Overview

• The Court of First Instance in Briviesca suspended the scheduled eviction and left its execution without effect pending a decision by the Burgos Provincial Court, according to the regional judicial authority.
• The paused action concerned a removal set for October 3 that had already been pushed back from September 12 to allow time for appeals.
• Defense lawyers say they filed one appeal in early September and seven additional appeals on September 29 challenging the eviction judgment.
• The July 31 decision, issued two days after the eviction hearing, affirmed Church ownership of the Santa Clara de Belorado monastery and ordered the residents to vacate with a warning of possible forced removal.
• Eight former nuns who remain at the monastery are affected by the case as the provincial court now reviews the appeals.