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KATY PERRY HAS amassed millions of fans around the world, but her failure to win over two elderly nuns is creating an unholy battle.
The pop singer wants to turn a former convent into her home. The sprawling hillside Italianate complex valued at $15 million is situated near the hip Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake.
But two nuns are having none of it. In the latest legal salvo, the two sisters challenged the authority of the archdiocese to sell the property.
The motion accused the archdiocese of unilaterally changing the bylaws of the convent, known as the California Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The suit said that two of the five remaining sisters, who range in age from 77 to 88, were chosen to have “sole authority to amend the institute’s bylaws, elect officers and sell the assets of the institute.”
Perry has visited the nuns, reportedly singing for them and telling them that she hopes to live on the property with her mother and grandmother.
But the two nuns remain opposed to the sale to Perry, who grew up in a born-again Protestant Christian household but has become both a sex symbol and vocal advocate for gay rights.
Perry’s hits include sultry numbers such as “I Kissed a Girl” and “Teenage Dream.”
Sister Rita Callanan, 77, recently told the Los Angeles Times that she found Perry’s videos online and “if it’s all right to say, I wasn’t happy with any of it.”
Callanan and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, 86, instead signed to sell the property to restaurateur Dana Hollister.
The archdiocese countered that Hollister offered only $44,000 upfront with no promise to make payments to the aging sisters for another three years.
The archdiocese said that the three other remaining sisters supported the sale to Perry. The five sisters no longer live in the former convent, which was once the home to more than 100 nuns.
“The archdiocese is committed to the care and well-being of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters now and in the future,” it said in a statement.
“That is our obligation as directed by the Holy See, which will have the final approval over any sale of the property.”
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The occupants are having nun of it
“I’ll tell you what, I’ll make the tea and you take your bra off!”
Even a cursory glance at Katy Perry always gives one a pleasant feeling in the pit of ones stomach.
This story is about 4 wks old, slow ole day in the journal department !!!!!!
“Silver Lake, yeah, Silver Lakes the place for me, I see it as being a safe haven for those who wish to escape the hypocrisy of the mainland. I wish to create a world free of sexual and religious intolerance.”
Six month old story.
This exact story was on the journal approx 2 weeks ago.
That lecherous vixen would combust upon entry.
Would a pedophile priest also ‘combust upon entry’ enoch?
G’wan, show us your moral compass…..
Bloody sure they would WereJammin a chara.
Don’t recall any stories in the press. Are you contesting that a pedophile priest has never stepped foot in a convent?
Well done sisters.
This is a sanctified building.
It would be incongruous to have a lesbian dwelling there.
Wanktified more than sanctified Jack. .
Tell those nuns to f*** off, Jesus isn’t even real.
He was but he isn’t any more.
He is/was as real as The Tooth Fairy.
Apparently Carter Reynolds is also interested in the property.
She would have had a better chance with her persuasion if she didn’t sing for them.
Fr Ted did it.
What a gobsh**e. Glorified stripper.
I don’t like her face or her arms.
Ah, yeah, this is the way to assess singers, alright, especially on a story about one buying a house. Good work, Paul Debussy.
I didn’t assess her as a singer, I said I don’t like her face or her arms and that is a true story.
That woman would get, big time..
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