Relatives say the priest was being threatened and allege foul play read more

Father Kuriakose Kattuthara had claimed that there were attempts by the church to hush up the sexual assault complaint of the nun against bishop Mulakkal of Jalandhar diocese. read more

Franco Mulakkal smiled as followers showered rose petals on him. Till a few weeks ago, he held charge as the bishop of the Jalandhar diocese. read more

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. read more

The magistrate’s court in Pala in Kottayam district remanded the bishop to judicial custody till October 20. read more

The Kerala high court on Wednesday rejected the bail application submitted by Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of raping a nun on multiple occasions. read more

Bishop Mulakkal was arrested on September 21 after three days of questioning and on September 24, he was sent to two weeks of judicial custody by judge M Lekshmi of Pala Judicial Magisterial Court. read more

The complainant said bishop Franco Mulakkal’s brothers have filed fake complaints against her, while one relative threatened her son and brother and another took a photo of her protesting and later threatened her. read more

Franco Mullakal was arrested last week by the police after questioning him for three days. read more

Despite being told not to take out the march, the actor and the others flouted rules and did so, police said. read more

The former bishop will be produced at a court in Pala on Monday after his two-day police custody period will end. read more

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. read more

A court in Kerala on Saturday remanded former Bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mullakal, who was arrested by the Kerala police on charges of raping a nun, to two days police custody. read more

The 54-year-old clergyman would be produced in a magistrate court in Pala later in the day. read more

Rape accused Franco Mulakkal was arrested by Kerala Police today. The police arrested Franco Mulakkal after interrogating him from last three days regarding the crime. In June, a nun in Kerala had alleged that the Jalandhar-based bishop had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016 during his visits to the southern state. The bishop has denied the charges claiming that “anti-church” forces were bent upon bringing a bad name to the institution. He alleged that the nun was involved in an “illicit relationship” with her relative and he had ordered action against her. The bishop arrived in Kochi for questioning by the Kerala police on Wednesday. He had handed over the administration of the diocese to another priest before heading for Kerala. (HT Correspondent)read more