Ep 64 Nuns on the Run

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Imperative Entertainment

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Like everyone else, even nuns just want to have fun. After devoting their lives to helping those in need, it’s hard to blame them for wanting to let loose every now and then. Some sisters find peace along the Las Vegas strip, trading Rosary beads for casino chips. But their holy connection doesn’t always pay off. To fund her gambling addiction, one nun in California is currently facing up to 40 years in prison after stealing close to $1 million from the grade school where she was principal. Across the ocean, a woman in Italy has avoided police for over 2 years by moving from convent to convent posing as a holy sister. There are tons of stories about nuns doing amazing work, but this episode is not about them. This one is all about when good nuns go bad! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is intended for mature audiences.
0:04.6	Listener discretion is advised.
0:14.6	Imperative Entertainment.
0:20.5	Ooh. There's a seemingly never-ending list of time-honored descriptions of those who choose the clergy as their path in life.
0:42.8	Generosity, patience, kindness, compassion, and virtue are just a few of the qualities that come to mind.
0:49.9	Some people would be familiar with nuns from the context of school, usually in the form of swift
0:55.0	discipline and harsh punishments.
0:57.6	Ow!
0:58.6	This is in stark contrast to the lighthearted, feel-good Hollywood portrayals of these
1:03.3	religious women in movies like The Sound of Music, the Flying Nun, and Sister Act.
1:09.0	But sometimes, it turns out that a life of poverty, chastity, and devotion does not necessarily
1:14.2	make the clergy infallible.
1:16.7	While there are plenty of stories of nuns doing amazing work around the world, this episode
1:21.9	is not about them.
1:24.1	This one is all about what happens when good nuns go bad.
1:32.0	Sister Mary Margaret Kruper
1:38.0	She devoted her life to not only serving God and the community,
1:42.6	but to being an educator, joining the convent at age 18.
1:47.0	After completing a bachelor's degree in sociology, she went on to teach in various Catholic schools throughout Nevada, Washington, and Idaho.
1:55.0	In 1988, Sister Mary took up the position of principal at St. James Catholic School. The elementary school,
2:03.0	located in Torrance, California, was part of the parish of St. James, with the church itself in
2:08.4	nearby Rodondo Beach. In addition to teaching, Sister Mary's role included not just administrative
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