The nun and the monk who fell in love and married - Published Twenty-four years after becoming a nun, it was a brief touch of the sleeve of a monk in the parlour of the convent in Preston, Lancashire, that changed everything for Sister Mary Elizabeth.Over the years, Sister Mary Elizabeth felt her vocabulary diminish as she had little more to talk about with the other nuns - who were all decades older than her - except the weather and the nature in the garden.But, that day in the convent parlour, it all changed with the touch of a sleeve and a message asking if she would walk away from monastic life and get married.Sister Mary Elizabeth eventually plucked up the courage to say to her prioress that she thought she had feelings for Robert, but the response she got was disbelief.Lisa and Robert's story is explored further in the first episode of a new series of Beyond Belief at 16:30 GMT on BBC Radio 4 on Monday 2 January - afterwards it will be available on BBC Sounds "The prioress was little bit snappy with me, so I put my pants and a toothbrush in"