Former Louisiana nun starts dating during pandemic
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Updated: 12:07 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
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Updated: 12:07 PM CST Jan 22, 2021
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>> IT WAS THE HARDEST DECISION I EVER MADE, BUT VERY MUCH FELT RIGHT AND STILL FEELS RIGHT. >> A FORMER NUN HAS JUMPED INTO THE DATING POOL IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. SHE TALKED TO OUR SULA KIM ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO FROM BEING A NUN TO FINDING LOVE IN A COVID WORLD. IT IS A STORY YOU WILL ONLY SEE RIGHT HERE O WDSU. >> WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL EMOTIONS. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ATTRACTIONS AND WE D AND FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT GOD WANTING ALL OF US TO LIVE IN TOTAL FREEDOM AND TOTAL LOVE. >> REPORTER: AFTER LIVING AS A CATHOLIC NUN FOR 12 YEARS 38-YEAR-OLD ALISON McCRARY STARTED TO FEEL THE NEED FOR A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP. >> SOMETHING NEEDED TO CHANGE,SO PERIOD OF GRACE AND HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS M FOR INTIMACY AND LOVE IN MY LIFE. >> REPORTER: SHE WENT ON AN EIGHT-DAY SILENT RETREAT WITH HER MENTOR PRAYING FOR AN ANSWER. >> I FELT LIKE GOD SAID GO, THAT WAS THE WORD, GO AND I WILL GO WITH YOU. >> REPORTER: SHE ASKED FOR DISPENDISPOSITION OF HER VOWS. SHE STARTED ON A DATING APP. >> DATING AROUND LOOKS LIKE SITTING IN FRONT OF A CELL PHONE DOING VIDEO CHATSES IN A RECLINER BY YOURSELF. >> REPORTER: BUT SHE HAD A FEW IN-PERSON DATES GOING FOR WALKS ON THE BEACH AND KAYAKING WITH MASKS ON. >> I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND A LOT OF FUN EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> REPORTER: WHILE MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING HER MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE, SHE HAS FAITH THAT DIVINE INTERVENTION WILL ALIGN HER ENCOUNTER WITH HER SOUL MAT