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5 Nuns Among 8 People Booked for Hiding Rape of Minor Girl by Kerala Priest

By Ramesh Babu
Hindustan Times
March 4, 2017

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/5-nuns-among-8-people-booked-for-hiding-rape-of-minor-girl-by-kerala-priest/story-NRyYMT5QhG4ESya7PXjNBK.html

Father Robin Vadakkumcherry was arrested for raping a minor girl. (HT?File Photo/ K?Sasi)

Kerala Police on Saturday booked eight persons, including five nuns, on suspicion of covering up the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl by a church priest. The girl later gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital and the child was shifted to an orphanage controlled by the church.

The main accused, Father Robin Vadakkumcherry, vicar of the St Sebastian church in Kottiyoor, was arrested on February 27 while allegedly planning to flee the country.

All the accused, including two doctors and five nuns, will be charged under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences).

“We are investigating all angles. All accused will be arrested soon,” Kannur superintendent of police Shiv Vikram told Hindustan Times.

Among the accused is the in-charge of the private hospital at Kuthuparamba in the district, where the 16-year-old girl gave birth to a boy on February 17.

They have been booked under non-bailable sections of POCSO Act and Juvenile Justice Act, Peravoor circle inspector Sunilkumar, who is the investigating officer in the case, said on Saturday.

During investigation, police found that there was an alleged attempt to cover up the whole incident and bail out the priest. The girl’s father, who belongs to an economically backward family, was also promised Rs 10 lakh to own up the crime.

Though the hospital where the girl delivered the baby claimed that it was not aware of the rape, police reportedly found out that two doctors and a few staff members knew about the incident.

 

 

 

 

 




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