> A 46-year-old Catholic man in Belgium who identifies as female is pushing to gain entrance to a convent as a nun where he hopes to live the remainder of his life as a religious sister.
> “Eefje” Spreuters told Radio 2 Antwerp, as reported by VRT.be, that “everywhere I register, the sisters are enthusiastic. But it is not allowed by the rules,” he says, for a man who believes himself to be female to enter the convent.
Eefje Spreuters uit Nijlen is een trans vrouw die graag als non in wil intreden, maar dat mag niet volgens de regels van de katholieke kerk, die haar als een man beschouwt:
Posted by VRT NWS on Thursday, April 8, 2021
> Despite this, the man, who has been dressing as a woman for over a year, has already begun identifying himself as a religious sister.
> “I call myself Sister Eefje,” said Spreuters.
> “I have always felt like a woman and I was raised very religiously, especially by my mother. All my life I want to go to the monastery. As a man I have had a tough life, now I want peace,” he added.
> Spreuters said that if Pope Francis will not grant his request, he is prepared to start an order for men who identify as women and want to identify as religious sisters.
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