NUNS TO CONTINUE STIR
KOCHI/KOTTAYAM: The group of nuns seeking action against a Bishop accused of rape by one of their fellow sisters said Thursday that they would continue their six day old protest till justice was done.
They said their agitation was not against the Church or its rules, but a cry, seeking justice for their victimised fellow nun.
The nuns said they would not have come out in the open had the Church authorities delivered justice.
Meanwhile, the Kerala High Court Thursday expressed satisfaction over the police investigation in the case.
The court stated this while considering three separate petitions, alleging that the police probe against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar diocese was ‘ineffective’.
It asked them to have some patience as shown by the nun and said the petitions would be considered after the Bishop was interrogated by the Special
Kerala High Court expresses satisfaction over police probe
Investigation Team probing the case on September 19.
The Kerala Catholic Bishop Council (KCBC) had Wednesday slammed the nuns’ protest, saying that it has “crossed all limits”.
“We are not against the Church. We are not against the Church rules. We still accept the sacraments and we are not against it. We will continue our protest till we get justice,” a nun told reporters in Kochi.
The KCBC had in a statement on Wednesday slammed the nuns’ protest, saying that it has “crossed all limits”.
It also noted that both the complainant nun and accused Bishop were members of Catholic family and the church shared their “wounds and agony”. The nun recently sought urgent intervention of the Vatican for justice and demanded the Bishop’s removal as the head of the Jalandhar diocese, questioning why the church was “closing its eyes to the truth” when she mustered courage to make public her sufferings.
In a scathing letter to the Vatican that was made available to the media Tuesday, the nun also asked will the Church be able to give back what she has lost. She alleged that Bishop Franco Mulakkal was using “political and money power” to bury the case against him.