Daniel del Castillo González
The Bilbao Prosecutor's office, along with the private prosecution, have requested a 12-year prison sentence for each of the seven former schismatic nuns from Belorado, Spain.
The allegations include coercion, degrading treatment, neglect, failure to render aid, and various property crimes.
This is linked to the treatment of five elderly nuns under their care.
The elderly nuns, aged between 87 and 101, reportedly lived in poor sanitary conditions and without adequate care.
The former nuns deny all the charges and declare themselves “completely innocent.”
In a statement, they describe the legal proceedings as “persecution” and a “witch hunt,” claiming that the case is a response to their decision to separate from the Catholic Church and defend their religious convictions.
The so-called “Belorado case” began in May 2024, when the community publicly announced its separation from the Holy See.
The conflict over canon law, property rights, and legal matters has included the excommunication of the nuns and their eviction from the monastery in Burgos.
