The nun who made the allegations told CBS News she faced threats and intimidation to drop her case. Her associates have vowed to appeal the 'shocking' verdict.
— An Indian court has acquitted a Catholic bishop who was charged with raping a nun in a case that sparked widespread outrage and protests. Bishop Franco Mulakkal, 54, was acquitted by a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Friday, which said the prosecution had failed to prove any of the charges against him.
Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal greets the media as he leaves a court in Kottayam, India, January 14, 2022, after being acquitted of charges of raping a nun in her rural convent.The convent, Missionaries of Jesus, is part of the Jalandhar diocese.
The nuns even wrote to Pope Francis directly in 2019, when he was hosting a landmark summit on clergy sex abuse, but they say their letters have never been answered.
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