Two French nuns in their 80s on the run from retirement plan

TWO French nuns in their 80s are on the run after refusing to accept an order by a superior to put them into a retirement home for sisters.

Two French nuns in their 80s on the run from retirement plan

The octogenarians had been teaching in a school in south-east France for about 30 years when they were told at the start of July they would be uprooted to almost 400km away and placed in an old people’s home.

A third nun, who had also planned to disobey an order for the first time in her life, is recovering in hospital after breaking her hip, Le Parisien reported.

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