Nuns sue strip club near Chicago convent in the United States. Since the sisters have been disturbed by the alleged public violence, drunkenness, litter and loud noise beside their home, nuns sue strip club with the charge of violating zoning laws.
The convent where nuns sue strip club is the Sisters of St. Charles convent in Melrose Park, suburban Chicago. The $3 million strip club reportedly began operating last September in the village of Stone Park across the back fence of the convent.
Though the sisters' convent reportedly has three chapels in it, along with a home for retired sisters and a house for women thinking about becoming nuns, the nuns apparently could not hold peaceful worship in any of the three chapels. According to the Associated Press, the Sisters of St. Charles filed a lawsuit against their neighbour who owns the strip club as they complained that the club 'plays throbbing music' while they hold their daily prayers.
The club involved in the nuns sue strip club news is named Club Allure Chicago. Along with the club, the nuns have also included in the lawsuit the village of Stone Park in Illinois where the Club Allure is located. The lawsuit was filed by the nuns on Friday in the Cook County Circuit Court.
According to the Daily Mail, the nuns sue strip club as they claim the club to be violating zoning laws in Illinois. The AP reports that the zoning law requires a 1,000-foot buffer when the properties involved are an adult entertainment facility and a place of worship.
According to the lawsuit, the nuns sue strip club in Illinois as they have seen 'public violence, drunkenness and litter, including empty whiskey and beer bottles, discarded contraceptive packages and products and even used condoms.' The lawsuit of nuns sue strip club also cited 'pulsating and rhythmic staccato-beat noise and flashing neon and or strobe lights' in the club are disturbing them.
Reports say that the village of Melrose Park including three of its residents are joining in nuns sue strip club.
Neighbor Patricia Zito told WMAQ-TV, "We are violated. We have a new generation of young families who should not put up with this."
In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Sister Noemia Silva said, "Our sisters' sacred space has been invaded. At night now they hear the music when they're praying. That's uncalled for."
Attorney Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based public interest law firm which represents the convent said that it is only appropriate that the nuns sue strip club as they had the right to pray and work peacefully without interference.
In defence, Stone Park Village Attorney Dean Krone said the village has only acted legally and reasonably. Representatives of the club have also defended it against nuns sue strip club and explained the lawsuit aren't backed up by police. They also claimed that they aren't a nuisance to the village at all.
Club Allure manager Robert Itzkow even hinted at a bible verse and said that the nuns aren't "being very neighborly." He told WMAQ-TV, "We spent an awful lot of money to make sure that this kind of thing would not occur. The whole thing is just a question of 'we don't like you; you don't conform to our religious beliefs." Itzkow added that the dancers in the club 'aren't monsters. They're daughters; they're mothers, and some of them are Catholics too.'
The distress that the club is causing reportedly began way back 2009 when the venue was first denied acceptance by the Village Board members. Owners of the club sued the village hence the village decided to settle the situation by allowing the club to open.
Nuns sue strip club and a Club Allure representative has not yet commented on the matter. Despite the lawsuit, Stone Park attorney Dean Krone said on Tuesday that the Cook County limit is unconstitutional as it would forbid any strip club in the county, which would in turn violate free speech protections.
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