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
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, July 29, 2020: Criminals who are arrested for crimes of murder, rape and financial irregularities refuse to confess their crime. They flatly deny their crimes and employ the best and the most expensive lawyers to defend them. Many of these criminals succeed in escaping from theContinue Reading
Jalandhar, July 14, 2020: Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar has tested Covid-19 positive, the same evening a court in Kerala issued non-bailable warrant against him for non-appearance in a rape case. Officials at the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar where the accused bishop’s test was done confirmed on July 13 thatContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 21, 2020: Another nun from Kerala on Feb. 21 accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of sexual harassment, a day before a court in Kottayam is slated to hear his petition to be discharged of alleged rape of a religious woman. In her statement to the police, the nun, aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, Dec 19, 2019: A court in Kerala on December 19 allowed a Catholic nun dismissed from her congregation to remain at her convent. The Mananthavady Munsiff Court that heard the petition from Sister Lucy Kalappura gave an injunction to her ouster from the convent andContinue 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
Kochi: Jan 20 : Six Kerala nuns, who have been leading a campaign against rape-accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, have written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeking his urgent intervention in the case. The nuns, four of them have been transferred to different locations from the convent in Kottayam’s KuravilangadContinue Reading
Kottayam, Nov 27: Sister Regina, the Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, has given a written statement to the police that the religious group is not in a financial position to ensure security installations at the St Francis Mission Convent at Kuravilangadu , as demanded by the latter. TheContinue Reading
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Save Our Sisters (SoS) action council, constituted to seek justice in the alleged rape case against former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal, on Nov 14 carried out a march to the Secretariat seeking the cancellation of bail granted to Franco and demanding an extensive probe into the death ofContinue Reading
Jalandhar, Nov 8: The diocese of Jalandhar will not pay for the criminal defense of its bishop, who is accused of serially raping a religious sister. Bishop Agnelo Gracias, who was on Sept. 20 appointed administrator of the north Indian diocese, told reporters Nov. 6 that Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s brotherContinue Reading