"Sisters Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, almost 82, are still recovering from the shock of having run away on 4 September from a nearby retirement home where they had been placed they say against their will and broken back into their former convent, the imposing Schloss Goldenstein, in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg. The nuns' superior since 2022, Provost Markus Grasl, from nearby Reichersberg Abbey, has accused them of breaking the vow of obedience they made when they entered the order,"
"But the nuns dispute this and are sticking to their guns, building up an international fanclub as they do so. More than 50,000 people are now following them on social media, with followers given a stream of daily insights into the lives of the octogenarian religious rebels. Wirtenberger, a retired advertising director nicknamed Oki', who started boarding at the school in 1970 as a 10-year-old, was at the helm of the action to rescue the nuns."
Sisters Bernadette (88), Regina (86) and Rita (almost 82) escaped on 4 September from a nearby retirement home and returned to their former convent, Schloss Goldenstein in Elsbethen near Salzburg. The sisters say they were placed in the retirement home against their will and broke back into the convent. Their superior since 2022, Provost Markus Grasl, accused them of violating their vow of obedience by illegally occupying the convent and said the building is too precarious for their ages. Former pupil Christina Wirtenberger, nicknamed Oki, helped plan the return and now assists them daily. More than 50,000 people follow the sisters on social media and receive daily insights into their lives.
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