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Sister Jesme, born 1956, is an academic from Kerala, India. She resigned from her post as Principal of St. Mary's College in Trichur, Kerala in 2008. She was a member of the Congregation of the Mother Carmelite (CMC) which she forced to leave for reasons of emotional torment, after 33 years as a nun.
Sister Jesme decided to become a nun and dedicate her life in the service of God, as her beloved Jesus Christ, when she was barely in college. Her life as a nun and her experiences with the institution of the Catholic Church in Kerala are recounted in her book, Amen - The Autobiography of a Nun, Indian Express reviewing the book states that the book "...details the humiliation, sexual abuse and mental torture at the seminary (Congregation of the Mother of Carmelites).
Sister Jesme has a doctorate in English Literature.
Footnotes
- Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6897388-amen/ |title= Amen: The autobiography of a nun by Sister Jesme
- Sister Jesme (1 June 2009). Amen: the Autobiography of a Nun. ISBN 978-0-14-306708-5.
- http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-nun-s-story/426508/
Sources
- Sister Jesme (1 June 2009). Amen: the Autobiography of a Nun. ISBN 978-0-14-306708-5.