Nun Collapses And Dies In Courtroom Fighting Katy Perry Trying To Purchase Their LA Convent

Katy Perry has found herself in the middle of a legal brawl involving a $15 million-plus property that she is trying to wrest from Catholic nuns who fought her tooth and nail and refused to sell. But money buys everything even the church. The legal battle that started in 2015 has revealed dirty secrets about how the Catholic hierarchy favors the rich where Perry says the 25 bedroom property in Los Feliz Neighborhood in Los Angeles was sold to her by the Archbishop Jose Gomez who says he is in control of the content which is under the archdiocese.

1Sister Callanan recalls how property gifted to them in 1927 was sold off to Katy Perry

The nuns sister Rita Callanan 80 and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman both belong to the sisters of immaculate heart of Mary. Sister Callanan now lives in poverty in a small convent belonging to St Bernadette’s church. She lives in poverty with no recourse to funds for medical care and without any support from the archbishop, speaking to reporters Sr Rita wonders and recalls how such a thing happened. 

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2Impoverished without food and medical care

Sister Callahan 80 suffering from breast cancer has no food but cereal to eat every day. She has no bank balance and no funds for her own medical care, her last healthcare cheque bounced twice and she has no clue as to who is going to lend her money to seek medical help for her cancer treatment. It doesn’t look like the church is doing much either. It was just few years ago that she had about a hundred thousand in the bank and was a millionaire on paper, but she has no clue where it all went. (It was closed by the Archbishop). 

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3They once lived in the beautiful Mediterranean style convent till Katy Perry came along

The sisters of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary lived In the huge pink mansion convent with 25 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms, but that was their only luxury until Katy Perry 32 came along waving her millions at the Archbishop. She was about to take away the only thing in their name and all because Perry had the backing of the Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez whom she says she paid around $16 million in 2015 after brokering a deal with him for the property that is worth much more than that. Archbishop Gomez claims that the convent is under the ownership of the Archdiocese but the nuns claim otherwise. 

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4Legal proceedings began

The nuns Sister Callanan 80 and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman 89 objected to the deal saying that the convent belonged to the order and has been in their possession for the last 45 years and the Archbishop had no right to sell it without their permission. In fact, they had also found a buyer for the property who turned out to be Dana Hollister who wanted to convert it into a boutique. 

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