GOA (INDIA)
Goa Chronicle
January 9, 2019
KERALA campaign spearheaded by Indianexpose.com against predator priests and religious leaders across religions who use their influences to sexually dominate women including nuns has found resonance in the highest levels of international media.
The Associated Press in a major story has included the case of Bishop Mulakkal accused of raping a nun in Kerala, in its list of incidents of sexual violence committed by priests. This was a campaign initiated, researched and followed by Indianexpose.com. IndianExpose.com relatively new website dedicated to unearthing truth through investigative reportage, has hashtagged its campaign #ArrestBIshopFranco – the campaign on the newsportal and on social media, especially twitter, finally led to the Bishops arrest.
The Associated Press, in a story by Tim Sullivan, was published in the world’s leading news papers. The Washington Post headlined “AP Exclusive: For decades, nuns in India have faced abuse” and published from Kuravilangad, began the piece as follows:
“The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed in fluorescent lights, and over cups of cheap instant coffee in convent kitchens. Always, the stories come haltingly, quietly. Sometimes, the nuns speak at little more than a whisper.
Across India, the nuns talk of priests who pushed into their bedrooms and of priests who pressured them to turn close friendships into sex. They talk about being groped and kissed, of hands pressed against them by men they were raised to believe were representatives of Jesus Christ.“He was drunk,” said one nun, beginning her story. “You don’t know how to say no,” said another.At its most grim, the nuns speak of repeated rapes, and of a Catholic hierarchy that did little to protect them.
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