Bishop acquittal: Case sabotaged, say nun's friends

January 14, 2022 15:18

The brave sisters who stood by the rape survivor

The acquittal of Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of charges of raping a nun in a Kerala convent by a court in Kottayam triggered emotional reactions on Friday.

Nuns who supported the survivor expressed shock and dismay over the verdict and said they would continue the fight till justice prevails.

The jubilant bishop urged followers to 'praise the lord and be happy'.

A group of nuns of Kuravilangad Convent in Kottayam, who have been standing with the survivor in her fight, were on the verge of tears when they said they were yet to believe such a verdict came out from the court and they did not know what has happened.

The survivor and her supporters stay in the Kuravilangad convent in this south Kerala district.

Sister Anupama, who was the face of the nun's years-long fight for justice, said they will challenge the verdict in the higher court and take forward the fight of their hapless colleague.

"We will continue our stay in the convent and take forward our fight till our sister gets justice. Police and prosecution showed justice to us but we did not get the expected justice from the judiciary," the teary-eyed nun told reporters.

In a broken voice, she also said the verdict gives them a message that ordinary mortals like them should never break their silence against any injustice and fight a case whatever happened to them in the life.

"Those who are wealthy and influential can do anything in this society. That is what we see around us now. We have never felt anything strange till the time of argument of the case. We believe it was sabotaged after that," she said.

When asked whether they would be safe in the convent and they expect any ill-treatment from the church authorities in the wake of the verdict, she said they had never been safe there and they could not reveal many things happening inside the institution.

Sister Anupama also made it clear that they were even ready to die to get justice for the survivor.

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