MUMBAI (INDIA)
Crux
December 11, 2018
By Nirmala Carvalho
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.
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