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Sexual abuse by Clergy: Savio Rodrigues and Joseph Kennedy petition PM Modi to take action against sexual crimes in Catholic Church

The petition to take action against sexual abuse by the clergy was filed by Savio Rodrigues and R. Joseph Kennedy.

Kerala: 68-year-old Christian priest from Syro Malabar Church booked for sexually assaulting three 9-year old girls

The crime came to light after one of the three children reported the incident to her school teacher.

Witness identifies Father Thomas Kottoor and Father Jose Puthrukkayil in the 1992 Sister Abhaya murder case

Key witness Adakka Raju testified before a special court here that he had seen two men including Father Thomas Kottoor in the St Pius X convent compound in Kottayam on the day when the Sister Abhaya was found murdered in the well of the convent. 

The other side of Mother Teresa: The not so pious history of the Catholic Church’s saint

Mother Teresa was a friend of dictators, her clinics were in a state of utter decrepit and the 'miracles' performed in her name were not so miraculous after all.

After facing pressure from the Church, Madras HC judge withdraws his observation on sexual abuse in Christian institutions

With pressure began to mount, Justice Vaidyanathan had to agree to delete the relevant paragraph from his verdict in a case.

Bishop Franco case: Sister Lucy alleges illegal confinement by convent, case registered

Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal had last year supported the victim nun and had demanded the arrest of rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar.  

Kerala nun rape case: Sister Anupama fears sabotage of evidence to save rape accused Bishop Franco

Sister Anupama, one of the five nuns who led the protests against Franco on August 2018, expressed her fear over sabotaging the case after a local court in Pala, Kerala found irregularities in the copies of the cyber forensic report submitted in a DVD by the police and laboratory. 

‘Sex crimes committed on impulse, offenders deserve chance for reform’, Catholic priests oppose death penalty for paedophiles

The Catholic Church is against the death penalty for any crimes, Bishop Jose Chittooparampil said.

Christian priest with self-proclaimed supernatural powers to heal others admitted to hospital for viral fever

According to the director of the centre, the hospitalised father possesses supernatural powers. who can heal others

Village officer issues order to demolish and remove crosses planted by Church on encroached land near Sabarimala

Crosses have been planted on the sacred lands of Panchalimedu, believed to be a place inhabited by Pandavas during the 12 years of exile.

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