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Kerala nun accuses catholic priest of 'humiliating' her on
social media
Kochi, Aug 20 (PTI) A Kerala nun, who supported a protest
against a Bishop accused of rape, Tuesday accused a Catholic
priest of Mananthavady diocese of using social media platform
to "humiliate" her.
Sister Lucy Kalappura alleged that the priest, who is
part of PRO team of the Mananthavady diocese of the Catholic
Church, posted the CCTV visual of media persons visiting her
in the convent in the social media platforms to "humiliate"
her.
The nun was expelled by the Aluva-base Franciscan Clarist
Congregation (FCC) early this month for her lifestyle 'in
violation' of the proper law of the FCC.
Following her expulsion, the congregation had asked the
nun to leave the nunnery.
The nun had on Tuesday alleged that the priest collected
the CCTV visuals of media persons visiting her at the convent
and made a video aiming to humiliate her in public.
She alleged the CCTV visuals were collected with the help
of her fellow nuns in the FCC convent at Karackamala in
Wayanad.
"In the video, he (the priest) used vulgar language to
humiliate me. He did so to disgrace me, to humiliate me,"
Sister Kalappura told reporters outside her convent.
The nun said she would lodge a police complaint against
the priest.
The Mananthavady diocese disowned the views expressed by
the priest in the video, saying it was his personal views.
"Whatever the priest said in the video are his personal
views. We were not consulted before posting such a video in
the social media," PRO of the Diocese, Fr Jose Kocharackal,
told PTI.
He said the priest, who often reacts through social media
platform on issues happening in his surroundings, is a member
of the PRO team of the diocese.
The issue came to light a day after the Vellamunda police
registered a case against the FCC convent authorities at
Karakkamala following a complaint of illegal confinement by
the nun.
Sister Kalappura had alleged that she was locked up in
the Karackamala convent by the convent authorities to prevent
her from attending the mass at the church in the
neighbourhood.
The Church authorities have rejected the allegations by
the nun.
The nuns who went for the holy mass had locked the doors
of the convent to ensure that the safety of one of their
fellow nuns who had stayed back due to her illness.
Siter Kalappura has filed an appeal before the Vatican
against Franciscan Clarist Congregation's decision to expel
her from it.
In its notice to the nun early in January, the
congregation had termed as "grave violations," Sister
Kalappura possessing a driving licence, buying a car, taking a
loan for it and publishing a book and spending money without
the permission and knowledge of her superiors.
She had dismissed some 14 charges levelled against her by
the congregation, saying many of them were a "deliberate
attempt" to paint her in "bad light."
In its notices, the congregation had alleged that the nun
violated FCC's dress code in public "without any permission"
and "caused grave external scandal and harm to the Church" by
participating in the protest by 'Save Our Sisters Action
Council' on September 20, 2018, in Kochi, seeking the arrest
of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun in Kerala.
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