Sex is normal in a coveted relationship...
Oh' please spare me the RCC theological reasoning...
I already know it and think it's legalism at best, possible evil at worst...
Has everyone forgotten the "mass grave" at the abbey that the Brits touted last year? The one that was found to be a hoax?
Sounds like the plot of a cheap 70s porn film.
Whodathunkit?
Bidding for the movie rights is now open. Expect it to be on the short list for the Oscars in 2017.
lol I was just about to post the same thing.
However, the Catholic Church took positive action after Katharine’s escape and testimony: the convent was DISOLVED!
“But along with other others at the convent, Maria Luisa did get her comeuppance.
“The investigation found she had tried to kill another nun by giving her enough opium to kill a horse. She was also thought to be responsible for the deaths of three other sisters.
“For crimes including the poisoning and murder, she was sentenced to monastic imprisonment in absolute isolation for 18 years. The convent was also dissolved.”
Or a 21st century chick flick
Generally women by nature are much more socially connected and yearn for children but some can thrive as nuns. Seems that women could subjugate their sexual desires much more than men could. St Paul wrote its better to marry than to burn in unfullfilled sexual desires out of control. Depends on the individual..
Yup.
Now, who will be cast in this upcoming movie?
Nominations needed.
Or a scene from a 70s Monty Python flick.
And will the German princess be the heroine?
Or the “villain?”
BREAKING NEWS for sure.
/sarc
“Has everyone forgotten the “mass grave” at the abbey that the Brits touted last year? The one that was found to be a hoax?”
What was found to be a hoax? Tuam? There’s still an inquiry ongoing. No one disputes that there’s a mass grave there so no hoax to be found, it’s been known for 40 years. It’s the number of children claimed to have been buried there as a result of examining death records that set off a controversy.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30741337
Can princesses wear thigh high boots?
Cue the jazz flute.
Haywood's Fantomina makes a subtle reference to the idea of convents being hotbeds of perversion at the end of the novel when the protagonist is sent away to a continental nunnery. I've sometimes wondered if Shakespeare's "Get thee to a nunnery" is also a reference, but I've read that "nunnery" was also slang for a common brothel, so who knows.
Pictures or it didn’t happen. </s>
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