The search for Sister Elizabeth: Fears grow over missing nun
POLICE have launched a search for a nun after it emerged she had been missing for three days.
Elizabeth Ngozi Nzekwe was reported missing from the Benedictine Monastery in Largs, Ayrshire, on Monday.
The 39-year-old was last seen at around 10.35am in the Main Street area of the town.
She is black, 5ft 5in, of slender build and was wearing a nun’s habit consisting of a long black coat/cloak and white headdress.
She may also have been wearing a white face mask.
Sergeant Lana Grant from Largs police station said: ‘Elizabeth’s disappearance is out of character.
‘We have been carrying out inquiries and we are asking for the public’s help to try and trace her.
‘It’s thought she may have travelled to Glasgow or London.
‘If anyone has seen Elizabeth or a woman matching her description, please contact us.’
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 and quote incident number 2279 of May 17. Last year, the Benedictine Monastery, near Largs seafront, said it was in ‘dire need’ of financial support as it looked to carry out urgent repairs to protect the fabric of the building.
At the time, a total of £186,000 was said to be required to fix the roof and carry out necessary improvements at the historic building in the town’s Mackerston Place.
As well as hosting a tearoom, the monastery has a guest house in which people can stay for donations.
The building was formerly the Mackerston Hotel but became a monastery when the Benedictine nuns decided to relocate from Dumfriesshire to the Ayrshire coast.
The nuns are part of a religious order following Saint Benedict.