MUMBAI (INDIA)
Crux
August 28, 2020
By Nirmala Carvalho
An archbishop in India has called accusations by a priest of his archdiocese “baseless, concocted and lack[ing] authenticity.”
Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar was responding to a letter published by Father Kulakanta Dandasena on Nastik Nation, an website promoting atheism in India.
In his letter, Dandasena accuses the archdiocese of financial mismanagement and discrimination against clergy from a Dalit background – the lowest class in the Hindu caste system – and the priest makes allegations that the archbishop is involved in a “scandalous” relationship with a woman.
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