Church Scandal
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Kerala rape case: Facing contradictory orders, protesting nuns refuse to leave the convent
Catholic priests say order of apostolic administrator assuring the nuns that they won’t be forced to leave Kerala convent overrules any other directive.
TA Ameerudheen
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Caught in a sexual abuse storm, Catholic Church in India must set up gender justice tribunal
The victims must be counselled and their forgiveness sought. The law of the land is sufficient for the guilty.
John Dayal
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Kerala: Church to revoke action against nun penalised for protesting against rape-accused bishop
On Sunday, Lucy Kalapura was instructed not to participate in church activities. But on Monday, members of her parish demanded that she be brought back.
TA Ameerudheen
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Kerala: After Bishop Mulakkal’s arrest in rape case, protesting nun asks if Church will speak up now
The collective behind the sit-in protest in Kochi has called off its agitation but has promised to continue the fight legally.
TA Ameerudheen
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‘It’s vote-bank politics’: As support for protesting Kerala nuns grows, politicians keep away
Leaders of the two major parties in the state – the CPI(M) and Congress – have been conspicuous by their absence.
TA Ameerudheen
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Kerala Police summon Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping nun, on September 19
The protest by a group of five nuns in Kochi calling for Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s arrest entered the fifth day on Wednesday.
Scroll Staff
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‘We have lost faith in the Vatican’: Kerala nuns vow to protest till rape accused bishop is arrested
The nuns say they were forced to launch their protest last week after both the church elders and the police failed to act against Bishop Franco Mulakkal.
TA Ameerudheen
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Kerala nun’s rape charge: Church has guidelines on sexual abuse but most Catholics don’t know this
The Church’s ‘sexual harassment at the workplace’ guidelines issued in September have led to calls for more clarity, awareness.
TA Ameerudheen
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A church sex-harassment scandal prompts calls for severance pay for ex-priests and nuns
The Syro Malabar Church in Kerala gave Rs 12 lakh to a former nun as settlement to ‘build a new life’. The nun had accused a priest of trying to sexually abuse her.
TK Devasia
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