Case registered against priest for sexual abuse

INDIA
Kaumudi

KOCHI: A case of sexual abuse has been registered against a priest. The case has been registered against him for sexually abusing a ninth class student continuously for the past three months after inviting her to the parsonage of the church, where he was working as a priest.

The Puthenvelikkara police have registered a case against the priest identified as Fr Edwin Cigrace aged 41. The police were not able to trace him even after a search was conducted yesterday.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.