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An ugly public dispute between Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and the Carmelite nuns of Arlington has escalated, with the bishop ordered that the monastery must be closed to the public, and the nuns refusing to accept his authority.

Bishop Michael Olson gave the order after the nuns publicly rejected his authority in a statement on their website.

Rev. Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach, 43, was booted from the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Bishop Michael Olson’s ongoing feud with Arlington nuns is simply embarrassing to this letter writer.

Five days after Discalced Carmelites in Arlington, TX, stated that “we no longer recognize the authority of, and can have no further relations with, the current Bishop of Fort Worth or his officials,” the nuns’ attorney clarified that the nuns “are not separating from the Catholic Church.

In an Aug. 18 statement on their website, the nuns said that Bishop Olson has subjected them to “unprecedented interference, intimidation, aggression, private...

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Diocese of Fort Worth; Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns Washington, D.C...

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth (TX), granted extraordinary powers by the Vatican over the local Discalced Carmelites, dismissed the superior, Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, from religious life on June 1; she appealed the decision to the Vatican.

A Texas bishop threatened to excommunicate a group of nuns. They banned him from their monastery after he accused a disabled nun of breaking her chastity vow with a priest.

Tensions rise between Carmelite nuns and Fort Worth Bishop Michael F. Olson over the nuns' acceptance of Olson's authority.