INDIA
Crux
Nirmala Carvalho April 21, 2017
CRUX CONTRIBUTOR
MUMBAI, India – An Archbishop in India and two of his priests may soon appear in court, accused of attempting to poison to another cleric.
The case dates back to February 2013, when Father Anand Muttungal, a priest of the Archdiocese of Bhopal, filed a complaint alleging that the Archbishop of Bhopal, Leo Cornelio, the vicar general Father Mathew VC, and diocesan spokesperson Father Johny PJ were retaliating after Muttungal questioned an alleged misappropriation of funds from the diocesan society. Muttungal had also approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court about the misappropriation case.
The allegations in the complaint were substantiated by Father Philip KP, another priest of the diocese, who submitted an affidavit in the court alleging the archbishop and vicar general had pressured him to administer some poisonous substances to Muttungal in order to make him go crazy, and they had even approached a psychiatrist for help in executing the plot.
Cornelio, however, claimed that the allegations against him were baseless.
“Whatever happened was done in good faith, to help the person,” the archbishop told Crux.
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