In June last year, the survivor, then 43, complained to the police that Mulakkal raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. read more

Sister Lucy Kalapura, who supported the protest for the arrest of Jalandhar bishop Franco Mullakkal on sexual assault allegations, has been asked to leave the vocation immediately by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) or be defrocked. read more

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. read more

In a strong tone, the letter to Sister Neena Rose Edathil asks her “to present your defence for abdicating basic tenets of religious life and resorting to activities which amount to sheer violation of their congregational rules.” read more

They also mentioned the isolation and stepmotherly attitude they face at the convent. “Covent authorities are not providing minimum requirements for our sustenance, including treatment. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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. read more

Father Kuriakose was a key witness in the Kerala nun rape case; he testified against the accused Franco Mulakkal. read more

Father Kuriakose Kattuthara was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his room on the Catholic Church premises in Dasuya. His family and supporters of the nun had said they suspected foul play. read more

Kuriakose Kattuthara, a priest who had also testified against Mulakkal, had been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Dasuya near Jalandhar in northern Punjab three days ago. read more

Kuriakose’s brother Jose Kurian, cousin John Thomas and nephew Jojo Thomas had reached Dasuya to lodge formal complaint casting aspersions on the ‘natural death’ theory. read more

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The brother of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, who was found dead in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Monday, has lodged a police complaint alleging the priest was being harassed by former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal and his supporters. read more