KERALA (INDIA)
UCA News
By Saji Thomas
December 1, 2020
The priest continues to serve as a pastor five years after he fathered a child with a Catholic nun
A Catholic diocese in southern India has denied allegations of covering up the case of a priest who had a child with a nun, but a campaign is seeking its bishop’s resignation and the priest’s dismissal.
Officials of Thamarassery Diocese in Kerala state maintain some laypeople “with a vested interest” raked up the five-year-old case of Father Jomon Kandathinkara despite the diocese acting against him.
“It is true the priest had a child with a nun, and he was suspended for a year after the matter came to our notice,” Father Benny Mundanattu, the diocesan chancellor, told UCA News on Dec. 1
“The diocese did not laicize him after he expressed deep remorse for his sin, and both of them were not ready to marry and settle down together.”
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