In Kerala, Catholic Church threatens to expel nun for protesting against rape-accused Bishop

[ranjeet]

Mulakkal, who spent three weeks in the sub-jail at Pala before he got bail, has been accused of raping a nun belonging to the order of Missionaries of Jesus several times between 2014 and 2016. Though Mulakkal was divested of his pastoral duties at the Jalandhar diocese in Punjab, the Church leadership has steadfastly backed him.

Sr Kalapura and a few other nuns of the order had staged a hunger strike near the High Court premises in Kochi for weeks last year demanding the arrest of Mulakkal. The protest was seen by the Church leadership as questioning and bypassing its authority.

The letter to Sr Kalapura, accessed by indianexpress.com, read, “Your deeds on 20th September 2018 and on the following days were of most grave external scandal and harm to the Church and the FCC. You went to the Ernakulam High Court junction and participated in the protest held by the SOS Action Council on 20-9-2018 without the permission of your superior.”

“You have published articles in some non-Christian newspapers and weeklies like Mangalam and Madhyamam etc gave interviews to Samayam without seeking permission from the provincial superior. Through Facebook, channel discussions and articles you belittled the Catholic leadership by making false accusations against it and tried to bring down the sacraments. You tried to defame FCC also. Your performance through social media as a religious sister was culpable arising grave scandal.”
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The Superior General of the FCC also counts among other offences the nun’s decision to publish a book of poems, learn driving, obtain a driving license and buy a car. “These are grave violations of the vow of obedience,” the letter reads. “You cannot live your own beliefs, ideologies and convictions in FCC without respecting and keeping the values and traditions of FCC.”

The Superior General has asked the nun to come in person and meet her in Kochi on January 9 to ‘rectify her faults’. The next canonical steps as per norms of law will be taken against the nun, the letter mentioned, if she fails to appear in person before the Generalate.

https://indianexpress.com/article/i...-to-expel-nun-bishop-franco-mulakkal-5529154/

 

[ranjeet]

@Nilgiri

does it amount to secular scrutinity?

 

[Nilgiri]

@Nilgiri

does it amount to secular scrutinity?

These people sicken me more than you can know (esp where their perversions stem from and where a lot of their orders come from too). My family has a history with these types screeching at us their moral superiority/fortitude (like @takeiteasy and few others still do here)....so it is a final justice that their agenda is now exposed increasingly. Skeletons in their closets need to keep tumbling out for all to see. Truth is the ultimate great equalizer.