For the first time in the history of the Catholic church in Kerala, a group of nuns defied their sacred vows to stage a public protest against their own church authorities and the police for trying to hush up the alleged rape of a nun by Bishop Franco Mulackal of Jalandhar. Here's the sequence of events.
05 May '14 Nun sexually abused in guest room 20 of St Francis Mission Home near
Kuravilangadu. The abuse, as per her complaint, continued till 23 Sep '16 on dates
the Bishop visited the mission home.
23 Jun '18 A complaint is filed against the brother of the survivor nun at Kuravilangadu police
station based on a petition by Jalandhar diocese PRO on behalf of the Bishop.
27 Jun '18 Nun files complaint with the police chief regarding the sexual abuse from 2014-'16.
28 Jun '18 Nun's statement recorded, case registered.
05 Jul '18 Judicial Magistrate of Changanasserry court records her statement under CrPC
Section 164.
10 Jul '18 Lookout circular application submitted to the district police chief to ensure bishop
does not flee abroad.
18 Jul '18 Cardinal Mar George Alencherry's statement recorded.
30 Jul '18 Police charge case against Fr James Erthayil, a CMI priest, for attempting to
influence the nuns who had given complaint against the bishop. In an audio clip, the
priest makes several promises to them to withdraw the complaint against Mulackal.
03 Aug '18 Cops reach Delhi. Record statement of prime witnesses.
13 Aug '18 The Bishop interrogated for over nine hours at bishop's house in Jalandhar.
27 Aug '18 The nun files plaint that her life is in danger.
03 Sep '18 Kottayam SP and K Subhash apprise IG Vijay Sakhare about probe progress in
Kochi.
04 Sep '18 Statement of the nun recorded again.
To make matters worse for the nun, motor mouth MLA PC George called the rape survivor a prostitute with this tasteless remark, "Is there any doubt that she is a prostitute? Twelve times she enjoyed it, the 13th time it became rape. Why didn't she complain the first time?" at a press meet in Kottayam. The guy should be condemned outright!
Is there a hesitation in taking the bishop into custody? Both the LDF and the UDF seem to be soft pedaling the issue because of the sizeable vote bank. Sad that no one wants to stand by the truth, the angst of the violated nun be damned!
Tailpiece.
Reports of a stunning drop of ground water levels - up to 5 ft in certain places, over the last 10 days - coupled with the blazing heat, makes one ponder as to whether the deluge-battered-Kerala is poised for a drought especially if the north east monsoon is gonna be feeble.
05 May '14 Nun sexually abused in guest room 20 of St Francis Mission Home near
Kuravilangadu. The abuse, as per her complaint, continued till 23 Sep '16 on dates
the Bishop visited the mission home.
23 Jun '18 A complaint is filed against the brother of the survivor nun at Kuravilangadu police
station based on a petition by Jalandhar diocese PRO on behalf of the Bishop.
27 Jun '18 Nun files complaint with the police chief regarding the sexual abuse from 2014-'16.
28 Jun '18 Nun's statement recorded, case registered.
05 Jul '18 Judicial Magistrate of Changanasserry court records her statement under CrPC
Section 164.
10 Jul '18 Lookout circular application submitted to the district police chief to ensure bishop
does not flee abroad.
18 Jul '18 Cardinal Mar George Alencherry's statement recorded.
30 Jul '18 Police charge case against Fr James Erthayil, a CMI priest, for attempting to
influence the nuns who had given complaint against the bishop. In an audio clip, the
priest makes several promises to them to withdraw the complaint against Mulackal.
03 Aug '18 Cops reach Delhi. Record statement of prime witnesses.
13 Aug '18 The Bishop interrogated for over nine hours at bishop's house in Jalandhar.
27 Aug '18 The nun files plaint that her life is in danger.
03 Sep '18 Kottayam SP and K Subhash apprise IG Vijay Sakhare about probe progress in
Kochi.
04 Sep '18 Statement of the nun recorded again.
To make matters worse for the nun, motor mouth MLA PC George called the rape survivor a prostitute with this tasteless remark, "Is there any doubt that she is a prostitute? Twelve times she enjoyed it, the 13th time it became rape. Why didn't she complain the first time?" at a press meet in Kottayam. The guy should be condemned outright!
Is there a hesitation in taking the bishop into custody? Both the LDF and the UDF seem to be soft pedaling the issue because of the sizeable vote bank. Sad that no one wants to stand by the truth, the angst of the violated nun be damned!
Tailpiece.
Reports of a stunning drop of ground water levels - up to 5 ft in certain places, over the last 10 days - coupled with the blazing heat, makes one ponder as to whether the deluge-battered-Kerala is poised for a drought especially if the north east monsoon is gonna be feeble.
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