Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson announced last year he was dismissing the Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, the head nun at a secluded Arlington monastery, amid a bitter dispute between the two.
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In a series of decrees this week, the Vatican said that while it upheld Olson’s decision to investigate the nun, it did not find enough evidence to dismiss her. The Vatican said Gerlach did not use “force or violence,” nor did she have authority over the North Carolina priest, Philip Johnson.
The fight between the two sides shows no sign of abating, however.
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