BANGALORE (INDIA)
The Telegraph India
June 27, 2018
By K.M. Rakesh
A church in Kerala has suspended five priests following a believer’s allegation that they used his wife’s confession – a private sacramental rite – to sexually exploit her.
The Malankara Orthodox Church, based in Kottayam, has started an internal probe on the priests after a purported recording of a telephone conversation went viral on social media.
In the conversation, the woman’s husband is heard narrating her ordeal to another man.
On Tuesday, the husband told reporters in Kottayam he had handed over copies of all related documentary evidence to the church administrators.
Church spokesperson P.C. Elias said the internal probe would be conducted at the respective dioceses of the priests who have been removed from all duties.
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