Vanessa da Mata reveals why she left the Catholic Church: “Disgusting priest”

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Singer Vanessa da Mata revealed, in an interview, why she left the Catholic Church, a doctrine into which she was inserted during childhood. She started following the Candomble already an adult. The artist, now 48 years old, he said he was sexually molested by a priest as a child.

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“I was the girl who, with my grandmother, ‘led’ prayers in people’s homes, Then there was a really disgusting priest, who tried to ‘eat’ me anyway, and I walked away from the church completely“the singer said on the podcast Sealwhen addressing the topic of spirituality.

Despite the priest’s advances, nothing worse happened to Vanessa. The artist attributes this to the protection of her grandmother, who, according to her, always “pulled” her at the right time. “She always passed by, it seemed like spiritual protection,” she added.

The harassment made Vanessa feel “revolted” and it took her some time to reconnect with her “spiritual side.” It took years for her to understand that the whole situation was motivated by man, not saints.

“But then I locked myself in Candomblé, which was great for me,” the singer admitted.

Formerly an atheist, Vanessa da Mata revealed during the release of her seventh album, ‘Vem doce’, in 2023, that she had embraced Candomblé for spiritual reasons.

“I faced a moment in my life where I was completely open. I didn’t know what was happening. I saw figures, people in front of me, energies that were not human. Things that had no explanation. That’s when I looked to Candomblé to close myself off. To shut your body down, as they say,” she told the magazine I wait.

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