A Samoan postulant who had just entered the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington, DC, has been charged with smothering her newborn son.
Police said 26-year-old Sosefina Amoa gave birth to the baby boy in her room at the sisters’ elderly care facility on October 10 — just five days after she arrived from Samoa.
Afraid the nuns would hear the newborn’s cries and discover she lied about sexual activity, Amoa told investigators she smothered him with a wool garment.