>>The “nun” broke her vows.>>
No, she didn’t. The article states that:
“...as she took her vows and became a nun in the order last September.”
That means that she was almost five months pregnant when she joined the order. And that no doubt means that she was less than honest with the Sister Superior when she joined the order.
I do not know the requirements for every order of nuns on earth. Perhaps if she had truly repented for sex outside marriage, and did not know at that early date in the pregnancy that she was “with child,” her particular order might have accepted her. But, if she had missed periods as pregnant women usually do, then she should NOT have applied for acceptance to the religious order.
But once her vows were made, there’s no reason to say that she broke them.
//“...as she took her vows and became a nun in the order last September.”//
Was she a novitiate then when she got pregnant? Or did she become a novitiate in September. It does make a difference in most if not all orders.
//But, if she had missed periods as pregnant women usually do, then she should NOT have applied for acceptance to the religious order.//
Some women have irregular periods. I have a good friend who hadn’t had a period for almost a year and got pregnant and she didn’t realize it until she started gaining weight.
From the limited visibility in the picture provided, it looks like she might have been overweight already. If so she likely had PCOS or other hormonal disruption. It doesn’t completely rule out pregnancy happening but it does rule out the ‘she had to have known because of her missed periods’. I have a friend with PCOS who literally has only 1 or 2 periods per year. She also has central abdominal obesity. So it’t not like she would really noticed an ‘addition’ of 15 or 20lbs to her midsection. She fluctuates that much weight wise all the time.
If nuns refuse to admit women who’ve had sex prior to joining there won’t be very many nuns going forward. Maybe the orders should make the applicants tinkle on a stick to make sure they’re not pg already.