The former nuns of the Monastery of Santa Clara de Belorado, in Burgosclaim to feel spied on and monitored after Wednesday They will detect the presence of a drone flying over the convent. For this reason they called the Civil Guard and will file a complaint for violation of their privacy.
This is how journalist Francisco Canals, hired by the former Clares as press chief, explained it. Canals has assured that ex-religious women feel “observed, monitored” and also spied on.
“He drone “It spent more or less four or five minutes recording,” the journalist indicated. The device had a built-in camera “that recorded them directly”but although they went outside the convent to try to locate the drone operator, they did not see anyone.
Even so, from the convent the Civil Guardwho sent a patrol that toured the surrounding area and has announced a complaint because what happened “It is an intrusion into your privacy, into your personal life.” Furthermore, the press officer has stressed that the monastery is a private space.
Economy suffocates
Casals recalled that the eviction demand presented by the archbishop of Burgos on September 16 “will still take a while.” While this is being resolved, the former religious They want to make known their reality, the economic asphyxiation in which they live and how they have abandoned the contemplative life to carry out all the work of the convent.
The press officer has insisted that They have limited financial resources and, despite the fact that this Wednesday the archbishop of Burgos himself stated that the Archbishopric continues to pay the current expenses of the convent, “there are many things that are not being paid.” There are 13 nuns residing in the convent, “the convinced ones”, since some of the older ones have left.
