Nun stabs schoolboy in the hand with a needle to show him how Jesus suffered

whatismyname

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/nun-stabs-schoolboy-teach-him-5462581

An over-zealous nun stabbed a schoolboy in the hand with a needle to show him how Jesus suffered.

Sister Ludovita, 30, had been giving RE classes at a school in the town of Kysucke Nove Mesto in northern Slovakia when she told unsuspecting pupil Adam Celko, 7, to come to the front of the class.

She then took a needle out of her handbag and rammed it into the boy’s hand in front of the horrified class, telling him that this was how Jesus suffered - and he would too if he behaved badly.

The boy’s outraged mum Helena, 30, said: "When Adam got home he had a wound on the back of his hand and when I asked him what had happened he told me the nun had done it.

"I was completely shocked. I mean, what on earth was she thinking?

"And with Easter coming I began to worry about what she would do next - crucify one of the students or hammer a nail into their hands?"

A spokesman for the school said: "We strongly disapprove of this sort of teaching method.

"When I contacted the Sister she told me that the class had been learning about Jesus Christ and personal sin.

"She added that the children had been invited to voluntarily experience mild pain so they could empathise with the theme.

"She said she had invited the pupils to prick themselves if they wanted to but were not forced to.

"She denies stabbing the boy and says he did it himself.

Well that's certainly a tad OTT.

Thought I had some nuns at school that were a bit much, but on the bright side they never tried to stab me

Mr. Incognito

They should lock her up and throw away the key....

Kinda like being in a nunnery....

NotCominBack

Innocent until proven guilty

darkpagandeath

It escalates pretty fast to nailing kids to crosses too. :pac:

Absoluvely

NotCominBack wrote: »

Innocent until proven guilty

Actually I'm pretty sure one of the main tenets of Catholicism is permanent and universal guiltiness.

galljga1

A spokesman for the school said: "We strongly disapprove of this sort of teaching method.

I love that quote.

Absoluvely

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

They should lock her up and throw away the key

At least she didn't decide to show him how Jesus suffered during circumcision.

AnonoBoy

I dunno. They're always telling teachers that there's too much learning by rote in schools. Real world examples and practical application are what we need to really get through to the kids.

Cold War Kid

A nasty habit to get into.

whatismyname

I bet the boy's family were nun too happy

Birneybau

What black and white and red all over?

A nun in the aftermath of stabbing a child in the hand.

super_furry

Come on now, let's not make a martyr out of her.

ricero

That some good nunning right there

Birneybau

ricero wrote: »

That some good nunning right there

Cool Nunning.

Little prick rattling on the poor auld nun.

Diabhal Beag

What they don't tell you is that child was dissing Padre Pio non-stop prior to the incident

One eyed Jack

whatismyname wrote: »

Well that's certainly a tad OTT.

Thought I had some nuns at school that were a bit much, but on the bright side they never tried to stab me

What was she thinking using a knitting needle anyway?



We used use pen knives and compasses for that whole chicken thing :pac:

RomanKnows

We live in a world that has replaced religion with cynicism. I'm beginning to think the first had more virtue. At least it had a concept.

foggy_lad

That is the sort of thing that used to happen here only at the time no reporter or paper would ever write or print anything against the church.

Willfarman

Ah well now how would any of us cope trying to teach kids the holy trinity, that Jesus actually is God so god killed himself... Rose himself to sit beside himself and this is so all the bad things you do children are cancelled out because the big book says so now hold your hand out for stabbing if you have any questions!

Phil Mitchell

In fairness, the child now knows what Jesus went through.

Macavity.

I am actually the son of God and the next Messiah. Bow before me and you will live an eternity of joy and wonder in my kingdom.

BlaasForRafa

RomanKnows wrote: »

We live in a world that has replaced religion with cynicism. I'm beginning to think the first had more virtue. At least it had a concept.

A concept full of lies, deceit and falsehoods, no wonder people are cynical about it now.

PARlance

A 30 year old nun???

Poor Uncle Tom

A 30 year old nun???

...and all she wanted was a little prick....

Knitting-needle child abuse aside, I like the nuns. They're adequately pleasant, regimental and intelligent. They are people with their arms stuck firmly up the arse of the world, so there's no nonsense about them. The former missionaries are the most extreme example of this. In military terms, they are the SAS of nunhood.

When I was in school, a nun-doctor came who had worked in Africa. She gave us a disgustingly entertaining 40 minute presentation venereal diseases, and openly flouted her own church's teaching on condoms. She did not give a fcuk. I find they're less doctrinaire than Roman Catholic priests, probably because of their own direct experiences of pastoral care.

Turtyturd

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

What they don't tell you is that child was dissing Padre Pio non-stop prior to the incident

Pointing out that he was well known for cheating when covering his eyes during hide and seek is hardly dissing.

galljga1

Macavity. wrote: »

I am actually the son of God and the next Messiah. Bow before me and you will live an eternity of joy and wonder in my kingdom.

You're a cat.

Uncle Ruckus

That's sexual frustration for ya.

galljga1

RomanKnows wrote: »

We live in a world that has replaced religion with cynicism. I'm beginning to think the first had more virtue. At least it had a concept.

A little bit of cynicism always helps. Not everything you see, hear, encounter is virtuous.

Personally I replaced religion with the truth.

efb

I hope the poor young lad isn't stigmata-ised!

/gets coat

PopePalpatine

So, when are we getting visited from the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Drive-By Posts?

folamh

I kind of feel like years ago Christ's crucifixion was seen as this great exemplar of suffering for all, whereas now mass media reveals greater horrors on a regular basis, which undermines Christian reverence. These are my groggy thoughts this morn.

topper75

Mass media give you some happy story at the end of the bulletin though - about some donkey being rescued etc.
Jesus though. Always with the suffering. And what do we get? "Eternal Life".

I'd rather be offered a coffee or strawberry flavoured sweet from the arse end of a tin of Roses. That would be something at least.

anncoates

She's really a student atheist trying to fcuk with AH's collective head and has a running bet with her mates about how many times she can get people to use the same thread to come up with the piercing observation that religion is an invention or a fairy tale.

circadian

Macavity. wrote: »

I am actually the son of God and the next Messiah. Bow before me and you will live an eternity of joy and wonder in my kingdom.

Thanks for the offer but I already have plans of being dead and decomposing and it can't be put off.

Have a great time all the same.

Ush1

anncoates wrote: »

She's really a student atheist trying to fcuk with AH's collective head and has a running bet with her mates about how many times she can get people to use the same thread to come up with the piercing observation that religion is an invention or a fairy tale.

Pun intended?

Nabber

So has it been confirmed that the nun stab the kid. The way the mirror reports it, it sounds like the needle went through his whole hand.

Poor Uncle Tom

Nabber wrote: »

..... the needle went through his whole hand.

Which is it?.....

ScumLord

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

They are people with their arms stuck firmly up the arse of the world, so there's no nonsense about them.

I think you'll find quite a bit of nonsense about them.


They show a picture of the kids hand and I can't actually see any damage. It looks more like he's arm is covered in temporary tattoos.

gerrybbadd

Pfft... Child's play.

Why, when I was a boy, them Nun's, they'd bate ya black, then blue. They used have a length of stick, and they'd give it to ya across the backs of the legs until your shoes were filled with blood!

suicide_circus

From the little I know of the man, Jesus the Nazarene would be most displeased with many of the things done in his name.

efb

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Pfft... Child's play.

Why, when I was a boy, them Nun's, they'd bate ya black, then blue. They used have a length of stick, and they'd give it to ya across the backs of the legs until your shoes were filled with blood!

White and gold in my day

BBJBIG

How would that Mickey Dodger like a kick in the Fanny ...

ScumLord

ScumLord wrote: »

I think you'll find quite a bit of nonsense about them.

Who doesn't?

"No nonsense" meant that nuns don't sit around discussing mental reservations and Jesuitical obfuscation, unlike their male colleagues.

If the Priest is God's philosopher, surely the humble nun is God's plumber.

fatknacker

A few kicks in the gee would highlight how poor Mary suffered too.

ballinasloex

Wow... I rember when I was in primary school a nun use to teach about 5 off us for help with maths and reading we had say of the times tables quickstyle etc... If got it wrong we'd get a slap with a wooden ruler!

tuisginideach

Frank O'Connor portrayed similar event in his short story'My First Confession' pre1951.

topper75

When Jesus was an apprentice carpenter he would have gotten the ruler off Joseph too if he messed up with a jagged cut on a piece of two by four.

So now you know what it was like for him. You have suffered like Jesus.

PopePalpatine

tuisginideach wrote: »

Frank O'Connor portrayed similar event in his short story'My First Confession' pre1951.

Now you've got me thinking of this short story I read ages ago, where a nun asked a child to stick either a finger, a thumb or a hand in a flame for five minutes to get an idea of what Hell was like. I'm 90% sure it wasn't a story in a textbook for English class.

tuisginideach

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Now you've got me thinking of this short story I read ages ago, where a nun asked a child to stick either a finger, a thumb or a hand in a flame for five minutes to get an idea of what Hell was like. I'm 90% sure it wasn't a story in a textbook for English class.

Yes, that sounds like O'Connor's except it wasn't a nun - it was a 'well to do old woman named Ryan who lived in a big house in Montenotte - she used to prepare the classes for First Communion.
The story was included in that fantastic collection of short stories called Exploring English 1 which was on the Inter Cert course - there were also poetry and prose collections.