Nicaragua’s government has expelled approximately 30 Poor Clare nuns from their convents in Managua and Chinandega, marking the latest crackdown from Daniel Ortega’s regime.
The nuns were only allowed to take some of their belongings before they were forced to leave, according to a local report by Mosaico CSI.
The government’s crackdown comes after Ortega’s regime seized the seminary of the Diocese of Matagalpa in Nicaragua on Jan. 20.
Pillar Catholic reported that half of the 60 students studying at the San Luis de Gonzaga Seminary were present during the confiscation. Those present were sent home by the police.
San Luis de Gonzaga Seminary served as an important part of the local Catholic community, teaching seminarians from the Matagalpa and Siuna dioceses, among others.
The confiscation is a continuation of the persecution of Catholics…
