INDIA
Ucanews
Priscilla Pinto, Pune
India
2013-01-31
Catholic leaders are questioning the investigation of a Salesian priest accused of molesting a minor girl in Pune.
Father Igidius Falcao, a vice principal at Don Bosco high school in Pune, Maharashtra state, was arrested January 21 after a 14-year-old Catholic student complained he had attempted to molest her on January 2 in his office.
Father Falcao, 61, was transfered from police custody to magisterial custody on Monday, where he will stay until February 11, his lawyer said.
He applied for bail yesterday, but police are seeking an extension of custody while they investigate the priest’s past positions in Mumbai, according to police inspector Reshma Mulani.
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