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| Paul Hosford |
A pair of nuns who have so far raised over €77,000 in crowdfunding after being ordered to leave a site in West Cork broke Covid guidelines to attend an exorcism of the Dáil before Christmas.
Mother Irene Gibson, of a group called the Carmelite Sisters of the Holy Face of Jesus, has been ordered to leave the compound at Corran South near the village of Leap in West Cork by next June.
That followed a 2019 conviction for breaching planning regulations in relation to the premises which she set up as a religious retreat in 2016.
... The event attracted around 70 attendees despite outdoor gatherings at the time being limited to 15.
Mother Irene Gibson, of a group called the Carmelite Sisters of the Holy Face of Jesus, has been ordered to leave the compound at Corran South near the village of Leap in West Cork by next June.
That followed a 2019 conviction for breaching planning regulations in relation to the premises which she set up as a religious retreat in 2016.
... The event attracted around 70 attendees despite outdoor gatherings at the time being limited to 15.
The Mass was said by Fr Giacomo Ballini, who told the crowd at the gathering that "no human power can take away the right to say Mass".
Fr Ballini is a member of The Society of St Pius Resistance, a splinter group of the controversial SSPX which was founded in 1970 by a former bishop who clashed with the Vatican over reforms.
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That's got to be a contender for title of the year!
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