A nun in Chile is suing the religious order she belonged to after its members pressured her to leave her convent over her pregnancy.
The nun became pregnant after she was raped by a man carrying out repairs at the convent.
She alleges that, when her fellow sisters found out about her pregnancy, they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church.
Her lawyer says the sisters blamed her for having been raped.
She is suing the Archbishopric of Santiago and the Order of St Clare.
The Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Rt Rev Jorge Concha, said that the nun had left the convent “voluntarily” and the Archbishopric had only found out about the rape and subsequent events on 27 March.
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