Arlington Nuns "Dismissed from Religious Life"
Seven Carmelite nuns from the convent in Arlington, Texas - who recently joined the Priestly Society of Pius X - have been dismissed from religious life on paper.
Mother Marie of the Incarnation, prioress of the Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity and president of the Association of Christ the King, made the announcement in a letter to the Diocese of Fort Worth on Monday. The Vatican put Mother Marie in charge of the Arlington convent on paper, but she never set a foot inside.
The bitter feud between the nuns and the Fort Worth Diocese, led by Bishop Michael Olson, has lasted more than a year and even involved civil courts.
Mother Marie of the Incarnation has now written: "Our only wish is for the dismissed members of the Carmel to repent, so that the monastic property can once again be rightly called a monastery, inhabited by Discalced Carmelite nuns, in good canonical standing with the Church of Rome."
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If the phone sex involved a trannie the sister would have been invited to the synod.
As a RN who has worked with a lot of people after anesthesia, I can tell you that the superior's comments to the bishop, when he met her as she arrived at the convent after day surgery, could not be presented in a court of law. If her supposed phone conversation happened at a similar framework, the same would be true. I have seen anesthesia turn the kindest people into monsters, and also seen the opposite. That is why they must have signed consent that they will not drive or sign any legal paperwork for 24 hours. And I have witnesed the effect lasting as many as 3 days. I believe this information should have been used by the legal team, because it could have exonerated the superior of legal guilt, if any.
The information I have is that, when the bishop met her, he waited for her return to her convent from a day surgery. If I am wrong, I apologize. Still, I believe the 'phone incident' should also be assessed as to it's timing. She says she 'didn't know why she said what she did'. If she had returned from a medical treatment just before that phone call, her remarks should not be taken seriously. And the same would be true if she was taking medications such as benzodiazepines, which are notorious for their undesired affects, which can last for days. If she had no medication in the days prior to the bishop's visit, or during and after her medical treatments, that information shold be sought.