INDIA
Times of India
KOZHIKODE: A central government employee here on Monday demanded action against Nadakavu St Mary’s English Church parish priest Jain T A for making sexual advances towards her through e-mail and chat communication.
The complainant alleged that the Malabar diocese of the Church of South India, instead of protecting the believer, was trying to protect the accused priest.
“The clergy secretary of the bishop even told me “there are so many other churches in Kozhikode” indirectly telling me to move out of St Mary’s Church instead of seeking action against the offender,” said the complainant woman at a news conference.
The complainant is a widow and is working in a central government office in Kolkata. According to her, she contacted the priest on August 16 to request him to pray on the birth day of her daughter.
“He offered special prayer and I thanked him. But he did not stop there; instead he continued chatting with me even though I tried to avoid it. Slowly he started crossing the limit and I warned him many times. It was a real shocker for me to expect such behaviour from a parish priest,” the woman said amid tears.
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