The recent alleged rape of a minor girl by a vicar and
what appears to be an attempted institutional cover up in Kerala has
brought the Catholic Church under fire yet again. The vicar was an
influential priest who had held important offices of power and the
Church had apparently used its various apparatuses to protect him from
the law.
This is not the first time that the Syro Malabar Church, the largest
congregation of Catholics in the state, is at the centre of controversy.
Over the years, many of its priests have been accused of various sexual
offences and rights violations, and its institutions of cover-ups. Some
have been punished by law, but many have managed to escape as the vicar
in the latest rape case nearly did.
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/02/the-alleged-rape-of-a-minor-by-kerala-priest-highlights-why-the/
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