Kerala Nun Rape  

Franco Mulakkal was arrested last year after a nun levelled allegations that he repeatedly raped her at the Kottayam's Kuravilangad convent between 2014 and 2016. He was earlier granted bail by the court.
 

The Syro-Malabar Church on Tuesday (August 27) pointed out that the dismissal of Sister Lucy Kalappura from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) following all canonical norms of the church. 
 

The Pala judicial first class magistrate court committed the Kerala nun rape case to the Kottayam principal sessions court to commence trial. The principal sessions court can either hear the nun rape case directly or it can transfer it to any of the additional district courts. 

 Franciscan Clarist Congregation(FCC) expelled Sister Lucy, who protested against Franco Mulakkal for not following the norms of FCC

Franciscan Clarist Congregation(FCC) expelled Sister Lucy, who protested against Franco Mulakkal for not following the norms of FCC

Franciscan Clarist Congregation(FCC) expelled Sister Lucy, who protested against Franco Mulakkal for not following the norms of FCC

 

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.

Pala judicial first class magistrate court has extended the bail of the Kerala nun rape case accused Franco Mulakkal. 

 

The hearing of the case has been extended to June 7. A copy of the charge sheet, which is over 2,000 pages, and other documents were handed over to the accused. 

The key witness to the ongoing Kerala nun rape case, Fr Kuriakose Kattuthara, was found dead in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on Monday.

“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.

There are severe, strict conditions included in the bail granted to Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun. The most critical one is to not enter Kerala 

The National Commission for Women (NCW) had earlier asked Kerala MLA PC George to appear before it on Thursday. But, his counsel came on his behalf and stated that the MLA could not present himself due to an unavoidable circumstance.