Posts Tagged ‘Indian priest’

Priest in India attacks bishop

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
priest suspended in India

A Catholic priest from a diocese in northern India has been suspended after allegedly physically assaulting the diocese’s bishop over a sexual abuse case. Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza of Ajmer claims he was attacked last week by local priest Father Varghese Palappallil. Palappallil has denied the allegation. According to Matters India, the bishop said he Read more

Police charge Catholic bishop with raping nun

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Police have charged an Indian bishop with repeatedly raping a nun at a rural convent in a case that has cast a new shadow on the Catholic church’s global sex abuse crisis. Franco Mulakkal was charged with raping the nun several times between 2014 and 2016, according to the police deputy superintendent in the district Read more