‘You just feel so defeated’ - Women await Vatican to investigate religious community

Vatican officials will investigate allegations of psychological and spiritual abuse in the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus, women formerly in formation with the religious community say they’ve been told.
A formation house for the Sister Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus. Courtesy photo.
The community is connected to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a society of priests known for its use and promotion of preconciliar liturgical texts.
While a number of former postulants of the women’s group allege a culture of intimidation and fear, manipulative spiritual practices, and disordered governance in their community, the community’s superior says that women who have raised complaints about the community “were unable to adapt” to religious life, and that their concerns were “exaggerations or misunderstandings of our rules and of different situations.”
But an expert on abuses in religious life and the Church told The Pillar that the women flagged issues that …