INDIA
UCA News
February 15, 2021
India has witnessed more than 20 mysterious deaths of Catholic nuns in the past three decades
Police are investigating the death of a Catholic nun whose body was found in an abandoned quarry filled with water in southern India’s Kerala state.
The body of Sister Jaseena Thomas, a member of the Missionary Congregation of the Daughters of St Thomas, was found floating in the quarry in the Vazhakkala area of Ernakulum district on Feb. 14.
The body was taken for a post-mortem examination and will be buried on Feb. 15. The autopsy report has not been released to the media.
The 45-year-old nun was under medication for a mental illness that she developed 10 years ago, according to her congregation.
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