By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Oct. 5, 2021: The Catholic Church in India witnessed a rare event when a cardinal appeared in a court as a witness in a case where a bishop is being tried for allegedly raping a nun. Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, OctoberContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20: The Privileges and Ethics Committee of the of the Kerala Legislative Assembly has recommended action against legislator P.C. George, for making derogatory remarks against a Catholic nun who has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her. In September 2018, George had used obsceneContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal has approached the Supreme Court requesting to review the order that rejected his discharge petition filed in connection with the nun rape case. He also submitted a plea requesting to hold the hearing of the review petition in open court. Bishop Mulakkal has demanded theContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on October 1 dismissed a petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in the nun rape case, challenging the Kottayam Additional Session Court’s order rejecting his plea for deferring the cross-examination of witnesses until the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control or to adjourn itContinue Reading
Kottayam, Feb 4, 2020: A court in Kottayam, Kerala, on February 4 adjourned the preliminary hearing on the objection filed by the prosecution on the discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the nun rape case to February 11. Bishop Mulakkal, who is the accused in the case, didContinue Reading
Kottayam, Jan 7, 2020: The hearing in the case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, who was accused of allegedly raping a nun, has been deferred to January 25. The hearing was postponed after Bishop Mulakkal failed to appear before Kottayam Additional District Sessions Court on January 6. Instead ofContinue Reading
KOCHI, Dec 05 2019: Sister Lissy Vadakkel, main witness in the case of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually abusing a nun at a convent in Kerala, said pressure is being budged on her to retract her statement. She said they are forcing her to withdraw her statements over phoneContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 11, 2019: The trial of the nun rape case, which was scheduled to begin on November 11, has been postponed. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam in Kottayam, Kerala, has now fixed November 30 as the date to begin the trialContinue Reading
By Anita Cheria Bengaluru, August 11, 2019: Until August 2018, Sisters Lucy Kalapura and Lissy Vadakkel had very little in common except that they belonged to the same congregation and had somewhat similar names. But today they are perceived as partners in crime. The media refers to them and rightlyContinue Reading
Kottayam, July 27, 2019: In a major development in the rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, differences were found in the contents of two DVDs submitted by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Thiruvananthapuram, to the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Pala, and the probe team. The original DVD,Continue Reading