Five charged with murder over nun’s ‘exorcism death’

A ROMANIAN monk and four nuns have been charged with murder after a nun died during an exorcism ritual in which she was apparently crucified in a case which has sparked outrage and angry scenes in Romania in the last week.

Daniel Petre Corogeanu and four nuns were charged with depriving a person of liberty and aggravated murder after testifying for 11 hours to prosecutors. They were later detained by police, said prosecutor Ovidiu Berinde.

Maricica Irina Cornici, a 23-year-old nun died last week in the Holy Trinity convent just outside the village of Tanacu in a remote region in north-east Romania after she was allegedly bound to a cross, left in a cold room, had a towel stuffed into her mouth and deprived of food for three days.