In Venice, the three main convents vied with each other for the honor of supplying a mistress to the newly appointed papal nuncio. In Strasbourg, the prostitutes complained to the archbishop that the nuns were infringing on their "amatory monopoly."
It is true that a fire in Strasbourg not only provoked the discovery of a young boy lying on top of a nun but also revealed that the nuns picked up abandoned boys for a very specific purpose.
