VATICAN CITY (VATICAN CITY)
The Times/The Sunday Times [London, England]
February 21, 2024
By Tom Kington
Former nun wants Catholic Church to let ‘truth to be known’ about Marko Rupnik who, she claims, invoked the Holy Trinity to initiate a threesome
A former nun has called on Pope Francis to launch a public investigation into an influential priest she claims pushed her close to suicide by forcing her to watch pornographic films and take part in a threesome.
Gloria Branciani, 59, is one of 20 nuns who have accused the priest and artist Marko Rupnik of sexually abusing them and getting away with it thanks to powerful friends he made at the Vatican during a career in which he created mosaics for important cathedrals and the Vatican itself.
Speaking publicly about her ordeal for the first time in Rome on Tuesday, the Italian nun she said that she wanted to send a message to the Pope.