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1) 🧵When I was raped by my father in 1969, and got pregnant, I was sent to a nunnery/ orphanage to have the baby. I was locked in the attic for 3 months and had no air. My meal came. It was a few little things and a raw drumstick. I could not eat it. I left the drumstick .
2)🧵 Sister Mary Ann asked why I didn’t eat it. I told her it was raw. She said, “Mother Marie will be very angry” , and left. Later, Mother Marie came in with three other nuns and said, “Strip it”! I was about 8 mo preg. They took all my bedding and my nightgown and underwear..
3)🧵 I crouched down on the floor completely naked as the nuns laughed at me and how “big I had gotten”. Mother Marie said “Susan, you will learn to appreciate the food given to you!”. They walked out and locked the door. The cot had coil springs and my mattress was gone.
4)🧵 I went into the bathroom and took the shower curtain off to wrap around my body.. The nuns did not return for 3 days with food or my bedding / clothing. I ate what they gave me. I was starving and pregnant. Never laugh at a survivor. Ever.
5)🧵When I heard the audience laughing on @CNN about rape, I went back to that dark place of the “laughter of my naked self, pregnant abused girl” and felt a searing pain. I felt they would laugh at me. Probably so. #CNNTownhall
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