The ex-Abedess of Belorado admits that she sold the gold in order to “use it for things of the monastery”

The former nun faces an investigation opened by the National Police, which questions her legitimacy to sell the gold after the former communion and the appointment of the Archbishop of Burgos, Mario Iceta, as the Pontifical Commissar of the monastery Read

The exabbess of Belorado, Laura García de Viedma , has appeared earlier this Friday in the Briviesca Court to declare as investigated in the alleged offence of misappropriation derived from a gold sale operation belonging to the monastery , but which she charged in a personal account. Specifically, it was 1.7 kilos of gold in ingots of different size and a special edition currency of the United States, for which she received 130,000 euros, which…

Raúl Barreiro of the Natural Resources Directorate of the province detailed that "it was an operation in conjunction with Gendarmería Nacional. A Fiorino-type truck was visualized, the violation was made and it is verified that inside the truck was transported íctic species such as gold and surubí. The corresponding procedure was made, the documentation was requested but they did not prove in any type of documentation", he said. It should be not…

He is charged with an alleged offence of misappropriation by the operation, and his defense assures that "there is no profit motive."

The news The former abbess of Belorado defends before the judge the sale of the gold bullion: “There is no deception” was first published in Last Minute Religious News

The exabbess of the Monastery of Belorado, Laura García de Viedma, has declared this Friday in the Briviesca Court accused of improper fraud, for the sale of 1.73 kilos of gold for 130,000 euros owned by the religious community, and has defended itself by claiming that there is no deception, no profit motive, and it is a "artificial" accusation.