The Archbishopric of Burgos pays monthly about 21,881 euros 21,881 per month, corresponding to ordinary expenses of the monasteries of Belorado, Orduña and Derio.which are in “structural deficit”, while the exclareas denounce “economic asphyxiation”. and a “long list of notices of non-payments, seizures and embargoes”.
The management committee appointed after the announcement of the departure of the religious community from the Catholic Church last May has indicated, in a communiqué, that they assume recurring expenses 1,988.44 for electricity, 2,630.82 for gas consumption and 72.00 for Telefónica in September.
“We have no knowledge of or access to other supply contracts or expenses of any other nature,” they have indicated in response to the repeated denunciations of “economic asphyxiation” of the exclariosasthat “would be, in any case, consequence of the contumacy in impeding the administration of the monasteries by who has legal obligation to do it”.
To these expenses, according to the Archbishopric of Burgosothers are added, such as the four October payrolls 3,179 euros, and the payment of another 12,115.70 euros to meet monthly obligations derived from three mortgage loans664,600.53, 60,253.12 and 35,500 euros are owed.
It has also indicated that, although “it is not appropriate to frame them, nor their taxation, as self-employed under the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA), and each one must personally regularize their situation before the Social Security”, continues to pay the Social Security of seven ex-religious women1,895.71 in October.
A deficit of 13,642 euros
About expenses that are not covered with the income generated by the community itself, has indicated, that last October amounted to 5,179 euros. derived from the pensions of the older ones, who are not excommunicated, and from other concepts such as the rent of a property in the monastery of Derio (3,060 euros in October).
In total, about 8,239.44 euros of monthly income, which represents a average monthly deficit of 13,642 euros6,000 euros that was in the accounts when the pontifical commissary took over, so it has been necessary to count on a contribution from the Federation of Poor Clares of Our Lady of Aránzazu.
The Archbishopric has also affirmed that it is aware of the sale of liturgical vestments through the Wallapop and Todocolección portals.The amount was paid into an account belonging to a close relative of an ex-religious, and that the ex-abbess has signed a contract for the lease of premises in Derio. And of the existence of at least three accountsin addition to the ten that it manages, in the name of individuals that have been used for economic activities related to the monastery.
Non-payments, seizures and garnishments
The information from the Archbishopric responds to a communiqué from the ex-religious, sent by their press officer, in which they have indicated that this “pays only some expenses, while leaving many others unattended.“This has led to the accumulation of notices of non-payments, garnishments and seizures, some of which have been provided as evidence.
They are unpaid invoices from suppliers, Internet expenses, telephone, insurance policies, etc. The monasteries’ insurance policies, courier service, maintenance of the bakery’s machinery, tax and labor consultancy, insurance and car leasing, which have forced the nuns to reduce and almost stop their industrial activity. “The situation created is one of economic asphyxia, it prevents the monastic community from fulfilling its obligations to third parties, causing unnecessary suffering“They have assured that “they will look for solutions aimed at economic sustainability”.
Specifically, they have spoken of “a set of actions that will position them as. nuns adapted to the new times. The debate on the schism will be internationalized with the help of the international press, raising the debate to a global level due to the interest that this topic has aroused in different countries,” the communiqué states.
A caregiver for the elderly
In its communiqué, the Archbishopric reported that. they have hired a person to care for the elderly sisters.The person responsible for their care is on sick leave, but when she went to the Monastery of Belorado on Tuesday, she was prevented from entering. “The care of the elderly sisters continues to be the absolute priority of the Pontifical Commissioner and the Management Commission,” he said, and noted that on September 19 the Prosecutor’s Office was urged to adopt the appropriate protective measures for them, without knowing at what stage the process is at.
The former nuns have confirmed through their press officer that they are 13 remaining in the convent and that, in spite of what was indicated some days ago, none of the older ones has left. However, some less have pointed out these days that one of the excommunicated ones, the second one after the one that left in summer, has left.
They also have the protection of the false bishop Rodrigo da Silvaof the sedevacantist community of St. Joseph of Brazil, who is in the external cloistered quarters and is considered a “fully authorized” person, and whose images in the convent have been disseminated in social networks in recent hours.
Faced with this situation, the Archbishopric has recalled that these people, lack legal title and authorization to stay in their dependencies, and reiterate their willingness to collaborate so that the community excommunicated in June returns “to the bosom of the Catholic Church”.