Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala nun banished to near-seclusion and poverty since accusing a bishop of raping her has ended eight years of silence to declare she would fight the acquittal of her alleged tormentor till the end. “I will see to it that this case (is heard in) the high court and (if necessary, in) the Supreme Court. Mulakkal, temporarily relieved of his pastoral responsibilities by the Vatican in September 2018, was acquitted by a Kerala court in January 2022. In four years, Kerala High Court has failed to take upthe nun’s appeal against the acquittal. Mulakkal, the first Catholic Bishop in India to be arrested on rape charges, now lives a 40-minute driveaway from the nun’s convent.

Source: The Telegraph January 12, 2026 01:32 UTC