A Spanish court investigates the false imprisonment of several nuns , of Indian origin, a convent in Galicia (northwest). The complaint dates back to January 7, when a religious former reported in police stations in Madrid that several of his colleagues in the Convent of Mercy -located in the historic center of Santiago de Compostela wanted to leave the convent , and so far, they had not succeeded.
Following this complaint, a court authorized a judicial delegation acudiera to ensure that all women residing in it did so voluntarily and after talk to them, three of the nuns decided to leave.
A court in Galicia is now investigating the alleged illegal detention of these nuns, who as declared suffered threats and coercion .
According to The Journal of Spain, women were threatened by the mother superior that they would be deported immediately leave the convent. The director assured them that their situation in Spain was irregular -a lie, since women who had managed for years the residence permit – and, to return home, only feel the shame of a family shame.
The women were threatened by the mother superior that they would be deported as soon leave the convent
In the minutes of his statement can be read that one of them (not transcended the names), when he had 13 years in the convent, not take it anymore and made verbal his desire to leave the votes church but the mother superior, named Maria Luisa, told her that “she would never leave there alive as follow , and that if he tried to leave the helpful getting into an airplane and nullify their cards so he could not stay on . Spain “
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The newspaper detailed that, even under threat, tried to escape, one should snatch the two sets of keys that opened the only gateway to the world and guarded by two superiors .
The police report also indicates that other nuns, 34 , he came with only 16 years and has spent nearly 18 of his arrival at the cloistered convent. When he entered “was happy” mothers treated her well, but “months,” he told the mother superior who wanted to live with premiums in Spain has done. Impossible. Just go out of the convent when she got a supposed “papal”. And in that case, your only destination would be a plane back to India.
The story of the third of the religious is similar. He is 35 years old and had just turned 16 at the forced retirement. He has only been able to visit his family on two occasions. A year ago he decided he wanted to leave, but it was not until December said the Mother Superior. feared deportation .
One of the nuns one year ago decided he wanted to leave, but it was not until December He said the mother superior. Feared being deported .
The Archbishop of Santiago denied a press release of the nuns, but admitted that this summer two religious asked the secularization and it began to be processed .
Both, originating in India, had initiated a process called “discernment” by raised the possibility of leaving the community, and so formally requested after last Christmas, namely January 14.
The request addressed to the superior of the convent acted on this issue and “in no case” the nuns called for “abandoning” the monastery before they carry out all formalities corresponding, according to the note.
The proceedings would not I take more than one month after the submission of the documents to the appropriate congregation of the Holy See, according to the Archbishop, why he is “surprised “by denouncing religious and” informative stir “generated.
The Archbishop of Santiago denied in a press release of the nuns , although he admitted that this summer two religious asked the secularization
According to the Archbishop of Santiago, religious of this order coming from outside of Spain travel every seven years to their home countries to spend two-month period after which they return to the “voluntary and free” community.
The nuns who left the convent were a year and a half ago in their home countries and then “freely and voluntarily returned” depending on the version of the archbishop, noting that part of the Mercedarian community for some time, between 15 and 17 years.
With infromación EFE
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