Chapter ElevenThe investigation into the rest of the religious community was still on-going. During the course of it, they had made the discovery that Father Kelly wasn't the only holy sinner in the case.
As Rafferty had suspected and pointed out to his mother, not all of the sisters at the convent had led previous lives that had been totally pure. Old Sister Ursula, she of the arthritic limbs and playful manner, admitted to being even more playful in her youth. For she had borne an illegitimate baby by an American serviceman that she had given up for adoption.
Even Mother Catherine wasn't without the stain of sin. She had admitted to the sin of pride over achieving her current rank. It was, she told him, the mark of a lifetime's devotion to God and the community. She confessed to Raffer
