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) is a former nun who, in 2000, left the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Roman Catholic religious order, after 35 years, claiming that the Vatican had been pressuring her to abandon support for women priests.