INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jalandhar accused of raping a nun was questioned by the Kerala police for over five hours
Franco Mullackal sexually abused her 13 times between 2014 and 2016
She went to the police only after the Bishop filed a counter complaint, accusing the nun and her family of threatening and blackmailing
him.On Monday, the Kerala police told the High Court that the Bishop repeatedly raped the nun for almost two years, between May 2014 and
The Bishop is likely to be questioned again
further steps will be taken
This is an old case so we are collecting more evidence," police officer K Subhash said.Forty eight days after Bishop Franco Mullackal was
booked for rape, he is yet to be arrested
The Bishop has claimed innocence and said he is a victim of vendetta for taking disciplinary action against the nun.The investigating
officer's statement of fact before the court, accessed by TheIndianSubcontinent, says, "It is revealed that the accused Bishop Franco
consent, by abusing his dominance over her as bishop of Jalandhar after confining her in the guest room of the convent."The nun, in her
She said she was raped multiple times after that, all the way till September 23, 2016.On Monday, the police provided the court with the
The police was responding to a petition by Kerala Catholic Church Reformation Movement seeking speedy investigation in the case.The police
told the High Court that a lookout circular had been issued last month to prevent the Bishop from flying out of India
"The statement of the doctor who conducted the medical test on the survivor was also recorded in which she says there is evidence of sexual
These nuns, police say, were aware of what the happenings
Police have also questioned the father of a nun, who wrote a letter to him saying, "My life is in danger and if anything happened to her,
Bishop Franco is responsible for her misery."Rejecting allegations of laxity or indifference, the police said the statements of a woman in
Delhi, who is also the prime witness in the case and her husband, were taken on August 3.
