In India and may be other countries also? poor Catholics usually get their girl join a convent after 10th class or so. this is aenforcement by the illiterate parents so as to save from getting her married off. their problem is, they cannot afford keeping a young unmarried lady in the house perhaps for various reasons.
I hope healthy women will rather want to have a partner and live a quality life. while in the convents, they are living a sorry life(arguably). if someone wants to devote life for their religion, they can rightfully do so while remaining single without going to a convent. sex is something natural for humans and abstaining from it is against nature IMHO.
another aspect is, these poor nuns are used as free work pool by the catholic church which runs hospitals,schools and missionary activities. besides, a harsh truth is, they are seen as free meat by many and catholic Priests stand high in this.
Sister Abhaya's murder case must be a eye opener. why this poor nun was not made a saint ? because she is a victim of hormone run horny priests? the church openly supports these priests.
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