WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman studying to become a Catholic nun has been charged in the District of Columbia with smothering her newborn son, police said.
The woman, 26-year-old Sosefina Amoa, gave birth to the boy Oct. 10 in her room at the Little Sisters of the Poor elderly care facility, police said. Afraid the nuns would hear the newborn's cries and discover she lied about segxwal activity, police say Amoa told investigators she smothered him by placing a wool garment over the child's mouth and nose and applying pressure.
A day later she and a nun took his body, in a small black luggage bag, to a hospital, police said.
Investigators interviewed Amoa after she arrived at the hospital and say they found bloody clothing and small traces of blood during a search of the convent room where she had been staying.
Amoa was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder after the death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation. Her attorney declined to comment on the case Friday.
The order said in a statement that they are praying for everyone involved.
"We all feel that this is a tragic situation," said Sister Constance Veit, communications director at Little Sisters of the Poor.
Amoa arrived from the island of Samoa on Oct. 5 and was considered a postulant, someone who wants to be admitted to the order.
She initially told investigators that she did not know she was pregnant but that she experienced significant bleeding just prior to delivering the baby, whom she named Joseph.
She later said she had not told the convent about her past segxwal activity and that after the child stopped breathing, she contemplated putting it in the trash but decided against it, police said.
Police say they interviewed a nun at the convent who said Amoa showed her the child and initially told her that she had found the body outside. The nun says Amoa later told her that she had given birth to the child, and police say the two of them together took the body to the hospital.
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Posted: at 19-10-2013 10:50 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Chrissie036 at 19-10-2013 11:19 AM (10 years ago) (f)
Quote from: angesco on 19-10-2013 10:55 AM
I am a Catholic and I think it is time that the MAN- MADE viw of celibacy is dropped.
It is not serving any special need for anyone.
If you want to get married and raise a family you should be free to do so.
If you do not want to marry your choice should be respected.
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She wasn't convicted because she was involved in segxwal activity or cos she gave birth but was convicted because she committed murder, she killed d child.
Posted: at 19-10-2013 11:19 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
BlueIxora at 19-10-2013 12:24 PM (10 years ago) (f)
This is evil and she should be punished. But i can't help but wonder if they would have convicted her if she had aborted the baby instead. Wouldn't they have called it prochoice or whatever. Talk about double standard. Babies in the womb have a right to live too.
Posted: at 19-10-2013 12:24 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
uprising at 19-10-2013 12:28 PM (10 years ago) (m)
I don't believe this trash how can a nun be pregnant for nine good months in a convent without being noticed the kind of cloth nuns wear won't give room for hiding and this story sef where is the link abi no link?
Posted: at 19-10-2013 12:28 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
She wasn't convicted because she was involved in segxwal activity or cos she gave birth but was convicted because she committed murder, she killed d child.
She lied about her past segxwal lifestyle because she knew the possibility of becoming a member of that irder would be hindered by her past. She pretended she was celibate. She has now committed murder. It is very uncommon to find women who have children in the Catholic church being accepted as nuns! And she knew this hence her actions!
Posted: at 19-10-2013 12:31 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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