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From Belorado to El Dorado: Breakaway Spanish nuns reportedly sold over 300k euros in gold

Meanwhile, local authorities declared the excommunicated nuns to be in a “situation of social and/or economic vulnerability.”

Edgar Beltrán
Feb 07, 2025
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The breakaway Poor Clares of Belorado in Spain have sold 320,000 euros in gold bars in recent months, seemingly to fund a newly opened restaurant and a puppy farm, according to local Spanish media.

Monastery of the Poor Clares in the north of Burgos, Spain. Credit: Raul GC / Shutterstock.

The news comes just a few days after the Spanish Social Security In…

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