By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 5, 2020: The Supreme Court of India on August 5 dismissed the appeal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar against the Kerala High Court’s refusal to dismiss a rape case against him. The Chief Justice of India told Bishop Mulakkal, “You don’t have aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, July 13, 2020: A court in Kerala on July 13 created history by issuing non-bailable arrest warrant against a Catholic bishop, who failed several times to appear for trial in a rape case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge in Kottayam on July 1 hadContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, March 16, 2020: The Kottayam Additional district sessions Court in Kerala on March 16 dismissed the discharge petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, accused of raping a nun multiple times over a period of two years. The court ruling now forces the 55-year-oldContinue 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 26, 2020: In a move seen as a tactic to delay the trial proceedings of the nun rape case, accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar has filed a discharge petition in the court. The petition was filed on January 25 by the bishop’s counsel to Judge Gopakumar ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, August 7, 2019: The Franciscan Clarist congregation has expelled Sister Lucy Kalapura, one of its members who had questioned the official Church’s indifference to a nun allegedly raped by a Catholic bishop. The superior general of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar congregation, in a letter to SisterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, May 5, 2019: A court in Kerala on May 4 summoned Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar to appear before it on May 10 in connection with a rape case. In a major development in the case, the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Pala hasContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, April 9, 2019: First time in the history of the Catholic Church in India, a bishop will be tried in a court for allegedly raping a nun. The Kerala police on April 9 submitted a chargesheet in the Magistrate Court in Palai against Bishop Franco MulakkalContinue Reading
Kottayam, Feb. 15, 2019: A section of the Catholic laity under the banner of the Global Christian Council (GCC) is all set to launch a counteroffensive against the alleged ‘vilification campaign’ against the Church. Launching its campaign against the Save Our Sisters (SOS), which spearheads the public protests against BishopContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Jan. 24, 2019: A prominent Catholic lay leader on January 24 urged the Apostolic Nuncio to India to take immediate steps to relocate a rape-accused bishop to ensure justice and fair trial of the case. “That Franco Mulakkal, the powerful accused, be forthwith relocatedContinue Reading