List of former Roman Catholic nuns

This is a list of notable former Roman Catholic nuns and religious sisters.

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  • Claudine Guérin de TencinFrench writer and salonist; was brought up at a convent and became a nun, at the wish of her parents, but broke her vows and succeeded, in 1712, in gaining formal permission from Pope Clement XI for her secularization

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  • Nora Wall – Irish former member of the Sisters of Mercy who was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1999 and served four days of a life sentence before her conviction was overturned; while the alleged rape took place while she was a nun, she left her order in 1994

See also

  • List of former Roman Catholic priests
  • List of former Roman Catholic brothers

References

  1. Cunneen, Chris. "Abbott, Gertrude (1846–1934)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

Further reading

  • Campell, Debra Graceful Exits: Catholic Women and the art of departure. Indiana University Press; ISBN 978-0-253-34316-1
  • Leahy, Karen. The Summer of Yes: An Ex-Nun's Story. CreateSpace. ISBN 1480163481
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