Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis
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Gabrielle Longhi poses for a portrait, Friday, March 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. In a recent lawsuit, Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic nuns often has been overlooked in the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, but survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)This image provided by Gabrielle Longhi shows her 1972 school identification card from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. In a recent lawsuit, Longhi alleges she was sexually abused by a Catholic sister at the school. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic nuns often has been overlooked in the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, but survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue. (Courtesy of Gabrielle Longhi via AP)This image provided by Gabrielle Longhi shows her in 1975, a year after she alleges she was sexually abused by a Catholic sister at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. Unlike most child sexual abuse victims, she spoke up right away. She told other teachers, her sister and friends. Neither her parents nor the police were notified. (Deborah Horstman Hinderer/Courtesy of Gabrielle Longhi via AP)FILE - Church abuse victim Mary Dispenza looks on at her Bellevue, Wash., home, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Dispenza, who endured abuse from both a childhood priest and a nun in her former order, started an online support group with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, File)FILE - Church abuse victim Mary Dispenza looks on at her Bellevue, Wash., home, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Dispenza, who endured abuse from both a childhood priest and a nun in her former order, started an online support group with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, File)
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Gabrielle Longhi poses for a portrait, Friday, March 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. In a recent lawsuit, Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic nuns often has been overlooked in the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, but survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)