Carla van Raay

Carla van Raay (born 1938) is an Australian author, counselor and former nun, teacher and call girl.

Biography Born in Tilburg, Netherlands, van Raay moved with her family to Australia in the 1950s. Her father obtained work as a gardener at a convent school in Kew, Melbourne, run by the Sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus, founded in early 19th-century France. Through this employment, he was able to have her enrolled as a student at the school. As a child she suffered sexual abuse from her father, from ages 3 to 12.

After graduation she joined the Sisters who ran the school as a nun. The order sent her the UK to train as a teacher. Once trained, she taught in Brussels. She felt isolated as a nun, and in 1969 she obtained permission from the Vatican to leave. She later wrote a sequel documenting that part of her life titled Desire. In 2016 she wrote Healing from Abuse: A Practical Spiritual Guide.

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