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The Shadow Women (Swiss Press Text 2019, by Anja Burri) - Swiss Press Award

NZZ am Sonntag

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2019

Anja Burri

When the Catholic priest of Brigels (GR) announced this summer that he was stepping down as a priest and getting married, the whole of Switzerland was once again talking about celibacy. I wondered what it was really like to be the secret wife of a priest. What this life in the shadows of society feels like. I sought out people who had been affected. The hardest part was gaining these women's trust.

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