INDIA
Gulf Times
A Roman Catholic priest accused of raping a teenage girl surrendered in Tirunelveli last week.
Police had been searching for Gnanapragasam Selvan, of St Antony’s church in Pettai. The victim’s parents had alleged Selvan raped their daughter who was a member of the church choir. When she became pregnant he arranged for her abortion through a local doctor and buried the foetus in the church cemetery.
The police are now on the lookout for the female doctor.
Meanwhile the church diocese has distanced itself from the controversy saying the police have not informed them.
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