Rebel nuns in a high-profile chastity dispute with their bishop have one hope -- and it's that the Va

Source: Insider

Rebel nuns in a high-profile chastity dispute with their bishop have one hope — and it's that the Vatican itself will take their side

Michelle Mark
Thu, August 24, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT·3 min read

• A group of Arlington nuns are asking the Vatican to intervene in a dispute with their local bishop.
• The Fort Worth Diocese accused one of the nuns of breaking her chastity vow, and she denied it.
• The Diocese has sought to shut down the monastery, but the nuns have refused, and banned the bishop.

A group of nuns in Texas are appealing directly to the Vatican to intervene in a chaotic, months-long dispute with a local bishop over whether one of the nuns broke her chastity vow with a priest.

Back in May, the Fort Worth Diocese publicly accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her promise of celibacy, which all Catholic nuns and priests must uphold. The nuns sued the Diocese for $1 million soon after, alleging that Bishop Michael Olson abused his power and invaded their privacy by interrogating nuns at the monastery and confiscating their electronic devices while he investigated the alleged breach of chastity.

A Texas judge dismissed the nuns' lawsuit in June, ruling that the dispute was a church matter and not a civil matter. The nuns' attorney, Matthew Bobo, told Insider in a statement that the nuns will now "place their hopes and prayers on a just and fair review of the canonical case by the Vatican."

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