Supreme Court Ends Legal Dispute over Poor Clares of Belorado
The court rejected an appeal by Abbess Laura García de Viedma, confirming that the monasteries cannot be converted into civil associations.
The verdict sided with Archbishop Mario Iceta of Burgos, who is also the Pontifical Commissioner of the monasteries.
The dispute began in 2024 when the nuns published a manifesto declaring the Church heretical and announcing their departure. Over the following months, the nuns followed different figures and sects.
They tried to register their buildings, which belonged to the Poor Clares, as independent cultural associations, but they failed.
In June 2024, the nuns were excommunicated.
In March 2025, a civil court ruled in favor of evicting the nuns from the buildings. The ruling was upheld in August.
With the most recent Supreme Court's decision, all prior rulings stand, and the Church gets control of the buildings.
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