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'Finally back home': Rebel octogenarian nuns reclaim Austrian convent
The nuns opposed their forced transfer to a care home due to alleged dementia, reclaiming their convent with support from up to 150 former students and followers.
- Three elderly nuns reclaimed their Austrian convent in Elsbethen after fleeing from a care home earlier this month.
- The Catholic Church transferred the nuns without consulting them, citing severe dementia and their ailing health as reasons.
- Supporters including former students helped the nuns regain the abandoned convent, which lacked running water, electricity, and had cleared-out rooms.
- Donations for the nuns' cause have topped 6,500 euros, while social media clips gained more than 44,700 followers by September 20.
- The nuns aspire to resolve their disputes with the Church and to remain living in the convent for the rest of their lives despite ongoing disagreements over their residency rights.
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At 81, 86 and 88, they decided to leave the Ehpad where the religious institutions had placed them, against their will, to join their convent.
The Austrian nuns, 81, 86 and 88, claim to have been forcibly placed in the retirement home. The story of their escape, thanks to former students and a guard, makes the country sore.
·Paris, France
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right2Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
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