Just a Poor Girl
Penney said that Ed told her that she was the “love of his life” on numerous occasions. The Warren’s would often introduce her as their niece or a poor girl whom they had taken in out of charity. When Penney was in her 30s, in 1978, she became pregnant with Ed’s child. She revealed that Lorraine convinced her to have an abortion because the scandalous news of a child could have destroyed the Warrens’ business.
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Lorraine claimed to be a devout Catholic, but Penney revealed that her “real god is money.” In a tearful and emotional recording, Penney recalled: “They wanted to tell everyone that someone had come into my apartment and raped me, and I wouldn’t do that. I was so scared. I didn’t know what to do, but I had an abortion. The night they picked me up from the hospital after having it, they went out and lectured and left me alone.”