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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media

Sisters Bernadette, left, Regina, middle, and Rita, right
Sisters Bernadette, left, Regina, middle, and Rita gained a global following after moving back into Goldenstein Castle in September. Photograph: Helena Lea Manhartsberger/Panos/The Guardian

Three octogenarian nuns who gained a global following after breaking out of their care home and moving back to their abandoned convent near Salzburg have been given leave to stay in the nunnery “until further notice” – on condition they stay off social media, church officials have said.

The rebel sisters – Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 82, all former teachers at the school adjacent to their convent – broke back into their old home of Goldenstein Castle in Elsbethen in September in defiance of their spiritual superiors.

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