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Katy Perry caught up in Hollywood convent sale squabble
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 1 July 2015
While Justin Bieber has been busy praising the Lord this week, Katy Perry has been busy angering the Almighty. Or possibly not. It all depends on whether God prefers some random nuns or the Catholic church establishment. Perry is in with the latter. So I’m not sure it’s looking good for her.
This all comes down to that common theological issue: real estate. The Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary are currently in dispute with the Los Angeles Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church over who owns an old hilltop convent that overlooks Hollywood. The property is up for sale, but both the sisters and the archdiocese reckon that they have the rights to sell it.
And in case you were wondering, this is pop news because of reports the archdiocese has agreed to sell the convent to Perry, while the sisters have already sold it to a local restaurateur called Dana Hollister. And this has all come to light because the archdiocese is now taking legal action to stop Hollister from moving into the property on the basis the sisters who sold it to her were not authorised to do so.
I know what you’re thinking, what would Jesus do, right? And I think we all know. He’d sell it to the pop star. Just ask Bieber, Jesus loves pop stars.
