The services of marriage and infant baptism (or dedication) are family - centered rites, ways of dealing with the anxieties and
mystery surrounding sex and love, birth and growth.
For decades, the
mystery surrounding the death of Sister Cesnik has haunted officials in Baltimore, but recent details — some uncovered this year in a new journalistic investigation — point to some extremely disturbing possibilities: The young nun may have been murdered because she was preparing to expose a horrific pattern of sexual abuse and even
sex trafficking perpetrated by priests and involving law enforcement.