Nasty habits…
Wow - are they ever strict in the Phillipines. The priests and nuns are not allowed to gamble - a priest was even defrocked because he was caught in a casino gambling. Recently three nuns were caught at the slot machines and they may be headed for trouble. (At least they were in habits.)
Manila - Conservative Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines were not amused when three nuns were photographed playing slot machines and blackjack at a gaming fair in Manila.
The church, which frowns on all forms of gambling, launched an inquiry and says the nuns could face sanctions from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines if found to have sinned.
Archbishop Oscar Cruz told local radio Tuesday that he has ordered an investigation and will take “steps on the sisters’ actions.”
Cruz said the church “strictly prohibits men of the cloth… including nuns … from gambling.”
Cruz said the church recently defrocked a parish priest who was caught gambling in a provincial casino. - Gambling Nuns
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If such a crackdown occurred in this Archdiocese, not a few of the priests who are my age would be defrocked…they could all be rounded up at the horse races on their days off. (However, if the Asians in this country are any indication, gambling must be a big problem in the Phillipines and Southeast Asia.)
