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Police Files Rape Suit Against Bishop

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A Catholic Bishop, Franco Mulakkal has been charged with for repeatedly raping a nun in a convent, officials said.

Naija News understands that the Indian Police on Tuesday charged a Roman Catholic Bishop for raping the nun in her forties and accused him of sexually assaulting her over a period of two years.

The Police chief of Kerala state’s Kotttayam district, Hari Sankar said the police charge was filed in a trial court in the Pala area.

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“He has been charged with rape, illegal confinement, unnatural sex and intimidation under provisions of the Indian Penal Code,’’ Sankar said by phone.

However, Mulakkal, who faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, denied the charges.

He was granted bail 30 days later.

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