Maureen Sullivan
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Podcast Appearances
Hi, I had a family member who went through an experience like that. She was a teen mom, gave up her baby, and she just recently reunited with her son almost like 50 years later and had a really beautiful story and a beautiful reunion.
Hi, I had a family member who went through an experience like that. She was a teen mom, gave up her baby, and she just recently reunited with her son almost like 50 years later and had a really beautiful story and a beautiful reunion.
Hi, I had a family member who went through an experience like that. She was a teen mom, gave up her baby, and she just recently reunited with her son almost like 50 years later and had a really beautiful story and a beautiful reunion.
But I was also wondering if you, I know you talked about your, if you had a personal connection to the characters, but did you have any personal connection to the laundries or anyone that you knew of that had the similar experiences that these women had? No, I didn't.
But I was also wondering if you, I know you talked about your, if you had a personal connection to the characters, but did you have any personal connection to the laundries or anyone that you knew of that had the similar experiences that these women had? No, I didn't.
But I was also wondering if you, I know you talked about your, if you had a personal connection to the characters, but did you have any personal connection to the laundries or anyone that you knew of that had the similar experiences that these women had? No, I didn't.
Our father had died. He died just before I was born and my mother remarried.
Our father had died. He died just before I was born and my mother remarried.
Our father had died. He died just before I was born and my mother remarried.
She called me into the office and I told her that my stepfather was hurting me. It was sexual abuse and I was only a little child. The next day that there was and he came to collect me. I was innocent. I thought I was going to go to school. The day I arrived, I knew by the two nuns that had come out to greet me, I knew straight away, this is not going to be good.
She called me into the office and I told her that my stepfather was hurting me. It was sexual abuse and I was only a little child. The next day that there was and he came to collect me. I was innocent. I thought I was going to go to school. The day I arrived, I knew by the two nuns that had come out to greet me, I knew straight away, this is not going to be good.
She called me into the office and I told her that my stepfather was hurting me. It was sexual abuse and I was only a little child. The next day that there was and he came to collect me. I was innocent. I thought I was going to go to school. The day I arrived, I knew by the two nuns that had come out to greet me, I knew straight away, this is not going to be good.
In the morning you'd go up early and you'd clean the corridors. One morning you might polish them, the next morning you'd shine them, the next morning you'd wash them again, and then you'd go to Mass, then you'd come back and you'd have your breakfast, and then you'd go on to work in the laundry. If you maybe weren't working quick enough, you'd get a dig of the cross. into you.
In the morning you'd go up early and you'd clean the corridors. One morning you might polish them, the next morning you'd shine them, the next morning you'd wash them again, and then you'd go to Mass, then you'd come back and you'd have your breakfast, and then you'd go on to work in the laundry. If you maybe weren't working quick enough, you'd get a dig of the cross. into you.
In the morning you'd go up early and you'd clean the corridors. One morning you might polish them, the next morning you'd shine them, the next morning you'd wash them again, and then you'd go to Mass, then you'd come back and you'd have your breakfast, and then you'd go on to work in the laundry. If you maybe weren't working quick enough, you'd get a dig of the cross. into you.
They used to carry these rosary beads around on them, big long rosary beads, but the cross was real big on it and they'd put their two fingers around the cross and they'd just dig it in. They'd be bruises on you for weeks after it.
They used to carry these rosary beads around on them, big long rosary beads, but the cross was real big on it and they'd put their two fingers around the cross and they'd just dig it in. They'd be bruises on you for weeks after it.
They used to carry these rosary beads around on them, big long rosary beads, but the cross was real big on it and they'd put their two fingers around the cross and they'd just dig it in. They'd be bruises on you for weeks after it.
It was just horrific and you were afraid to talk about it. and the way that the church covered up. Nobody cared. I think I thought I was there for life. And of course it's in your head, am I ever going to get out of here? Is this my life now?
It was just horrific and you were afraid to talk about it. and the way that the church covered up. Nobody cared. I think I thought I was there for life. And of course it's in your head, am I ever going to get out of here? Is this my life now?