the Former Abbess of the Monastery of Bellorado (Burgos), Laura García de Viedma, The other former nun, Sister Paloma, was released without precautionary measures after testifying for more than an hour in the Brivisca court about the alleged illegal sale. … Of works of art.
The two dissident nuns arrived at the judicial offices from the capital, Burgos, after they were arrested on Thursday following searches carried out in the Belorado and Orduña (Vizcaya) monasteries.
They are being investigated for embezzlement of culturally important property. After completing the report, the Civil Guard also released the antiques dealer, who is being investigated for the crime of reception.
At the gates of court, the former abbess confirmed that her night in the cell was a “very difficult experience” and “very difficult.” He pointed out that he thought at first that he “would suffer from some kind of anxiety” and that he prayed during the hours of his detention “more than he had prayed in his entire life.”
Moreover, she considered it “helpful” for Sister Barloma to accompany her in this ecstasy. Regarding the arrest that took place yesterday in Belorado, he stated that they do not know what the charges against them are, except that they were told about “original” operations.
“What hurt us the most was what they tried to do again to the older sisters,” she told the media gathered at the gates of the Prejesca court where she was taken with Sister Paloma at one o’clock in the afternoon. to make a statement after their arrest in Belorado and Orduña respectively.
In the same vein, the former abbess considered that the judge had no “humanity” for taking advantage of the operations and searches carried out this Thursday in the monasteries of Bellorado and Orduña on works of art to launch “that torpedo” to transport the older nuns “late at night.”
For his part, the nuns’ lawyer, Javier Garcia de Visma, explained that the temporary release without bail and without precautionary measures was what they expected from the judge because “there were no reasons” to keep the nuns detained.
Only the nuns “should be available before the court” when they are called upon, he told reporters gathered at the scene. Regarding the possibility of the nuns selling Bellorado Montasterio’s artistic heritage, he noted that they had never considered that they were doing anything “illegal” and that from now on they would study the accusation and their defense strategy.