Kerala nuns to go ahead with a lawsuit against the bishop to sexually assault her 13 times

A nun, who accused a Catholic bishop of having badually badaulted her, said today that she would go ahead with legal action against the high priest. The nun told reporters that she would pursue the action against the bishop but refused to talk about it further.

In her complaint to the police chief of Kottayam District, the nun alleged that the bishop of the Diocese of Jalandhar Church had badually abused her several times in a small town near here. Four years ago. The nun claimed to have been the victim of badual abuse 13 times. She said that she was mistreated for the first time in 2014 in a guest house near an orphanage in the Kuravilangad area in the district. The nun claimed that she had then complained to the church authorities, but no action was taken. 19659002] The victim stated that the unfavorable approach of church authorities with respect to her grievances forced her to file a police complaint about it. The supporters of the bishop rejected the charges against the priest. They said that the nun had filed a complaint after a priest, also an official of the diocese of Jalandhar, filed a complaint against the police for threatening the bishop. In his complaint, the priest alleged that the nun's relatives threatened to kill the bishop after he had ordered an investigation against her on the basis of a complaint lodged by a woman.

On the basis of the complaints of the nun and priest, the police launched an investigation. An official of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police is investigating the case, police said. The priest, a Keralite, has been bishop of the diocese of Jalandhar since 2013. There has been no immediate reaction from church authorities on the allegations.