Overview

• They have lived in their former, previously vacant monastery rooms near Salzburg since early September after refusing a church-assigned care home.
• The request to the Salzburg public prosecutor names Stiftsleiter Markus Grasl and asks for new criminal investigations.
• Grasl’s spokesman calls the move a hostile act and says it does not help reach a solution, while urging the sisters to return to the care home.
• Coverage notes Grasl has not spoken directly with the women since the occupation and had repeatedly pressed them to leave based on health concerns.
• Earlier inquiries into Grasl prompted by the same lawyer were closed in May, and the sisters announced the new step on Instagram with videos from the occupied rooms.