Kerala nun rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted

2022-01-14 2

Bishop Franco Mulakkal was acquitted in the nun rape case by a trial court in Kerala. The Catholic Bishop of Jalandhar was accused of raping and sexually assaulting a nun from the Missionaries of Jesus convent in Kuravilangad. According to the survivor nun, the Bishop allegedly raped her 13 times when he visited the convent between 2014 and 2016. After church officials ignored her complaints, she went to the police in June 2018. This is a timeline of the case.