Is Michael Bowersock A Serial Spanker? Woman Dies At Wal-Mart After Being Confronted For Shoplifting John Waters Will Not Tolerate A Crying Baby Three Students Accused Of Cyber-Bullying, Charged With Identity Theft Teen Parents Videotape Blindfolded Toddler Running Into Walls Teacher Charged With Shooting Two School Principals Teacher Rex Roland “Relates” to Student by Calling Her “Loser” Elderly Man Calls 911 Before Killing Wife And Then Himself Woman Severely Beaten By Husband Left Half-Naked In Car

« « Donna Paradis Found | Dexter Ford Never Looks A Gift Horse In The Mouth » »

Sister Norma Giannini Loves Jesus; Occasional 7th Grader

November 13, 2007 by Morbid  

Filed under: Crime 

sisternormadb0 Sister Norma Giannini Loves Jesus; Occasional 7th Grader

Norma Giannini is a 78-year-old nun who was principal of St. PatrickPatrick reviewsPatrick reviews's School in Milwaukee in the 1960s. She was charged with having sexual contact with two boys who attended the school, including sexual intercourse, a total of more than 160 times over four years. She decided not to fight the charges and pleaded no contest to two counts of indecent behavior with a child. "She is not contesting the charges," Nikola Kostich, the nun's attorney, said in explaining the no-contest plea. "She is basically saying that the prosecutor has enough evidence to find her guilty." Kostich said Giannini didn't plead guilty out of concern her admissions could be used in possible civil lawsuits against her religious order, the SistersSisters reviewsSisters reviews of MercyMercy reviewsMercy reviews, and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

The men who say they were abused, Gerald Kobs and James St. Patrick, are now in their 50s and were in attendance at Monday's hearing. One of them has recounted one of the early sexual encounters with Giannini in which she instructed him to unbutton her habit and indecently touch her breasts. He was about 13 at the time, and shaking so badly he couldn't undo the buttons.

As time went on, Giannini had more intense sexual contact with the boy, ultimately leading to sexual intercourse inside her south side home. She initiated contact with the other boy, a seventh-grader, after discussing his "Beatle-style hair." The boy said the incident caused him confusion because he believed nuns were married to Jesus. After that the boy recalled having more than 100 incidents of sexual contact with Giannini, including intercourse.

In no shock to anyone, the church knew about all this over 10 years ago and never forwarded the confession to the police.

"I thought I was in love with both of them," Giannini told a panel of the Milwaukee Archdiocese Response to Sexual Abuse in 1996, "Once I left Milwaukee nothing ever happened. . . . I still don't understand it," Giannini told the panel.

In a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, a national organization of clergy abuse survivors, questioned Tuesday why diocese officials present at the 1996 panel didn't forward the confession to law enforcement. Giannini, who will be sentenced Feb. 1, left the courthouse without comment. She faces a maximum of 10 years on each of the two counts of indecent behavior with a minor.

  • Digg
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Delicious
  • StumbleUpon
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • Twitter
  • Google Reader
  • Share/Bookmark

Comments

  • Miss. Hill
    In no shock to anyone, the church knew about all this over 10 years ago and never forwarded the confession to the police.


    Hmmm...I'm not surprised either, as it seems being married to god does not satisfy your sexual urges for small children. Homosexuals and pedophiles are forgiven when you are a nun or priest. Not forgiven otherwise. Where is that written in the bible?
  • So the lesson here is that if you are going to rape children, be a woman. If you are going to caught, make sure it is a loooong time after you did the deed.
  • sweet_misery
    Giannini has been sentenced to one year in jail and nine years of probation.

    http://www.wisn.com/news/15193608/detail.html
  • dammitall
    Does the Church actively recruit pedophiles, or what? How in the fuck can they justify this? If they really believed in God, they'd be shaking in their shoes. You can tell they're just a moneymaking organization.
  • bexter
    This is in the news so much its not even that much of a surprise other than the fact that its a nun and not a priest. I agree that it should have been dealt with 10 years ago. Hell it should have been deal with 35 years ago when it was happening.
blog comments powered by Disqus
Improve the web with Nofollow Reciprocity.