Alone, afraid and far from home, Ann McCrea was pulled into the chapel by a nun. The 21-year-old was pushed to her knees, which must have hurt – she’d only given birth a few days previously – before the nun thrust a set of rosary beads at her and barked: “Pray for forgiveness, and for your sins of being a harlot.” As Ann clasped her hands, she could hear high heels clicking in the hallway. The nun, holding her before the altar, said: “That’s for your sins. That’s your child being taken away.”