‘Tortured’ city priest sends SOS to Vatican

INDIA
Mumbai Mirror

By Yogesh Sadhwani & BAPU DEEDWANIA, Mumbai Mirror | Aug 2, 2014

Fr Conrad Saldanha was asked to spend a year at a Goregaon seminary after he was found guilty of misconduct. Over two years later, he continues to languish in deplorable conditions.

A Mumbai priest has written to the Vatican alleging “harassment and torture” at a Goregaon seminary after he “voiced concerns against wrongdoings within the system.”

Fr Conrad Saldanha, who was asked to spend a year at Archdiocesan Seminary in Goregaon East after he was found guilty in a complaint of misconduct by two female parishioners, alleged he has not been given a posting in any church and forced to live in deplorable conditions even 2 years after the ruling.

Fr Saldanha, who was a priest for 12 years and was last posted at the Sacred Heart Church in Santa Cruz, immediately challenged the…