INDIA
The Hindu
The priest who is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl surrendered before Judicial Magistrate (Uthamapalayam) Geetha, who remanded him in judicial custody for 15 days.
He has been lodged in Madurai Central Prisons, according to a report from Theni.
Parish priest of St. Antony’s Church, Pettai, Fr. Gnanapragasam Selvan allegedly raped the girl, who became pregnant.
Hunt on for doctor
When the priest’s efforts to pacify the girl’s poor parents failed, he approached doctor S. Meenakshi from Tirunelveli Town, who surgically removed the foetus, according to police.
It was buried in the graveyard under the control of St. Antony’s Church administration.
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