Two nuns submitted virginity tests to a court to prove the innocence of their Religious leader

 

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Two spanish nuns Marta Paz and Ivana L. have presented evidence of their virginity to a court in the Galician town of Tui after their leader, Feliciano Miguel Rosendo, was arrested and held without bail for sex abuse in December 2014.

Rosendo lead the Mandate and Order of Saint Michael Archangel, whose choir sang for Pope Benedict when he visited Madrid in 2011. He changed the name of the sect after he was expelled from the Roman Catholic diocese of Tui for inappropriate behaviour.

400 followers left after Rosendo was expelled from Tui, but a group of supporters claim his innocence to this day. Among her followers are Marta Paz, his right hand woman, and Ivana L. These two women submitted virginity tests carried out by three experts in an attempt to prove that accusations by other nuns of Rosendo’s sexual abuse were false.

According to Spanish media reports, a woman who belonged to the sect said that Rosendo da Silva claimed that his semen contained the body of Christ, and this way he would purify her, one former nun, Sandra L, described how Marta Paz and the Ivana L would sleep with Rosendo. She also described how Rosendo forced Paz, Ivana and herself to take part in orgies. 

Another nun, María P. described how she was abused by Rosendo, even after her marriage. Marta and Ivana, provided the court with tests conducted by three experts which proved their virginity, according to Spanish daily El Mundo.

From the report carried out by experts from Madrid’s Official College of Physicians states that both Paz and Ivana have an intact hymen with no signs of having had sexual relations, recent or old, the report also ruled out they had sex with vaginal penetration and there has been no deflowering.

Rosendo’s lawyer, María Teresa Quintana-Drake, is using the tests as an evidence to prove that her client did not commit sexual abuse.