The Vatican has dismissed an appeal by a Kerala nun,challenging the Franciscan Clarist Congregations decision to expel her for "failing to give a satisfactory explanation for her lifestyle in violation of FCC laws."
In its August 5 letter to her, Ann Joseph,the head of the Aluva based congregation had said she was being dismissed from the congregation for failing to give a satisfactory explanation for her lifestyle "in violation of the proper law of the FCC."
Sister Lucy Kalappura had dismissed some 14 charges levelled against her by the congregation, saying many of them were a "deliberate attempt to paint her in bad light."
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