Australian nun Patricia Fox given 30 days to leave the Philippines for joining in political protests
The government said she had engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa, but she will be allowed to return as a tourist
The Philippines has revoked the visa of an Australian Catholic nun and ordered her out of the country in 30 days, an immigration official said on Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte complained about her participation in protest rallies.
Patricia Anne Fox, a 71 year-old superior of the Notre Dame de Sion in the Philippines, a congregation of Catholic nuns, was detained for a day last week after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered her investigation for “disorderly conduct”.
Immigration bureau head Jaime Morente issued an order telling Fox she had to leave the Philippines after “she was found to have engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa”.
Fox, who has been in the country for more than 27 years, has 30 days to leave.
Her renewable missionary visa, which was due to expire in September, was cancelled on Monday, but an immigration spokeswoman said she could still return to the mainly Catholic Southeast Asian country as a tourist, not as a missionary.