Arlington nun accused of breaking chastity vow dismissed
An Arlington nun at the center of a scandal was found guilty of violating her vow of chastity with a priest from outside the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.
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An Arlington nun at the center of a scandal was found guilty of violating her vow of chastity with a priest from outside the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.
The visible support from parishioners comes as Bishop Michael Olson refused to restore daily Mass for the nuns, or confession, citing their civil lawsuit against him.
Dozens of Catholics, mostly women, prayed for the Carmelite nuns on Wednesday.
Olson stopped priests from visiting the 10 nuns in late April after he accused the Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes of adultery with a priest. The Diocese copied data from computers and a phone earlier this month, before agreeing to return the devices.
The nuns filed a civil lawsuit after Olson denied their choices for representation within the church's legal process, instead, appointing someone of his choice.
Through her attorney, Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach denied a public allegation from the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth that she had violated a vow of chastity with a priest.
The nuns computer and phone was confiscated and the diocese has been closed to the public.
The suit says Bishop Michael Olson of the Fort Worth Diocese seized computers and a phone from the Discalced Carmelite Nuns, interrogated the sisters and claimed the monastery was shut down.
A Catholic bishop took actions of "pure evil" according to a lawsuit filed against him by a small order of nuns in Arlington.
A Catholic bishop took actions of “pure evil” according to a lawsuit filed against him by a small order of nuns in Arlington.
