KOTTAYAM: One more
nun has come out against rape-accused bishop
Franco Mulakkal, saying he had sexually exploited her. The fresh allegation was made in a statement the 35-year-old nun had made to the police, as a witness in the rape case in which Mulakkal, former bishop of Chandigarh, was arrested on September 21, 2018. He was granted bail on October 16, 2018.
A part of the nun’s statement became public on Friday, a day before Mulakkal was to appear before the additional district court-1 judge
G Gopakumar for the preliminary hearing on the objection filed by the prosecution on the discharge petition filed by Mulakkal.
Police said a case had not been registered based on the witness statement as the nun did not want it and she wished to continue in the church. Her statement was recorded on June 28, 2018, a day after another nun of Mulakkal’s diocese lodged a police complaint, saying Mulakkal had sexually abused her for two years from 2014.