A nun embroiled in a property dispute with singer Katy Perry collapsed and died during a court hearing on Friday, US media report.<\/p>\n
Sister Catherine Rose Holzman was 89.<\/p>\n
She was one of two nuns locked in a legal battle with Perry and the Los Angeles Archdiocese over a former convent in the city.<\/p>\n
Perry agreed to buy the property for $14.5m (\u00a310.4m) in 2015, but the deal turned sour when the former residents objected.<\/p>\n
Sister Catherine Rose and Sister Rita Callanan said they were uncomfortable handing the convent and its eight surrounding acres over to the star, whose sometimes provocative hits include I Kissed A Girl and Ur So Gay.<\/p>\n
Perry reportedly visited the nuns to win them over, and is said to have shown them her tattoo of Jesus and sung a hymn for them. But the pair remained unconvinced.<\/p>\n
“I found her videos,” Sister Rita Callanan told the Los Angeles Times.<\/a>\u00a0“I wasn’t happy with any of it.”<\/p>\n The nuns instead sold the residence to local restaurant owner Dana Hollister, without the approval of their Archdiocese.<\/p>\n Perry and the Catholic Church were awarded almost $10m in damages in 2017<\/a>, when their lawyers successfully argued that the sisters had no right to sell the property.<\/p>\n The nuns had failed to get the consent of Archbishop Jose Gomez and the Vatican, which must approve the sale of any property worth over $7.5m, the advocates said.<\/p>\n A jury then concluded that the restaurateur had deliberately interfered with Perry’s planned purchase.<\/p>\n The post-judgement proceedings have been put on hold following the nun’s death.<\/p>\n In a statement on Friday, Archbishop Gomez said: “Sister Catherine Rose served the Church with dedication and love for many years, and today we remember her life with gratitude.”<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n