Thiruvananthapuram: A nun has filed a police complaint against a Catholic bishop of a diocese in north India, alleging that he had sexually abused her multiple times at a small town near here four years ago, police said today.
In her complaint to Kottayam district police superintendent, the nun alleged that she was subjected to sexual abuse 13 times.
However, the bishop Franco Mulakkal has countered that the allegation was brought by the latter only to target him for taking action against her.
The Kottayam district police on Saturday launched investigations into both allegations.
The Catholic nun from here had alleged that her superior, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar, Punjab, had sexually abused her 13 times.
But Mulakkal told the media on Saturday that trouble started in 2016 when he took up a complaint against her and took it to its logical conclusion.
“When I took up the complaint against her, the harassment started from her end and it has continued unabated since then — with allegations against me,” said the bishop, who has now also filed a complaint with the police.
Countering Mulakkal’s claim, the nun, however told the media that very soon she would reveal how she was exploited for over two years beginning 2014.
The police is expected to record fresh statements of both the parties.
Siasat Web Team