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Rape accused Bishop seeks Pope Francis' permission to step down temporaril
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Bishop of Jalandhar diocese, Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun, has written a letter to the Pope Francis, expressing his desire to temporarily step down from the responsibilities of the diocese. The letter has been handed over to Pope's
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Rape accused Bishop seeks Pope Francis' permission to step down temporaril
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 17 (ANI): Bishop of Jalandhar diocese, Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun, has written a letter to the Pope Francis, expressing his desire to temporarily step down from the responsibilities of the diocese. The letter has been handed over to Pope's
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Kerala nun rape: Activist on hunger strike hospitalized
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): Activist Stephen Mathew, who has been on a hunger strike for the past nine days demanding the arrest of rape-accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, was hospitalised after his health deteriorated earlier in the day.
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Accused Bishop stepping down is first win: NCW
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Saturday termed reports of Jalandhar Bishop Mulakkal stepping down as the first win in the Kerala nun rape case.
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Kerala rape: Jalandhar police serves notice to Bishop
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Jalandhar police on Saturday served a notice to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of allegedly raping a nun, to appear before Kerala police on September 19.
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Kerala nun rape: Vatican forms probe panel, accused bishop writes to clerg
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): The Vatican, the highest seat of authority in the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, has formed a one-member panel to probe the rape allegations against the Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal.
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Case to be filed against Missionaries of Jesus for revealing nun's identit
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): A case will be registered against Missionaries of Jesus under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 228A (disclosure of the identity of the victim of certain offenses including rape) for publishing the photo of the victim nun.
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Rationalists influencing nuns' thoughts: Missionaries of Jesus
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): The Missionaries of Jesus on Friday, on the basis of the findings unearthed by its inquiry commission, stated that the nuns who were protesting against Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakkal, were influenced by the "thoughts of rationalists."
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Kerala Govt not taking proper action against Bishop: Nun's family
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar/Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): The brother of the Kerala nun who has accused the Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakka of allegedly raping her on several occasions between 2014 and 2016 on, Thursday blamed the state government for not taking any action into the matter in vi
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Victim's family was offered money to back off: Kerala nun's lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): The family of the nun from Kerala, who has accused Bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mulakka, of allegedly raping her on several occasions between 2014 and 2016, was threatened and offered money to take the case back, said the nun's counsel Sandhya Raju in th
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Nun rape: Panel to examine MLA 'prostitute' remark
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 13 (ANI): Kerala legislative assembly Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan on Thursday said that the ethics committee will examine "prostitute" remark made by the assembly member PC George.
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Shouldn't have used 'prostitute' word: PC George
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 12 (ANI): Kerala Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) PC George, who recently stoked a controversy by calling a nun "prostitute", on Wednesday, said that he shouldn't have used "such a word". The MLA, however, stood by his previous statement.
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