Kerala police arrested Franco Mulakkal on September 21
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Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal after being arrested by the Kerala police, in Thrippunithura.
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Human rights activist P Geetha, who is on a hunger strike in support of the nuns' protest demanding the arrest of a rape-accused bishop, interacts with a nun, during their agitatio...
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Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, leaves after questioning before the special investigation team of the Kerala police, in Thrippunithura.
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Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, leaves after questioning before the special investigation team of the Kerala police, in Thrippunithura.
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Nuns on hunger strike protest against the delay in action on a Roman Catholic church bishop, who is accused of sexually exploiting a nun, in Kochi.
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Catholic nuns and students hold placards demanding the arrest of an accused involved in a nun rape case, in Kochi
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Novelist Sarah Joseph (L), human rights activist K. Ajitha and Bhagyalakshmi express solidarity with the nuns' protest demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of...
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Nuns protest against the delay in action on a Roman Catholic church bishop who is accused of sexually exploiting a nun, in Kochi.
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Nuns, supported by women from the Muslim community, protest against the delay in action on a Roman Catholic church bishop who is accused of sexually exploiting a nun, in Kochi.
Since the time she protested against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal has been receiving notices from the church on flimsy charges such as airing her opinion about the bishop on TV channels, owning a car and writing a book.
It was after these nuns joined the public protest at Kochi that the police succumbed to pressure from various quarters and decided to take strong action against the bishop.
Earlier, Father Kuriakose has alleged that he was under severe pressure by church officials for his support of the nun who has accused the bishop of rape.
The complainant said bishop Franco Mulakkal’s brothers have filed fake complaints against her, while one relative threatened her son and brother and another took a photo of her protesting and later threatened her.
A nun had alleged that the bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal, 54, had confined and raped her several times between 2014 and 2016 at a convent in Kuruvilangad.