Consecrated virgins: 'I got married to Christ'

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Consecrated virgins: 'I got married to Christ'

Ms Hayes, 41, is a consecrated virgin - a vocation taken by women within the Catholic Church who wish to give themselves as brides to God.

There are at least 4,000 consecrated virgins in the world, according to a 2015 survey, and the Vatican says there has been an upsurge of vocations "in very diverse geographic areas and cultural contexts".
Unlike nuns, consecrated virgins do not live in enclosed communities or wear special clothes; they lead a secular life, have jobs and support themselves.
There is no such male equivalent in the Catholic Church.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45968315



I think it's very strange, comments anyone?

I don't consider them to be much different from nuns. There are presently many orders of nuns who do not wear habits anymore. Like many nuns, quite a few of these "brides of Christ" are probably mean-tempered, sexually frustrated old hags.