Bishop Franco Mulakkal  

A Kerala court on Thursday read out the charge sheet to rape accused former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal and set the date for commencement of trial to September 16

Sister Lucy Kalapura, who raised her voice against Bishop Franco Mulakkal for rape, is alleging that she being starved to throw her out of the church. 

The Kerala Police on August 19 registered an FIR against a Wayanad convent for locking up expelled Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal, who was one among the five nuns, who staged a protest on September 8 in front of Kochi high court against former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal.  

Five nuns from a convent in Kottayam Kuravilangadu seminary staged a protest on September 8, last year, in front of the Kochi high court against former Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of raping a Kerala nun multiple times between 2014 and 2016
 

The Pala judicial first class magistrate court on Thursday postponed the hearing of Kerala nun rape case against former bishop Franco Mulakkal to July 9. The lawyer of the accused argued that a few documents handed over by the prosecution were not legible.

The cartoon showed former Bishop Franco Mulakkal with the holy stick carrying undergarments on it. Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference, in its Facebook post, alleged that the LDF government has undermined priesthood in a vulgar manner by  awarding the cartoonist.

 

Punjab police reached Kerala to take into custody two of its sub-inspectors, who were absconding for the past one month with a sum of over Rs 6 crore. The duo allegedly seized the money from a residence of the aide of former Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was accused of raping a Kerala nun, and is currently out on bail.

 

Father Antony Madassery, an aide of former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, along with others, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. Officials also seized Rs 10 crore during the arrest.

 

The letter says that the nuns are receiving regular death threats and the Kerala government should block the transfer of nuns.  The four nuns received the order from Superior General Regina, transferring them to separate locations.
 

The alleged sexual assault by Bishop Franco Mulakkal has had the entire nation up in metaphorical arms, but notwithstanding the widespread condemnation of it, the Church has brazened it out by backing the reported perpetrator of the heinous crime

The nuns from Kottayam Kuravilangadu seminary protested after Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal was accused of raping a nun on multiple occasions between 2014 and 2016. As per reports, the four nuns got the order from Mother General, transferring them to different places.

 

While Franco Mulakkal in Punjab has been stating that the five nuns, who have been levelling accusations against him, would apologise during Christmas, another clergy man claims the rape-accused has pushed the church into trouble with this case.

 

“I am a law-abiding person and have cooperated with the police. I will continue to cooperate with the police and justice will be delivered,” former bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in the Kerala nun rape case, said to the media.