By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 22, 2019: Mumbai police have been ordered to investigate accusations that Cardinal Oswald Gracias and two auxiliary bishops covered up an accusation of clerical sexual abuse in 2015. The order came from a Special POCSO Court, which was established by the 2012 Protection of ChildrenContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Phulbani, May 21, 2019: Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven Christians languishing for a decade in an Odisha jail, was released on bail granted by the Supreme Court. “My joy has no words,” Chalanseth said May 20 as his family and well-wishers accorded him an emotionalContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, May 20, 2019: A visiting Salesian official says persecution is part of Christian vocation and that one should deal with the prevailing ‘culture of knife” in the world with patience and hope. “Persecution is the salary to follow Jesus,” Father Guilliermo Basanas, General Counselor forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, May 17, 2019: A Jesuit priest and five others were on May 17 given life imprisonment for their involvement in the gangrape of five women nearly a year ago in Jharkhand, eastern India. Rajesh Kumar, Additional Judge of Khunti District Court, also awarded seven moreContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 15, 2019: UNICEF India has appealed for funds from the public to help millions of people, especially children, affected by the Cyclone Fani. The cyclone, considered extremely severe, hit the eastern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal on May 3.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jabalpur, May 12, 2019: A Catholic nun died on the spot and another suffered serious injuries on May 12 when their scooter collided with a truck near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The nuns belong to St Joseph Sevika Sanstha (Institute of Maids of St Joseph), anContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, April 11, 2019: A court in Madhya Pradesh on May 11 ordered a police probe into a Catholic bishop’s death in a road accident almost four months ago. Judicial Magistrate First Class Nidhi Neelesh Shrivastava, Pohari, district Shivpuri has directed the police to investigate the circumstancesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Palai, May 10, 2019: Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who has been accused of raping a nun, was given extension of bail by a court in Kerala, southern India. Bishop Mulakkal, who appeared before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Palai in Kottayam district onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Cuttack, May 9, 2019: The Supreme Court of India on May 9 granted bail to Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven innocent Christians languishing in jail for a decade due to the alleged Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a hardline Hindu group, fraud on Kandhamal, on bailContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, May 8, 2019: A court in Jharkhand state’s Khunti district has found a Jesuit priest and five others guilty in a gang rape case. Judge Rajesh Kumar of the additional district court in Khunti on May 7 convicted Father Alphonse Aind under various sections ofContinue Reading