Silk sheets and a fighting bull - schismatic Poor Clares racked up €45k in debt

The Archdiocese of Burgos said it would honor the unpaid bills owed to the convent’s employees and vendors.

Local Spanish media have revealed that the excommunicated Poor Clares of Belorado in Burgos racked up a debt of over 45,000 euros, on extravagant expenses including velvet and silk sheets, a fighting bull, and high-quality jamón ibérico - a speciality Spanish ham.

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

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