The trial of the former nuns of Belorado begins: "We have a clear conscience."
The Archbishop of Urgos, Mario Iceta Burgos, has sued the eight former religious in Belorado (Burgos) for not leaving the monastery of Santa Clara since leaving the church last May.
The eight former nuns who remain in the monastery of Belorado arrive today at the court of Briviesca (Burgos).
After two failed attempts, the oral hearing against the former nuns of Belarodo (Burgos) began today at the Briviesca First Instance Court.
The eight former nuns excommunicated by the Catholic Church and expelled from sacred life and still in Belorado — the other two left last summer — have arrived in court accompanied by their lawyers.
In statements to journalists before entering, they have been optimistic and stressed that they have a "clear conscience."
Before the arrival of the former nuns, the legal representatives of the Archbishop of Burgos, Mario Iceta, on behalf of the Commission forthe Management of the Monasteries of the Clarisas in Belorado (Burgos), Orduña and Derio (Bizkaia), all affected by this division, filed a complaint in the Courts with the aim of forcing them to leave the monastery of Belorado.
The oral hearing had to be postponed twice, on 19 December and 13 May.
A year outside the Catholic Church
The former nuns of Belorado (Burgos) announced on 13 May 2024 that they had left the Catholic Church.
Then, on June 22, the Catholic Churchexcommunicatedthe nuns eta from sacred life and informed them that they had no right to live in the monastery, but they are still there and that's why Iceta went to court.
Even if the judge decides that a monastery should be removed, the ex-nuns could appeal and postpone their possible dismissal.