Nun pleads no contest to molesting two boys

clipped from www.suntimes.com A Chicago nun pleaded no contest Monday to molesting two boys at a church convent and school in Milwaukee where she worked in the 1960s. Sister Norma Giannini, 79, had sexual contact with the boys, including sexual intercourse, a total of more than 160 times over four years while principal at St. Patrick's School in Milwaukee. Sister Norma Giannini from the 1982 Mother McAuley High School yearbook. Giannini, a Chicago native, is a member of the Sisters of Mercy. She taught at several area Catholic schools, from Park Ridge to Oak Park, before working in Milwaukee. including St. Clare of Montefalco in Chicago and Most Holy Redeemer in Evergreen Park. Giannini, who will be sentenced Feb. 1, left the courthouse without comment. She faces a maximum of 10 years on each of the two counts of indecent behavior with a minor. The Sisters of Mercy said previously that the order "learned of the situation" during the 1990s and sent Giannini to a St. Louis treatment facility for counseling.