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Survivre à l’inceste dans les maisons du Bon-Pasteur de Québec, 1930-1973

Abstract

From 1930 to 1973, the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Québec welcomed in their boarding schools 170 girls who had suffered from incest. The aim of this internment was to protect and re-educate them. These nuns, graduated in social work, with the help of psychologists and psychiatrists, elaborated therapies to help their boarders solve their psychological problems. They also wanted to help the girls take on a normal life with respect to the moral and social habits of their times. The analysis of their records, using the case study, revealed that certain girls suffered religious guilt, while others found back their balance with the help of the doctrine of Grace and forgiveness promulgated by the Catholic Church. These religious beliefs could, in that case, play a positive role in helping these girls survive the ordeal of incest.

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