Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, revealed in a Dec. 2 letter that a Carmelite monastery of nuns is now “extinct” by a Vatican decree.
“I wish to repeat that since this sad series of events began to unfold in April 2023 when the former prioress self-reported to me her grave failure against the vow of chastity with a priest, I was obliged to begin the search, in accord with Canon Law, for both justice and mercy for all involved,” Bishop Olson explained in his statement.
This former prioress admitted her breach of chastity in the civil lawsuit she filed against Bishop Olson and the Diocese of Fort Worth. The breach was recorded and filed in the public record.
A statement from Mother Marie of the Incarnation, O.C.D., the Vatican-appointed legitimate religious superior of the former nuns, clarified the disobedience that led to their expulsion from the Carmelite order. The nuns had rejected the authority of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the authority of their Bishop, and Mother Marie’s authority as their religious superior, effectively rejecting the authority of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.
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