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The Unbreakable Child

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Grim yet in the long run inspiring, this harrowing biography catalogues years of institutional abuse that took place within the Saint Thomas–Saint Vincent Orphan Asylum, a Catholic orphanage in Anchorage, Kentucky. After a few years of neglect by their drug-addicted mother, Kim and her three older sisters were abandoned to the uncharitable care of the Sisters of Charity. Detailing day-to-day regimens of physical and mental abuse by the hands of the nuns, this chilling memoir explains how the Roman Catholic Church kept the orphanage hidden from prying eyes, miles from any main thoroughfare, allowing mistreatment to continue for decades. Describing her life through adulthood and the verdict to in the end expose the injustices after more than 30 years, this courageous tale chronicles the lawsuit initiated by 45 survivors, the 2 years of litigation, and the primary successful prosecution of a lawsuit against Roman Catholic nuns in america for decades of abuse in an orphanage.


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