We've heard stories about Facebook usage affecting people's jobs before, but now the social network has gotten someone kicked out of a religious order.
The Telegraph reports that María Jesús Galán, a nun at the Santo Domingo el Real convent in Toledo, Spain, has been asked to "leave the convent after disagreements over her online activities." In other words: She's been glued to the computer just a bit too much.
Apparently the 54-year old has been nicknamed "Sister Internet" by her fellow nuns and made a habit of surfing the Internet after winning a well-publicized award:
In 2008, she won a local government prize for her painstaking work scanning the pages of precious texts held in the convent's library. The award made headlines and she soon had scores of friends worldwide connecting through her Facebook page.
Sister Maria's fellow nuns frowned upon her online activities and reportedly "made life impossible" for her. There are no details on exactly what that means, but in the end we do know that she was not-so-gently nudged out of the convent.
All that drama aside, you might be curious about what's next for this Internet loving nun. Well, she's apparently going to explore the real world now:
Sister Maria, who is now living at her mother's house, said she was ready to embark on a new chapter in her life. "I would like to visit London and New York," she posted on her page. "Such things were impossible to even dream when at the convent."
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Rosa Golijan writes about tech here and there. She's incredibly lucky to have employers who actually encourage her to use Twitter and Facebook.
