Overview
- A Briviesca judge inadmitted the breakaway group’s lawsuit after finding their purported associations lack legal existence and valid representation.
- The court rejected their claim of a violation of honor against Archbishop and pontifical commissioner Mario Iceta.
- Provisional enforcement orders dated December 30 and January 5 remain in force, setting an eviction for February 10 if the convent is not vacated.
- The ruling notes an appeal to the Burgos Provincial Court is available within 20 days of notification under standard procedure.
- Spokesman Francisco Canals confirmed that nun Zaida Pinar took a temporary canonical ‘absence from community’ citing severe physical and emotional strain, which the group says is not an exclaustration; she previously testified that a disputed gold sale had communal approval.