The narrow lane that leads to what may be India’s most infamous convent winds past spindly coconut palms and fat banana leaves flapping in the breeze. Tropical bird calls break through the muffled drone of female voices praying inside a house with pink stucco columns. The bucolic setting, in the jungle of India’s southwestern Kerala […]
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Many in the church want a strict code of conduct for priest and nuns. And reformists blame insiders for the rot and say they are planning to send a letter to the Vatican City, seeking stringent steps. A string of sexual assault allegations involving clergymen is turning out to be a major embarrassment for the […]
Read MoreSweeping such a critical issue under the carpet in the name of secularism is something no responsible Government can afford to do. In April 2021, Sister Mebil a nun living at the St Joseph’s Convent in Kottayam District, Kerala, was found dead in a well at the convent. A note was found where she described ‘physical difficulties’ […]
Read MoreThe head of the universal Church is accused of covering charges of harassment against a high-ranking US Church prelate. According to Card. Gracias, “the testimonies present many gaps”. Then he adds: “We are grateful that Pope Francis has chosen not to answer”. Mumbai (AsiaNews) – “The Church in Asia firmly supports the Holy Father. As […]
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By not owning up to the moral decay within the church hierarchy, the church seeks to crucify Christ all over again In one of his interviews, Pope Francis is heard joking about how egocentric Argentians are: “Do you know how an Argentinian kills himself? By climbing over his own ego and jumping!” And that aptly […]
Read MoreRaju Kokken, a vicar at Saint Paul’s Church, was on the run, was arrested from Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Raju Kokken, a 40-year-old Catholic priest at Saint Paul’s Church in Thaikkattussery in Thrissur in Kerala, who was on the run since parents of a nine-year-old girl accused him of allegedly raping their daughter on April […]
Read MoreIt is alleged that the Kerala priest had invited the mother of two to the church. He believed this to be a safe place for his free will. Kattappana: A Kerala priest from Idukki district was found in a compromising position with a lady. This incident happened at a Catholic church at Vellayamkudi of Kattappana. The […]
Read MoreEvidently, Kulapuram was onto something — and it’s across denominations, nor confined just to the Catholic church By Maya Palit “If it comes out, it will be like a tsunami,” the nun Manju Kulapuram said, earlier this year, about the rampant sexual abuse of women by the men of the Catholic church in India. Evidently, Kulapuram […]
Read MoreThe judgement in the sessions court in Kerala in the 2018 nun rape case in which the accused, ‘Bishop’ Franco Mulakkal, has been acquitted, is an extremely disturbing development at various levels. This is not the first time that accusations of abuse in the church have been treated with legal kid-gloves in India. And this […]
Read MoreKURAVILANGAD, India (AP) — The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed in fluorescent lights, and over cups of cheap instant coffee in convent kitchens. Always, the stories come haltingly, quietly. Sometimes, the […]
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