Religious Sister Accusing Bishop of Rape: ‘no Nun Should Have to Go through This’

By Nirmala Carvalho
Crux
December 11, 2018

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTrackerArchive/2018/12/#155738

A nun in India accusing a bishop of raping her says she wants “the Church to recognise that I was wronged.”

The nun - whose name has been withheld - accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her 13 times between 2014 and 2016 at her order’s convent in Kuravilangad, in the southern state of Kerala - the heartland of Christianity in India.

She went to the police on June 29 with her accusations and submitted a 72-page statement.

Mulakkal vehemently denies the charges, and claims the nun is retaliating because he initiated an investigation against her for an affair she allegedly had with a married man.

The bishop was arrested on Sept. 21 after a months-long investigation and was released on bail Oct. 15.