Maria Monk Quotes


So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children.


Citations

Monk, Maria. Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk. Howe & Bates, 1836, p. 168.

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Maria Monk
Maria Monk
  • Born: June 27, 1816
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Celebrity

Maria Monk was a Canadian woman whose book Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun’s Life in a Convent Exposed (1836) claimed to expose systematic sexual abuse of nuns and infanticide of the resulting children by Catholic priests in her convent in Montreal. The book became a best-seller.