Overview

• Four nuns from the breakaway Belorado convent and Archbishop Mario Iceta testified in Briviesca regarding allegations of coercion, financial mismanagement, and breach of confidentiality.
• The eviction hearing for the Belorado convent, originally set for May 7, 2025, was suspended after a recusal challenge against the presiding judge, leaving the June 10 eviction date uncertain.
• Archbishop Iceta, acting as papal commissioner, denies the allegations, asserting his canonical and civil authority to manage the monasteries and their finances.
• The schismatic nuns argue that Iceta's actions have caused significant harm, including restricting their access to monastery assets and leaving them financially vulnerable.
• This conflict, Spain's first modern monastic schism, highlights tensions between ecclesiastical authority and secular courts, with broader implications for church governance and property rights.