Nuns from an order founded by Mother Teresa have been forced to leave Nicaragua after their missionary was stripped of its legal standing in the country.
Eighteen nuns from the Missionaries of Charity were escorted by police to bordering Costa Rica after the Nicaraguan Parliament revoked the group’s legal status on June 28 in an apparent crackdown by President Daniel Ortega on those deemed to oppose his leadership, according to the BBC.
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“If it is true that ‘perfect love casts out fear’ (1 Jn 4:18), it is also true that petty fear casts out love. Only sick hearts and dark minds are capable of expelling love. And to expel love is to reject God,” tweeted Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Baez of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.
The Catholic Church has vocally spoken up against human rights abuses in Nicaragua in the past. In 2018, clergy students participated in anti-government protests.
The order of sisters has been operating in the country since 1998, running a home for abused and abandoned girls, a children’s nursery, and a nursing home. Its legal status was revoked for “not meeting its obligations” to show the origin of its funding, per the outlet.
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Over 200 organizations have been expelled from Nicaragua, justified under strict laws about funding that were recently enacted.
