Complaint against priest for misbehaving with girl in Kerala

INDIA
The New Indian Express

KALPETTA: At a time when the Church is struggling to get out of a sticky situation after a sexual abuse complaint surfaced against a priest in Kottiyoor, Kannur, comes the allegation from a girl saying a priest misbehaved with her at the Chundakkara church in Wayanad.

The police have launched a detailed probe based on the girl’s complaint.

She revealed the details to the child protection unit.

“We have received a complaint against the priest identified as Jino Mekkat. Our team is probing the matter,” confirmed Wayanad SP Rajpal Meena.

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