Editorial

Kerala nun rape case: A moment of reckoning for the Church in India

Kerala nun rape case: A moment of reckoning for the Church in India

Never before have nuns broken rank with the Church to protest in public over what they perceive a miscarriage of justice. A nun from the Missionaries of Jesus near Kottayam in Kerala, has accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal of rape. The nun alleged that she was sexually assaulted 13 times, between 2014 and 2016. Bishop Mulakkal also happens to be the head of the congregation.