Kerala HC grants bail to 2 priests in Malankara Orthodox Church abuse case

KERALA (INDIA)
The News Minute

July 25, 2018

Father Job Mathew was granted bail on Wednesday, while Father Johnson V Mathew secured bail on Monday.

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Father Job Mathew, one of the four priests accused in a rape case of a woman parishioner, attached to the Malankara Orthodox Church.

Earlier on Monday, another priest, Johnson V Mathew, an accused in the same case had secured bail.

The court asked Job Mathew on Wednesday to surrender his passport, just as it had asked Johnson V. Mathew.

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