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Mumbai, June 27, 2020: A special court designated under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has denied bail to a Catholic priest charged for sexually assaulting a minor boy. Offences had been registered against Father Johnson Lawrence in December 2015 for unnatural sexual intercourse under Section 377Continue Reading

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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