SONIPAT (HATYANA, INDIA)
Vision RI / DevDiscourse: Discourse on Development
July 13, 2018
The letters were written to Giambattista Diquttro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and the Catholic Bishops Conference of India Cardinal Oswald Gracias. They also requested Cardinal Gracias to advise bishops in India to publicise and create awareness about CBCI guidelines to deal with sexual harassment in workplace, 2017, and institute the structures and procedures described therein without delay.
A section of nuns, priests and laity of the Roman Catholic Church has written to the Vatican over the alleged rape of a nun in Kerala by a bishop, urging it “to do what is right” to provide justice to the women in the church.
The letters were written to Giambattista Diquttro, Apostolic Nuncio to India and the Catholic Bishops Conference of India Cardinal Oswald Gracias.
The church authorities were requested to “advise” Pope Francis to “relieve” Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal “of his pastoral responsibilities so that the church is seen to actually practice the zero tolerance it professes to observe in abuse cases.”
Stating that they were concerned about the integrity of the Indian church, the letters stated that people’s faith in the credibility of the church to implement its policy of zero tolerance in abuse matters would continue to erode if the accused bishop remain in his position at Jalandhar diocese.
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