BENGALURU (INDIA)
Swarajya
January 9, 2019
In what is seen as a highly vindictive move, Sister Lucy Kalapura, the nun from the Syro Malabar Church, who spearheaded the protests against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, has been slapped with a notice by the Church in Kerala.
Sister Lucy has been asked by her Mother Superior, Ann Joseph FCC, Superior General of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), to explain her activities in relation to the protest against Bishop. Sister Lucy and a few other nuns had staged a hunger strike near the High Court premises in Kochi for weeks last year demanding the immediate arrest of Mulakkal.
The notice claimed that Sister Lucy’s action amounted to a serious breach of discipline and damaged the reputation of the congregation. This is not the first time that Church authorities have acted against Sister Lucy. The Mananthavady diocese expelled her from the parish duties after she became vociferous in her protest against the Bishop.
However, the church had to backtrack the disciplinary actions following a huge backlash and number of common citizens expressing solidarity with the nun for outing the predatory priest.
The Catholic Church warned Sister Lucy for her media articles, penning articles in non-Christian publications and resorting to making false accusations against the Catholic leadership to tarnish their image.
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