FORT WORTH, Texas — The priest identified in a recorded interview as the man with whom a nun from Arlington broke her chastity vow is from North Carolina and recently spent time in Montana contemplating his vocation, according to Catholic officials.
The interview where the priest was identified was with the Rev. Mother Teresa Gerlach of the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington. It was played Tuesday during a hearing in a lawsuit Gerlach filed against Bishop Michael Olson and the Fort Worth Catholic Diocese, alleging that Olson defamed her, took information from her personal devices and invaded her privacy.
In an audio recording played during the hearing, Gerlach reluctantly told Olson that the priest’s name is Bernard Marie.
