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April 9, 2019

Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, India, is led away for questioning by police on the outskirts of Cochin Sept. 21, 2018. Indian police have charged Bishop Mulakkal of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported April 9, 2019.

NEW DELHI - Indian police charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported.

Published in International
March 5, 2019

Church leaders treat them as outcasts after going public, nuns in Indian rape case say

Missionaries of Jesus sisters pose for a photo Jan. 23, 2019, in Cochin, India. They prostested the alleged rape of their former superior by a bishop.
COCHIN, India – As the Vatican grapples to devise stronger protocols and responses following a historic summit focused on clergy sex abuse of minors, five nuns in India complain of church repression for their support of a former superior general who was allegedly raped by a bishop.
Published in International