Spanish nuns excommunicated after sect claim, property row

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 23, 2024 9:20 pm

MADRID, Spain — The Vatican has excommunicated 10 nuns from northern Spain after a months-long standoff over a property dispute and amid claims they belonged to a sect, it emerged Saturday.

'It was the sisters themselves who expressed their free and personal decision to abandon the Catholic Church,' said a statement from the Archbishop of Burgos's office.

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