Nuns say mistranslated Vatican paper helped pop star bid

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

An order of nuns says a court ruling allowing singer Katy Perry to buy a Los Angeles convent was based on a mistranslated Vatican decree.

The nuns, from the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary order, argued that Perry’s lawyers misled a judge using the document, which had been incorrectly translated from Latin.

The five sisters said that, properly translated, the paperwork would have prevented the pop songstress from completing her US$14.5million purchase.

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