Tribunal usurps Catholic institution ruling
In yet another indication where French judiciary appear to be pushing further into, and limiting, the religious ‘space’ in the country a civil court, the Tribunal of Lorient, judged against the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic Institution, was determined to have wrongfully dismissed a Sister of that Order. After internal apostolic investigation…
In yet another indication where French judiciary appear to be pushing further into, and limiting, the religious ‘space’ in the country a civil court, the Tribunal of Lorient, judged against the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic Institution, was determined to have wrongfully dismissed a Sister of that Order. After internal apostolic investigation by the Vatican to determine the extent of complaints against her, the Sister was dismissed (without the Tribunal even notifying or calling on the Vatican for comment). The decision of the tribunal seriously challenges the principle that the expulsion of a member from a religious body is based on theological and not only on legal reasons, on which secular courts cannot interfere without seriously violating religious liberty.
For more information see https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-04/holy-see-press-office-france-former-nun-marc-ouellet.html
https://bitterwinter.org/dominican-sisters-of-the-holy-spirit-vatican-vs-france-on-religious-liberty/
