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These Catholic sisters want to start an order for clergy abuse survivors

NPR | By Adora Namigadde

Published July 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM MDT

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There are nearly 2,000 communities of religious sisters and nuns in the Catholic church. Two nuns in Kentucky want to start the first devoted to ministering to people harmed by abuse in the church.