Rape charges - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:30:09 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Rape charges - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Indian bishop charged with rape faces allegation from second nun https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/27/indian-bishop-charged-with-rape-faces-allegation-from-second-nun/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:53:26 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124549 It has emerged that a second nun of the Missionaries of Jesus has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur of sexual harassment. The bishop has been charged with raping a nun repeatedly over the course of two years, allegations he denies. The first nun, who is a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, has said Read more

Indian bishop charged with rape faces allegation from second nun... Read more]]> It has emerged that a second nun of the Missionaries of Jesus has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur of sexual harassment. The bishop has been charged with raping a nun repeatedly over the course of two years, allegations he denies.

The first nun, who is a member of the Missionaries of Jesus, has said that Bishop Mulakkal, 55, raped her during his May 2014 visit to her convent in Kuravilangad, in Kerala.

In a 72-page complaint to police, filed in June 2018, she alleged that the bishop sexually abused her more than a dozen times over two years. Read more

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