INDIA
UCA News
June 11, 2020
By Saji Thomas
Former judge sends a legal notice to church authorities seeking removal of a Karnataka bishop
A retired Catholic high court judge has sent a legal notice to church authorities seeking the removal of a bishop, accusing him of crimes such as murder, corruption and moral turpitude, among others.
Former Justice Michael F. Saldanha alleged that Bishop Kannikadass Antony William of Mysore in Karnataka state was responsible for the deaths of four priests, two of them suspected to be murdered.
The legal notice, a copy of which has been released to media, was sent to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) president Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore. Mysore is a suffragan diocese of Bangalore.
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