Rebel nuns who fled care home and broke into convent can stay — if they give up social media

Catholic authorities in Austria say three nuns in their 80s who broke out of care home can remain in their Salzburg convent 

The three nuns and former teachers — Sisters Regina, 86, Bernadette, 88, and Rita, 81 — have broke back into their old home of Goldenstein Castle in Elsbethen, Austria, in September in defiance of their spiritual superiors. Picture: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty

Three octogenarian nuns who gained a global following after breaking out of their care home and moving back to their abandoned convent near Salzburg in Austria have been given leave to stay in the convent “until further notice” — on condition they stay off social media, Church officials have said.

The rebel sisters — Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 82, all former teachers at the school adjacent to their convent — broke back into their old home of Goldenstein Castle in Elsbethen, Austria, in September in defiance of their spiritual superiors.