Category: Church Scandals

Sister Jesme was in her twenties and new to convent life when she found herself alone in a room with a priest. He told her to undress, then he did the same. She was so shocked she did not know what to do, so she complied. She had never seen a naked man before. “I […]

A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was informed by Kerala government that two of the accused have surrendered, while two are before the court seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The Supreme Court today asked the Kerala police not to arrest two clergymen in connection with the sex scandal till July […]

The recent acquittal of Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the infamous nun rape case has drawn more flak than praise as it brings no hope to nuns who are sexually abused.  It has left many disappointed, and the outrage is strong particularly from women’s groups as the verdict questioned the victim’s conduct; in this case, […]

Job Mathew surrenders a day after his anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by HC A day after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Kerala high Court, one of the four priests accused in a rape case has surrendered before the police on Thursday. Job Mathew surrendered at the office of  Kollam DSP on […]

Church must be an ‘institution that supports justice for the victim’, write Indian women theologians Members of the Indian Women Theologians Forum (IWTF), the Conference of Religious India (CRI) Women’s Section, and “other individuals who are deeply concerned about the integrity and mission of the Indian Church” have written to Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, President of […]

India Abroad (New York)May 24, 2002 The ongoing sex abuse controversy rocking the Catholic Church got a desi touch when Father Sleeva Raju Policetti fled to India. Chicago Archbishop Francis George has asked the priest, ordained in Hyderabad, to return to the US for questioning by the police. Policetti, assistant pastor at the St. Tarcissus […]

Syro-Malabar bishops’ synod threatens canonical action against nuns and priests who speak to media Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church addressing a session of the Jan. 7-18 bishops’ synod. (Photo provided) By Saji Thomas,Kerala | IndiaThe motley crowd of some 200 Indian Catholics clapped and cheered as they set fire to some […]

MUMBAI, INDIA — The acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the rape case filed against him by the former superior general of the diocesan congregation Missionaries of Jesus in June 2018 has shocked — not just her supporters — but many feminists and other right-thinking people in the country. Sisters in Solidarity, the group […]

Nuns hold placards during a protest demanding justice after an alleged sexual assault of a nun by a bishop in Kochi, in the southern state of Kerala, India, Sept. 13, 2018. The placards read in Malayalam, “Why is the government silent?”, “Police, do justice” and “Our lives are threatened.” REUTERS/Sivaram V (SIVARAM V/Reuters) NEW DELHI […]

One of the Catholic Church’s most senior cardinals has admitted that he could have better handled sexual abuse allegations that were brought to him. Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Mumbai is one of four men organising a major Vatican conference on child abuse this week. We found two separate cases where the cardinal, who is […]