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.
 

Lucy Kalapura, a nun from Kerala, who has challenged the Franciscan Clarist Congregation’s decision to expel her, has written to the Vatican seeking an opportunity to present her case directly to Pope Francis.

The congregation had charged Kerala nun with publishing poems, purchasing a car and taking part in a protest against rape-accused former bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal 

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) on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to expelled nun Sister Lucy Kalappura and asked her to withdraw her complaint against her superior.
 

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.  

 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. 

Kerala police have charged Franco Mulakkal on five counts, including rape and unnatural sex. The investigating agency submitted a 200-page charge sheet to the court in connection with the 9-month preliminary inquiry.