Police say the nun has alleged that the bishop would abuse her in a guest house during his visits to Kerala between 2014 and 2016. (Photo: Reuters) A nun in Kerala has accused a bishop of sexually abusing her on several occasions over a period of two years and filed a police complaint in this regards. The accused bishop is posted in Jalandhar, Punjab. Police say the nun has alleged that the bishop would abuse her in a guest house during his visits to Kerala between 2014 and 2016. ALSO READ | Kerala man alleges priests sexually abused wife; church orders probe In her complaint to the Kottayam district police, the nun has stated that she was subjected to sexual abuse 13 times, news agency PTI said in a report. On the other hand, the bishop has also filed a counter complaint against the nun alleging vendetta for taking disciplinary action against the nun. Police officials told IndiaToday TV that the bishop had filed his complaint before the nun. They said that he has alleged that the nun was threatening him of filling a sexual-abuse case against him. ALSO READ | NCW directs Kerala police chief to conduct probe in sexual abuse of woman by 5 priests The nun has meanwhile claimed that she had raised the issue with the church authorities in the past but no action was taken against the accused bishop. Following this, she filed a police complaint. The district police chief has directed a deputy superintendent of police-rank officer to probe into the two complaints. (With inputs from PTI)<doc-sep>KOTTAYAM: Franco Mulakkal, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar, Punjab has been charged with rape and unnatural sex based on a nun's complaint.The Kuravilangad police have moved the chief judicial magistrate court here to record the statement of the nun under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The court will consider the application on Monday.The nun was subjected to medical tests and the police recorded her statement on Saturday. K Subash, Vaikom DSP, in charge of the probe, said that the main content of the complaint was that she was sexually abused several times during 2014-16 at the convent near Kuravilangad.The nun, from Angamaly, belongs to the Missionaries of Jesus, a congregation which comes under Jalandhar diocese. She is the former mother superior of the convent. There is an old age home and a women's hostel functioning along with the convent. She has also served at Jalandhar diocese.The police said it was the bishop, who first lodged a complaint against the nun, alleging that he was being threatened. He had lodged a complaint against six persons, including the nun. The complaint was filed before Kottayam SP on June 21 this year. The bishop reportedly said the nun's complaint was in retaliation for transferring her on disciplinary grounds. The police registered a case based on the nun's complaint on June 27. According to Kottayam SP Hari Sankar, police have begun probing both the complaints.Meanwhile, Mulakkal pleaded innocent and said he will face the allegations legally. He also said that he will prove his honesty in the court.The Jalandhar diocese comes under the Latin Catholic Church and the bishop is from Thrissur . Both the bishop and the nun had worked together in the Jalandhar diocese. She later returned to Nadukunnam near Kuravilangad and established a convent here. She became mother superior but was removed from the post in 2016.Fr Paul Thelekkatt, the former spokesperson of the Syro-Malabar Church, on Saturday, said efforts should've been taken to find a resolution to the issue within the ecclesiastical circles without making it a public scandal.<doc-sep>The nun has complained that she was sexually abused by the bishop in 2014. (Representational photo) The nun has complained that she was sexually abused by the bishop in 2014. (Representational photo) KERALA POLICE on Friday registered a case against Bishop Franko Mulakkal, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar, following a complaint from a Catholic nun that she was sexually assaulted by him. Kottayam’s Superintendent of Police Hari Sanker said the case against the bishop was registered at Kuravilangadu police station based on the nun’s complaint. “The bishop has given a complaint against the nun, saying that she has threatened him. Police have registered two cases based on the complaints,” the SP said. The district deputy superintendent of police (intelligence) has been asked to probe the two cases,’’ he said. Police sources said Mulakkal had complained to the police last week that he was threatened by the nun after she was transferred. The nun has complained that she was sexually abused by the bishop in 2014. Sources said Mulakkal in his complaint against the nun had alleged that she was threatening to entrap him in a sex scandal. Mulakkal, who comes from Kerala, was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Delhi in 2009. He was made the bishop of Jalandhar in 2013.<doc-sep>
KOTTAYAM: The rape allegation raised by a nun against a Catholic Bishop took a serious turn as the police are to record the statement of the nun under Section 164 in the Code Of Criminal Procedure. The statement will be recorded before a Magistrate under this section.The rape case was filed against the bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Diocese of Jalandhar based on the nun’s complaint, police had said on Friday. The complainant said she was raped in 2014 by the bishop. According to her, she was abused in the guest house attached to the convent near Kuravilangad. The nun belongs to the Missionaries of Jesus, a congregation which comes under Jalandhar Diocese. She was the former Mother Superior of the convent. She has also served in Jalandhar diocese.On Saturday, the nun reiterated her complaint to the local police who came to record her statement. She refused to make any public comments on her complaint saying that she had lodged her compliant with the persons in responsible posts.In the complaint she had alleged that she was forced to indulge in sex with the Bishop several times. She has also alleged that she was resorted to unnatural sex.The nun is at present in a convent near Kuravilangad in Kottayam district.According superintendent of Kottayam police, Hari Sankar, the bishop had first lodged a complaint against the nun’s brother, saying he was being threatened. Then nun lodged the complaint after the bishop.The officer said the police have some doubts regarding the complaints. The nun claimed that the incident had happened in 2014, but approached the police after the bishop complained. The bishop reportedly said the nun had been transferred on disciplinary grounds, and her complaint was in retaliation to this action.The police officer said there were issues between both the parties, which would be probed before initiating any further action.