27 September 2018, The Tablet

A silence that kills: abuse and harassment covered up by the Church in India

by Astrid Lobo Gajiwala

A silence that kills: abuse and harassment covered up by the Church in India

Nuns in Cochin, Kerala, demand action after the allegations emerged
Photo: Reuters

 

The Indian Church is bleeding, and my “holy anger” is now laced with deep sorrow. Did it have to come to this? Women religious, priests and people from the pews, protesting publicly against the silence of the Indian bishops; leaders of the Missionaries of Jesus, attacking and disowning their own sister to protect a bishop who is the Patron of their diocesan congregation.

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