Lavinia Byrne (born 1947 in Birmingham) is a former nun who in 2000 left the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Roman Catholic religious institute, after 35 years, saying that the Vatican had been bullying her to abandon support for women priests.
Lavinia Byrne (born 1947 in Birmingham), a former nun who spent 35 years at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, left the order in 2000 after being pressured by the Vatican to cease supporting women priests.