US EditionElderly Austrian nuns break out of nursing home and back into their former convent, defying diocese
Three nuns aged 82 to 88 broke into their dissolved convent with help from former students and a locksmith, restoring utilities and refusing to leave, claiming rightful residence.
- At Kloster Goldenstein in Elsbethen, three former residents left a Catholic care home and returned to their former convent, refusing to leave after its official dissolution in early 2024.
- Sister Bernadette says they were moved to a Catholic care facility in December 2023 without consultation, and the nuns felt uncomfortable and out of place there.
- A locksmith and former students helped the nuns break into the convent, restore utilities, and reoccupy their old rooms stripped of electricity, water, and the stairlift, with footage showing them praying in a small chapel.
- The Archdiocese of Salzburg noted the building was taken over with Reichersberg Abbey in 2022, while Provost Grasl called the sisters' return "completely incomprehensible" and "an escalation."
- The sisters insist they are reclaiming their home and have not received formal eviction notices, continuing to receive visits from former students and supporters including Sophie Tauscher.
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For weeks, three nuns have been making a worldwide stir: they have occupied their former monastery near Salzburg – despite the resistance of the church. Now they are taking another step.
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n1info.rsThe three nuns defied their diocese, fled the nursing home and returned to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, where they now live.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yeon-suk = A movie-like event occurred at a convent near Salzburg, Austria.
In the meantime, the three nuns of Goldenstein occupy their former monastery for almost two weeks. Former women's schoolgirls now appeal to the spiritual superiors of the sisters: "Will you allow the sisters to grow old in their old home as well." This is not an option for the three elderly nuns of Goldenstein. The nuns Bernadette, Rita and Regina now occupy their former monastery in Elsbethen for just under two weeks – against the will of their…
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