3 Father Vaddakumchiryil has confessed to his crime and has been arrested. The father of a minor girl who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a Catholic priest in a Kerala parish, has said he lied about raping his daughter to protect her aggressor and the Church, the Indian Express reported on Saturday. Her father said he turned in the priest, 48-year old Father Robin Vaddakumchiryil, after being taken into custody and told he would be behind bars for a long time, the Indian Express report said. Father Vaddakumchiryil, who's the bishop of St Sebastian church and the manager of the school where the victim studies, has confessed to his crime. (Inputs from Revathi Rajeevan)ALSO READ | Kerala priest arrested for raping 17-year-old, survivor delivered a child last weekALSO WATCH | Women wearing jeans, T-shirts should be drowned, says Kerala catholic priest in sermon

Source: India Today March 12, 2017 11:26 UTC