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January 31, 2019

India's Supreme Court rejects bail for nun held seven months, not charged

Indian police stand outside the premises of the Missionaries of Charity home in Ranchi, where Sister Concilia was arrested July 5, 2018, on suspicion of child trafficking. On Jan. 29 the Indian Supreme Court rejected bail for the nun, who has not yet been charged.
NEW DELHI – India's Supreme Court rejected bail for a Missionaries of Charity nun arrested nearly seven months ago on suspicion of child trafficking.
Published in International
July 19, 2018

India orders checks of all child care homes run by Missionaries of Charity

Sister Mary Prema Pierick, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, pictured in a 2016 photo.
BHOPAL, India – A federal ministry in India has ordered inspections of all child care homes run by the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by Mother Teresa, after a lay employee reportedly confessed to selling babies for adoption, reported ucanews.com.
Published in International
July 17, 2018

India's Sr. Prema condemns trafficking, says missionary nuns not involved

An unidentified Indian woman, allegedly an employee at a home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, is seen in police custody after she was arrested in Jharkhand, India, July 5. Anima Indwar, who worked for the nuns in Jharkhand, was handed over to police in early July after she admitted that procedures had not been followed in transferring children to Jharkhand state's Child Welfare Committee.
NEW DELHI – Facing child trafficking allegations at one of its homes for unmarried mothers in India, the Missionaries of Charity said the order condemns the actions of individuals involved and stressed that these are unrelated to the order.
Published in International
July 13, 2018

Indian officials seek to freeze bank accounts of Missionaries of Charity after child trafficking charges

A member of the Missionaries of Charity tends to a patient in 2016 in Kolkata, India. Indian officials are seeking to freeze bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity following the July 5 arrest of a nun on child trafficking charges.
BHOPAL, India – Indian officials are seeking to freeze bank accounts of the Missionaries of Charity following the arrest of a nun on child trafficking charges in Jharkhand state.
Published in International
April 4, 2017

More must be done to combat child trafficking, Vatican official says

Canadian Jesuit Father Michael Czerny told a conference that more must to be done to combat child trafficking.

VATICAN CITY – Children continue to fall victim to trafficking, while those who enslave and exploit them continue to avoid prosecution, a Vatican official said.

Published in Vatican