When Sister Theresa Aletheia and Sister Danielle Victoria made their vows as Pauline sisters, a congregation with a history of more than one hundred years, they were completely unaware that they would one day become the founding members of a new religious community. But in 2023 they became the founding members of the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth and Goodness, a private association of the faithful intending to become a religious institute. They seek to respond to one of the most devastating crises the Church has faced in her 2,000-year history: abuse by its representatives.
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The sisters taking on abuse in the Catholic Church
Two former Pauline Sisters have founded a new religious community devoted to confronting spiritual abuse, supporting survivors and restoring trust in the Church
Thomas Edwards
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