KERALA (INDIA)
CNN
January 29, 2019
By Swati Gupta and Subhrangshu Pratim Sarmah
A group of nuns who spoke out about alleged sexual abuse by a bishop in the southern Indian state of Kerala claim the church is attempting to transfer them to other parts of the country, in an apparent attempt to silence them.
The nuns recently asked the chief minister of Kerala to intervene on their behalf, after they say church officials ordered them to leave the state.
All the women who received transfer notices had supported a fellow nun who alleged last year that Bishop Franco Mulakkal had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. The incidents purportedly occurred in a guest house of the St. Franco Mission Home in Kerala.
“They want to split all of us and put into different locations in India,” the nuns said in a letter to Kerala authorities. “We will not be able to appear and give evidence before the court at the trial stage in such situations.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.