Northern Irish nun killed in Ecuador earthquake takes step towards sainthood Beatification ceremony for Clare Crockett, former party girl from Derry, draws more than 100 people to Madrid.
A ceremony on Sunday afternoon started the process of beatification for Clare Crockett, who died in the Portoviejo, Ecuador during an earthquake in April 2016.
Her sister, Shauna Gill, told the PA news agency that the group who had travelled to Spain included friends, family, priests and the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown.
A nun from Northern Ireland who was killed in an earthquake while she was teaching music in Ecuador has taken a step closer to sainthood.
“There’s people we’ve never met before here too so it’s a great experience,” she said, adding that the ceremony will see her sister declared as a “servant of God”.
