For decades, young women from all over the world looking for a safe, affordable place to live in New York found a home at Centro Maria.
The large boarding house on West 54th Street — one of the last women-only homes in Manhattan — took in tenants for a few hundred dollars a month, which included two meals a day prepared by the Catholic nuns who operate and live in the residence.
Because of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate, current and former residents say the house is much more than just a place to stay — it has been a safe haven and a launch pad for new friendships and careers.
“The bond that you create in that house is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced — ever, ever,” said B.C.E., a previous resident who moved to Centro Maria in 2007 to escape an abusive relationship and didn’t want her full name used. “It’s your family.”
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Child abuse, denial and quiet priest reassignment over time has caught up with them. Sorry, Sisters, as always it's priests first.
so sad! not what should be happening.
Northwest Woodsman: Maybe it is karma punishing them for unloading Somalian “ refugees “ (actually Muslim invaders) in Minnesota and accepting federal taxpayer money to do it.
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