Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)

A day before Kerala’s rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s discharge petition is to be heard, the statement of a nun – one of the witnesses against him – has been leaked. The nun, the 14th witness in the case, has alleged that Franco Mulakkal made sexually coloured remarks on phone calls, messages and video calls and that she was inappropriately touched by him. The nun, in the statement, also states that she was scared of the Bishop and of being thrown out from the congregation.