INDIA
Times of India
BHOPAL: A trial court has registered a case against officials of the archdiocese of Bhopal, including archbishop for allegedly conspiring to administer poison to prove one of the priest in the diocese as mentally unsound.
Magistrate Alok Mishra ordered to register the case on February 7 and set March 1 as the date for hearing on a complaint against Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal, his vicar general Father VC Mathew and archdiocese spokesman Father Johnney PJ.
Father Anand Muttungal, former public relations officer for the archdiocese, was allegedly targeted by his superiors after he filed a court case over alleged misappropriation of funds by local church leaders.
“It was a major conspiracy to prove that I am mentally unstable. I have enough evidence to prove their corrupt activities,” said Father Anand.
Archbishop Cornelio, however, claimed that the allegations against him were baseless.
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