Overview
- The sisters left a Catholic senior residence on 4 September and re‑entered Schloss Goldenstein with help after the lock had been changed.
- Former pupils and volunteers now provide food, basic care and communications, and police who first visited focused on confirming their welfare.
- Stift Reichersberg’s spokesman says urgent medical advice necessitated the 2023 move and argues the convent is not suitable for aging or disabled residents.
- The nuns and a doctor they consulted dispute claims of severe dementia, as supporters describe manageable needs such as leg dressings and tablet‑controlled diabetes.
- Practical and disciplinary pressures persist, with stairlifts removed during their absence, a communal account reported frozen despite large balances, and warnings of canonical penalties up to excommunication.