Bishop Michael Olson enters the 67th District Court in the Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building on June 27, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas. - Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS
FORT WORTH, Texas — A group upset with decisions made by Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson has sent a petition to Rome calling for his removal or resignation. Steve Knobbe, president of the Laity in Unity Foundation said in an interview Friday that the petition and letter were sent to the Vatican and to the the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. via certified mail. The petition has more than 800 signatures. The petition began after Olson removed the mother superior of a Carmelite monastery after she admitted that she broke her chastity vow with a priest. “What he has done to the nun is identical t...
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