Sisters stop Katy Perry buying their convent

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Singer, songwriter and sex symbol Katy Perry may be one of the best-selling, chart-topping, top-earning artists of all time, but the “Roar” performer may have met her match in a group of Los Angeles nuns.

For years, Perry reportedly has had her eye on the Los Feliz villa that served as the convent for the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or IHMs.

But the nuns chose another buyer and hurried that sale, for roughly $15.5 million to restaurateur Dana Hollister, two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading

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