In the 1850s, Rome was noted for being silent and tranquil. It had a certain air of saintliness and stillness. At the time, the population of Rome was 180,000 people and around 7,500 of those people were nuns and priests.
Everyone is aware that being a priest or a nun within the Catholic church requires you to be celibate. Celibacy is one of the most widely recognised characteristics of being a Roman Catholic priest or nun; however, celibacy seemed to mean very little to the nuns who lived in the Sant’Ambrogio della Massima convent.
This is a story about the scandal, filth, lies, debauchery, banishment, murder, and sexual initiation rites. It’s not for the faint-hearted.
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