Nun Battling Katy Perry Over Convent Sale Dies In Court

The nun involved in a legal battle over the purchase of a Los Angeles convent by Katy Perry collapsed and died in a court appearance Friday. Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was 89 years old, according to ABC 7. Her cause of death was not immediately clear.   Holzman was among the sisters fighting for the possibility of selling their former convent of Los Feliz to local businesswoman Dana Hollister - a desire in direct opposition to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' desire to sell the property to the superstar Katy Perry. The nuns, who have not lived on the property since 2011, sold the convent to Hollister in 2015. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles then sued her, claiming that the sisters did not have the authority to sell the convent. Perry spent more than $ 2 million on legal fees to fight the small group of elderly nuns, according to Curbed LA. The convent offers magnificent views of the San Gabriel Mountains and downtown Los Angeles. Hollister intended to turn the convent into a hotel, while Perry wanted to live there.

In 2016, a judge sided with the archdiocese and Perry and invalidated the sale to Hollister, clearing a path for Perry to buy the convent. In November of last year, a jury found that Hollister had intentionally interfered with the sale to Perry and a judge ordered her to pay millions to the archdiocese and the singer.

The nuns fear that because Perry’s $14.5 million offer was made to the archdiocese — without the nuns being involved — they would never receive any money from the sale, Billboard reported in 2015. They also have issues with the singer herself.

“Katy Perry represents everything we don’t believe in,” Holzman told Billboard. “It would be a sin to sell to her.”
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