By Euro Weekly News Media • Published: 24 Dec 2012 • 6:01
PARENTS in a town of Galicia have taken their children out of catechism classes because they claim two nuns are “tormenting” them.
Thirty-two families have complained about the methods used by the nuns of the Corazon de Cristo Sacerdote Repairing Apostolic Brotherhood to prepare their children to receive their First Communion. They claim that the nuns’ views are extreme and that they are distorting the message of Christianity. The first thing the nuns reportedly did when they arrived in the area was to separate boys from girls. This put parents on their guard and they decided to take a look at the book being used for the classes. It contains scenes from the bible, stories of exemplary contemporary martyrs and the lives of some Saints. The parents also report that nine-year-old girls were being told about martyrdom and how pain can be a form of redemption.
The Brotherhood has failed to comment, and the local mayor is keeping out of the matter.
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