Brazilian nun Aline Pereira Ghammachi, 41, born in Macapá (AP), was removed from the position of Madre-Abadessa of the monastery San Giacomo di Veglia, in Italy. Ghammachi says he heard from church members who were “Too beautiful to be a nun” .
The departure occurred on April 21, 2025, the date of the death of the P APA FRANCISCO after an anonymous report of abuse and deviation of resources . The complaint was sent to P ap to Francis in 2023. Ghammachi denies the accusations and states that the monastery’s accounts were audited and approved by the Church.
THE nun appealed the decision with the Supreme Court of Apostolic Signature the highest cut in Catholic Church . She claims that she had the accounts of the last five years of her management and that they were accepted by the church audit.
Aline Ghammachi expressed her desire to be a nun since she was 15. After completing a degree in Business Administration in Macapá, in 2025, he moved to Italy to join the convent. In 2018, at the age of 34, it became the Madre-Abadessa Younger in Italy.
Under Ghammachi’s leadership, the monastery began to assist women victims of violence, autistic people and implemented a community garden. After his departure, two postulants left the monastery and five nuns filed a complaint against the new Mother Commissioner.
Controversy
Ghammachi reports that the new 81-year-old Mother Mother Commissioner tried to “make a brain washing” in nuns, encouraging them to accept suffering and injustice.
The Brazilian nun claims to have not had access to reports of the complaint and are unaware of the specific accusations. She questions the conduct of the process, which occurred during the Easter period and after the Pope’s death.
THE nun He also mentioned comments about his physical appearance, stating that he heard from church members that it was “too beautiful to be a nun.” She points out that beauty should not be a determining factor for the religious vocation.
“Too beautiful to be a nun”
During her dedicated life to the Catholic Church, Aline said she has already experienced moments of embarrassment, which could actually be considered harassment disguised as “recreational”, including representatives of the religious vocation.
For Abbess, beauty should not be placed as a fundamental point of the religious vocation. In the view of the religious, she believes that this was often used as a form of “chakota”.
It was said on several occasions, like jokes .. is very beautiful to be nun, very beautiful, very young, beautiful to be abbess…
Sister Aline
Testimony
A witness present on the day of the departure reported that the commission arrived at the monastery on Easter Monday, April 21, read the decree and deposed to Mother Abadessa Aline .
The witness states that no explanations were given for the removal and that silence was imposed on the nuns present. She questions the absence of measures against the authors of the anonymous letter.
THE CNN Try to contact the Vatican for a position on the case, but has not been returned so far. The space is still open.
This content was originally published in too beautiful to be a nun: understand the case of Brazilian away from Italy on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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