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Spanish police arrest 2 breakaway nuns

Edgar Beltrán
Dec 02, 2025
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Spanish judicial police have arrested two nuns of the excommunicated Poor Clares of Belorado for alleged illegal sales of artwork.

The Monastery of St. Clare in Belorado, northern Spain. Zarateman/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.

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According to local media, agents of the judicial police of Burgos and the Spanish civil guard entered the excommunicated nuns’ convent i…

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