KTHV: Rebellious Ex-Nuns Evicted From Polish Convent
Whatever happened to the vow of obedience?
Police in Poland have evicted a band of rebellious ex-nuns from a convent they had occupied illegally since rejecting a Vatican order in 2005 to replace their mother superior, who reportedly claimed to have religious visions.
A locksmith opened the gate to the compound, and police then pushed their way in and arrested the mother superior as well as a former Franciscan friar who had locked himself in with the nuns.
Hours later, after mild resistance and insults from the ex-nuns and the intervention of psychologists, about 65 defeated ex-nuns, escorted by policewomen, walked out calmly in their black habits, some carrying guitars, others tambourines or small drums, and boarded buses
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