The nun filed a complaint in June last year but police only started investigating three months later, after five nuns staged near daily protests outside the state high court. By AFPMore by this AuthorKottayamA Roman Catholic bishop went on trial in southern India on Saturday accused of repeatedly raping a nun. While the Catholic church has been rocked by sexual assault and abuse cases in many countries, Mulakkal is the first Indian clergy to go on trial. The bishop is charged with raping the nun several times between 2014 and 2016, while head of the Missionaries of Jesus order. The nun filed a complaint in June last year but police only started investigating three months later, after five nuns staged near daily protests outside the state high court.

Source: Daily Nation November 30, 2019 09:11 UTC