KERALA (INDIA)
First Point
July 10, 2018
A 39-year-old woman has filed a rape case against a priest of a Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala.
The woman accused the priest Binu George of raping her four years ago at Alappuzha district.
George is serving under the diocese at Koypallikaranma. The complainant said George sexually assaulted her at the office of the church when she approached him for help to settle some family dispute in 2014.
In her complaint to the police, the woman said she informed church authorities soon after the incident and was promised she would not face any further harassment. However, when George continued to torment her and spread “baseless gossip” she decided to take legal recourse, police said.
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