NEWS
Australian nun detained
SISTER Patricia ‘Pat’ Fox,
an Australian nun, was
suddenly detained on
Monday, April 16, 2018
by Philippine Bureau
of Immigration officers
in Manila and told she
would be deported the
next day.
By PETER MURPHY
Migrante Australia
But following robust protests in
Australia and the Philippines, she was
released the next day.
Sister Pat is head of the Sisters of Our
Lady of Sion in the Philippines and has
worked in the country since 1991.
Immigration withheld her passport
while being further investigated for
alleged illegal political activity.
Sister Pat denied party-political activity
but declared that it was her dut