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Nun rape case: Why is Kerala police questioning Bishop Franco Mulakkal when law requires his arrest?
Greeshma Kuthar •In the case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, the police will have to answer how a person accused of rape is being questioned without being arrested.
Kerala nun rape case: Supreme Court dismisses discharge plea of accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal
•The Kerala HC had dismissed a plea by the bishop last month while admitting the prosecution argument that there was prima facie evidence against him.
Kerala nun rape case: Kottayam court cancels Bishop Franco Mulakkal's bail, issues non-bailable warrant
•The court cancelled Mulakkal's bail for failing to appear for trial in the case and posted the trial for further hearing on 13 August.
Kerala nun rape case: High Court dismisses Bishop Franco Mulakkal's discharge petition
•Court accepted prosecution's argument that there was prime facie evidence against the deposed Bishop and directed him to stand for trial.
Kerala court stays expulsion of Sister Lucy Kalappura till 1 Jan; nun was dismissed for joining protest against rape-accused Franco Mulakkal
•Sister Lucy Kalappura had published poems, purchased a car and taken part in a street protest by five nuns of the Catholic religious order Missionaries of Jesus, against a former bishop of Jalandhar dioecese
Sister Lucy Kalappurakkal says Church strategy is to discredit her, as 'a lie told hundred times becomes truth'
A Harikumar •The Church’s powers-that-be unite against dissenters and critics, Sister Lucy alleged, pointing out that her dismissal from her congregation was greeted with press releases from Kerala bishops, who welcomed her ouster.
'Plenty of evidence for invisible patriarchal power priests hold over nuns': Sister Lucy Kalappurakkal claims in autobiography
Lucy Kalappurakkal •This excerpt from Sister Lucy Kalappurakkal's autobiography, Karthavinte Namathil, speaks of a system of abuse perpetrated within the church
Kerala nun rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal's bail extended till 6 January by Kottayam court
•The Kerala High Court had in October last year granted conditional bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting the nun
Bishop Franco Mulakkal case mirrors trajectory of #MeToo movement, how backlash has impacted survivors
Gita Aravamudan •In cases like that of Bishop Franco Mulakkal and many men named in the #MeToo movement, the all-powerful male professional network kicked in months after the allegations were made public, and the women who were courageous enough to speak up lost jobs and assignments. It has now reached a stage where the survivors who complain against the powerful are vilified and the accused are ironically projected as victims.
Sister Lucy Kalappura writes to Vatican, claims disciplinary action taken for participating in protests seeking arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal
•She alleged 'disciplinary action' was taken for participating in protests by a group of nuns seeking arrest of a bishop accused of raping a fellow nun