A burglar who broke into a tiny Roman Catholic convent raped and nearly strangled a 61-year-old nun.
"She did try to resist," said Kansas City Police Sgt. Jim Keane. "Then he physically assaulted her."The burglar apparently broke into a second-story window at the Daughters of Charity convent, which serves the poor in downtown Kansas City.
While the sisters slept early Tuesday morning, he ransacked the kitchen, rifled the office and stole a minuscule amount of cash, then went to the bedroom where he threatened the nun with a knife and raped her.