Fort Worth bishop bans daily Mass until nuns drop lawsuit

Bishop Michael Olson has told the Carmelite nuns that daily Mass and confessions "cannot be conveniently provided" until they drop their suit against him

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth told a monastery of cloistered Carmelite nuns Friday that he will continue to ban the celebration of daily Mass at the convent in response to a lawsuit filed against him by the religious sisters. The bishop will also restrict the nuns’ access to the sacrament of confession, he told the nuns.

Olson told the nuns in a May…