Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) mentioned Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk by Maria Monk 1 times

In the US, one of the bestselling books of the 1830s was an anti-Catholic hoax called Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, which claimed that so-called "black nuns" were forcing initiates to have debauched sex with local priests, and that the resulting babies were baptized, strangled, and buried in secret tombs beneath the convent.

— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)