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Bishop accused of raping nun in India to begin trial on Nov. 11
- Church in Asia
- Oct 23, 2019
An Indian bishop accused of raping on a nun multiple times will see his day in court on Nov. 11. Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar will be tried in the state of Kerala, the center of Christianity in India.
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Arts organization refuses to rescind award for cartoon mocking rape-accused bishop
- Church in Asia
- Jun 20, 2019
A government-backed arts group in Kerala, India, has refused to rescind an award for a political cartoon depicting Bishop Franco Mulakkal after a complaint from the state’s Catholic bishops.
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Fellow bishops clear Indian cardinal of wrongdoing in real estate deals
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Jun 7, 2019
An Indian cardinal who faces multiple investigations for allegedly selling church land and incurring a multimillion-dollar loss has been cleared by his fellow bishops even though the Vatican has yet to rule on the case.
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Charges officially filed against India bishop accused of rape
- Church in Asia
- Apr 10, 2019
An Indian bishop accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a nun has officially been charged with rape and other offenses.
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India’s Kerala state publishes guidelines on clerical sex abuse
- Church in Asia
- Feb 7, 2019
Bishops in India’s most Christian state have declared a “zero tolerance” policy for the sexual abuse of children.
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After Kerala floods, Indian nuns worked to prevent farmers’ suicide
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Jan 2, 2019
Since 2000, hundreds of depressed farmers in Pappachan’s district of Kerala state in India committed suicide. Recent suicides mostly are attributed to hardships caused by recent severe flooding, but earlier ones have been due to factors like crop failure and debt.
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