The Order of Discalced Carmelites has been in a battle with Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson, who ordered an investigation last year into Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach.

The disagreement surfaced in April 2023 after Olson accused their Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of breaking her chastity vows by having an online love affair with Father Philip Johnson, a ...

After a Catholic leader dismissed seven south Arlington nuns from their order, a foundation in support of the sisters is exploring potential legal action.

In June of last year, The Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach was found guilty of violating her vow of chastity with a priest from outside the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth.

After turning away the Vatican-appointed representative chosen to lead their monastery, the Arlington nuns announced on their website they had re-elected Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach as their superior.

The Carmelite nuns at a monastery in Arlington, TX, have called for Bishop Olson to apologize to them for the dismissal of their mother prioress last year.

Olson issued a decree of dismissal against Gerlach on June 1, 2023, after an investigation the diocese launched months earlier found the prioress of the Carmelite Monastery in Arlington, Texas ...

Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach won't resume top job at Carmelite facility, however Faithful gather in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Palm Sunday mass at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2024.

Bishop Michael Olson issued a decree on June 1, 2023, dismissing Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach from religious life following a nearly six-week-long investigation into the affair.

The Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, the nun in question, echoed that point in her attached affidavit: "If we were to lose control of the corporation and its assets it would allow the Defendants ...