Posts Tagged ‘Diocese of Fort Worth’

Texan Carmelite nuns seek pastoral care from suspended priests

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas have permitted two priests to celebrate Mass in their convent despite the priests being suspended on suspicion of abuse. Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas revealed that the priests have been serving as chaplains to the nuns without authorisation. The priests, the bishop Read more

Carmelite nuns reject new Vatican decree

Monday, April 22nd, 2024

The Carmelite nuns who sued the Bishop of Fort Worth last year have fiercely rejected a new decree from Vatican City that they be governed by an association of monasteries, calling the decision a hostile takeover. “We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals,” the nuns wrote in a four-page Read more

Bishop Olson ‘grateful’ after Texas court dismisses nuns’ lawsuit

Monday, July 3rd, 2023

A judge in Texas has ruled that a district court does not have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit brought by a monastery of Carmelite nuns against Bishop Michael Olson of the Diocese of Fort Worth. The decision, handed down on Friday, June 30, ruled that the nuns’ suit is “dismissed for want of subject-matter jurisdiction.” Read more

Bitter dispute between diocese and Carmelite nuns escalates amid allegations of drug use

Monday, June 12th, 2023
Nun adds defamation claim

A bitter dispute between the Diocese of Fort Worth and a Carmelite monastery in Texas has reached new heights as charges and counter-charges of illegal activity, including drug use, have been made. The latest salvo in this protracted legal and public relations battle came from the diocese itself on Wednesday. The diocese released photographs purporting Read more