Claiming there's a government conspiracy or that some people are actors who are pretending they lost children is vastly different from seeking out suicidal people, convincing them to enter into a phony suicide pact, and then giving them step-by-step instructions on how to kill themselves.

Saying something that's false, or that people don't like, or that people don't want to hear is protected speech. Walking someone through committing suicide is not the same.

They're not even remotely connected. Not even a little bit.

I knew a guy who used to be a monk. He had to take a vow of silence but every five years he could speak to the bishop. After the first five years he said, "The bed is hard." Five years later he said, "The food is cold."

On his fifteenth anniversary he said, "I quit."

The bishop said, "That's not surprising, you'd done nothing but complain since you got here."

Maybe for that particular order, but for Catholic nuns in general it's about five years. My daughter goes to Catholic school and two of the nuns are in their early twenties.

I'm involved in my Church and as far as I know there's no actual cut off for Catholic nuns. The Church doesn't want it to become a retirement program, but as long as you're able to be useful they'll evaluate your application.

Nuns often work in Catholic schools as teachers or administration, or in the parish community programs. They want people who are competent and active, but there's no hard age limit. There's an active outreach for younger nuns, but age is not an automatic disqualification.