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Jan 14, 2022 Outlook Web Desk Mulakkal, 57, was accused of raping the nun multiple times during his visit to a convent in this district when he was the Bishop of the Jalandhar diocese of the Roman Catholic church.
Feb 21, 2020 IANS The second nun's statement was given before the police as she is the 14th witness in the case against Mulakkal where he is now out on bail.
Franco Mulakkal was arrested last year following allegations by a nun that he repeatedly raped her at the Kuravilangad convent between 2014 and 2016.
Aug 07, 2019 Outlook Web Bureau 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.
He said the Bishop has no repentance, no remorse, and he is not even sad, that shows what kind of indecent man he is
Mulakkal was arrested on September 21 after three days of questioning. On September 24, he was sent to two weeks of judicial custody.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal who was arrested on the charge of repeatedly raping a nun will undergo judicial custody till October 20.
He was arrested on September 21 after three days of questioning.
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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.
Franco Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar, Punjab, became the first bishop in the country to be sent to jail on charges of raping a nun.
Five nuns had protested near the Kerala High Court at Kochi for 13 days, demanding the arrest of the bishop who was accused of repeatedly raping a nun.
In her complaint to the Kottayam Police in June, the nun had alleged that Bishop Mulakkal raped her at a guest house in Kuravilangad in May 2014 and later sexually exploited her on several occasions.
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He complained of chest pain when he was being taken to Kottayam Police club from the Crime Branch office in Thrippunithura in Ernakulam district Friday night
"The investigating officer in the nun rape case has found that the bishop has committed the crime," SP police Sankar told journalists.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has decided to complete the interrogation by Friday.
The SIT of Kerala police probing the case of alleged rape of a nun by a bishop resumed questioning him Thursday even as the state police chief said a decision on Franco Mulakkal's arrest could be taken in a day or two.
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