NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Now
ERICA DONALD
A former nun who re-entered the secular world after being sexually abused by a priest is now trying her hand at singing, songwriting and recording.
Pauline Grogan, 69, performed her first 10-song concert on June 2 at Pinehurst School on Auckland’s North Shore where she still does some relief teaching and hopes to have her CD, Songs of Life, ready for sale by the end of the year.
Grogan is no stranger to diversity – working as a teacher and marriage celebrant; once touring the country with her one woman play and still pulling in big audiences as a motivational speaker.
She is also the author of Beyond the Veil, an autobiography documenting her years as a novice and nun from the age of 17; her sexual abuse at the hands of a catholic priest, and the new life she made for herself after leaving the convent when she was 29.
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