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Kerala HC rejects Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s discharge plea in nun rape case
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 07, 2020 07:32 PM IST
He had moved the HC after a trial court in Kottayam had dismissed his discharge plea in March.
Take action against ex-bishop under Canon laws, Kerala nuns tell church
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON FEB 22, 2020 07:44 PM IST
Five nuns and the victim are confined to a convent in Kottayam and leading a secluded life since they raised the complaint against Franco Mullakal. They were not allowed to participate in religious services and there were also attempts to transfer them to different locations to weaken the case.
‘I am being starved by the church’, says expelled Kerala nun
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2020 12:33 PM IST
The 52-year-old nun accused the authorities of locking food but she said she will remain at FCC’s convent even if she was starved to death.
‘Time Church should reform’: Kerala nun narrates sexual abuse in her book
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON DEC 02, 2019 04:07 PM IST
In the book ‘Karthavinte Namathil’ (In the Name of Christ), 52-year-old Sister Lucy has described alleged abuses and assaults in convents and seminaries under the church.
Kerala nun Mariam Thresia declared a saint by Pope Francis
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 14, 2019 07:08 AM IST
The nun from Kerala was canonised along with English Cardinal John Henry Newman, Swiss laywoman Marguerite Bays, Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes and Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini.
Kerala nun, who protested against Mullakkal, expelled
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2019 01:21 AM IST
Sister Lucy said the decision to expel her had been taken two months ago and she was forced to sign papers to the effect by the FCC on Wednesday.
Kerala nun who protested against rape-accused former bishop expelled
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Time, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2019 02:40 PM IST
The nun said she was issued four show-cause notices and that she replied to all and appeared before the superior general in person. She added she will remain a nun till her last.
Transfer of nuns agitating against bishop revoked
By HT Correspondent | Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON FEB 09, 2019 11:41 PM IST
An e-mail was sent to the five nuns, who are staying with the survivor nun, by apostolic administrator of Jalandhar diocese Bishop Angelo Gracias, one of the nuns said in Kottayam on Saturday.
‘They want to split us, isolate the victim’: Kerala nuns stand firm against rape-accused bishop
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2019 07:13 AM IST
Five nuns of the Missionaries of Jesus fell from the grace of their superiors after they supported a fellow nun when she levelled rape charges against former bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mullakkal. Leader of the five nuns, Sister Anupama, speaks to HT.
Kerala nuns who stood up against rape accused ex-bishop Franco face eviction
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2019 10:34 PM IST
A 43-year-old nun, also a mother superior, had lodged a police complaint in June last year that Mullakkal had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016.
Nun protests against rape-accused Bishop, gets notice for anti-religious life
By Press Trust of India | Kochi
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2019 03:31 PM IST
In its notice, Franciscan Clarist Congregation accused Sister Lucy Kalapura belonging to its St Mary’s province, Mananthavady, of leading a life, which was against the “principles of religious life” and the rule of congregation.
No funds for security of Kerala nun who accused Jalandhar bishop of rape, witnesses: Convent
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON NOV 23, 2018 09:57 PM IST
The letter from the Catholic Church order’s mother superior general on Wednesday came a week after the police suggested certain measures to tighten security at the convent in Kuravilangad (Kottayam) where the victim and others were staying.
Bishop accused of raping nun gets bail, ordered not to influence witnesses
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON OCT 15, 2018 05:16 PM IST
Former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal was arrested in Kochi on September 21 after three days of questioning by the Kerala police team probing the Kerala nun rape case.
Kerala Nun who protested against ex-bishop Franco Mulakkal says she was asked to stay away from religious rites
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2018 04:13 PM IST
Sister Lucy Kalappurkkal of Mananthvadi diocese (north Kerala) said she was instructed by the Mother Superior of the convent not to participate in any religious service of the diocese.
‘Was in a different state of mind,’ Actor Mohanlal apologises for snubbing journalist over Kerala nun case
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2018 10:00 AM IST
Actor Mohanlal was in Kochi as part of sending flood relief material to the affected regions under the banner of ‘ViswaSanthi Foundation’, an NGO named after his parents
Won’t step down until found guilty, says Jalandhar bishop accused of Kerala nun’s rape
By HT Correspondent | Jalandhar
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2018 09:49 PM IST
Meanwhile, the complainant nun has petitioned the Vatican representative in India alleging that the clergyman was using “political and money power” to bury the case and sought his removal from the post.
Kerala nun writes letter to Vatican, accuses church of silence on rape allegation against Bishop
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2018 04:24 PM IST
The nun has written a seven-page letter dated September 8 to the Apostolic Nunciature-- the representative of the Holy See in India--appealing for justice.
‘Self-inflicted injury marks, Kerala nun died due to drowning’: Post-mortem report
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Thiruvananthapuram,
UPDATED ON SEP 10, 2018 08:29 PM IST
The 55-year-old nun who was found dead inside the well of a convent in Kollam district of Kerala died due to drowning, the post-mortem report stated Monday.
Kerala nuns hit the streets, demand action against rape accused bishop
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2018 03:28 PM IST
A protester said the nuns were planning to move a petition in Kerala high court, demanding action against the Jalandhar bishop accused of sexual abuse.
Kerala nun alleges bishop raped her 13 times in two years, police register case
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JUL 01, 2018 10:27 AM IST
The bishop complained that the nun was blackmailing him and had earlier threatened to implicate him in a sexual harassment case.