Five Nuns Flee the Convent of San Giacomo Di Veglia for “Unbearable Stresses”

A scandal shakes the quiet town of Vittorio Veneto, in the province of Treviso, where five Cistercian nuns from the monastery of San Giacomo di Veglia left the convent at the beginning of the month in search of a safe refuge. The reason: a climate of “unbearable tensions” after the dismissal of the superior mother, Aline Pereira, according to the local newspaper Il Gazzettino. In mid-May, the Cirtercien Order issued a statement explaining the si…