In "Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal," Maria Monk presents a shocking expos√© of the purported horrors within a Montreal convent. Written in a confessional style that combines personal narrative with sensationalism, Monk'Äôs account claims to unveil the oppressive conditions, sexual abuses, and moral depravity occurring behind the convent'Äôs walls. Set against the backdrop ...