We've heard so much from outside
these gates about the feud
between a diocese and the nuns f
an Arlington Carmelite monaster.
It's time we hear from three pee
who claim to know what happens inside.
A source close to diocese leadep
encouraged them to talk with us,
both of you coming here on your own volition.
I am, yes, they have asked.
We protect their identity because they
fear retaliation from the monas.
We have verified.
All three have spent some time
on the heavily wooded and highly
isolated 70 acre property,
either by volunteer or under contract.
They want to be
fasting and praying for
the sake of the world.
This is, this is their vocation.
It's what God called them to do.
And they answered.
Bishop Olson of the Catholic Die
of Fort Worth suspended Mother
Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach,
alleging she broke a vow of chay
with a priest from another dioc.
Her attorneys say that's not tre
and provided this photo of her.
The priest has not been named publicly.
His Bishop has been notified.
Bishop Olson says the priest is
not cooperating with the canonil
investigation on advice of a Canon lawyer.
I mean, that was the last thingn
the world. I would have expected here.
They say they know nothing about
the allegation of breaking that.
They say they're here for the Mr
Superior. We're here because we
need her to get help.
She's very, very, very fragile,
very fragile, they say.
Mother Agnes Gerlach has been
dealing with health issues for years.
Her attorneys tell us she uses a
feeding tube and is hooked up to an IV.
These inside sources tell us the
worried she's abusing prescribed
drugs and is using marijuana.
Which is illegal in Texas.
Absolutely not. No, absolutely .
For him to throw this out here and make
this allegation is to try to pit
away from the attention he's getting.
The diocese released these two pictures
that they claim appears to show
marijuana and other cannabis products.
That's inside the cloister.
I think that's what they call i,
the craft room.
We asked how they know a cloistr
in the monastery we understand o
be a place with very rare acces.
I took the picture
2 pictures, one taken in
February, another in June.
Attorneys for the nuns believe e
pictures could easily have been
staged. Arlington police tells
us it's looking into the matter.
We have knowledge that she has traveled
out of state to get illegal drugs and
brought them back. To the monst,
they say Mother Superior,
with the help of a layperson,
has driven to Colorado multiple
times where marijuana is legal.
Show me the proof. You throw
out whatever story you want to.
You can make whatever allegatiou
want to just show me the proof. These
inside sources say they have no
doubt the cannabis was used to
help an ailing Mother Teresa.
Agnes Gerlac. I don't want to se
anything bad out the door, but.
This is really sad to see this.l
three tell us they have not
seen the Mother Superior use
marijuana and they don't know wt
prescribed painkillers she take.
But they say they've seen
her under the influence.
If the good Bishop has gotten to some
people who work in the monastery
who are not nuns to to get themo
say whatever he wanted them to .
You know we can't help that.
WFAA has asked to speak with
Mother Gerlach about all of thi,
but her civil attorneys said no.
These sources on the inside tell
us Bishop Olson has come to
the monastery before and asked
the Mother Superior to step
down because of her health.
The Mother Superior's attorney
says she suffers from a
gastrointestinal illness. I've
struggled with this issue
with mother for some time.
We're saying this situation is
wrong and she needs medical hel.
And the other sisters need to be protected.
Civil, criminal, and canonical
trials are all possible.
And by us speaking, we're puttia
lot on the line, Both of us. A .
But no one has more on the linen
the person at the center of it ,
Mother Superior Agnes Gerlach in DFW.
I'm Joven Punneker.