Survivors Of Sexual Abuse By Nuns Want Greater Visibility For Their Accusations

By Laura Benshoff When Patricia Cahill was 15, she received an unexpected request. A nun who taught at a Catholic high school near her home in Ridgewood, N.J., called her at home and invited her to perform at an upcoming “hootenanny” Mass. “This was [the] 1960s, you know. Peter, Paul and Mary and all that,” …