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News Reports

France: Commission investigating church child abuse scandals says the number of victims may be over 10,000

OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021

The independent commission set up to investigate into church child abuse in France said that there are over 10,000 victims.

Crime

Christian priest and lover thrash woman who caught them in a compromising situation: Report

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2021

There were rumours that pastor Joseph was having an affair with Jayalakshmi, an employee who worked at the facility.

News Reports

Kerala: Bishop stokes controversy by recommending Church-backed candidate to CPI for assembly elections

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2021

Bishop Jacob Manathodath wrote a 'confidential letter' to CPI endorsing the candidature of a Catholic industrialist for Kerala polls

News Reports

Former Spiritual adviser to Obama and Bush, Pastor Kirbyjon H Caldwell sentenced to 6 years in jail for selling fake Chinese bonds to followers

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2021

Pastor Kirbyjon H Caldwell had sold Chinese bonds issued in 1949 with no current investment value to his followers

News Reports

HDFC Bank removes video hailing Pastor Praveen as ‘Neighbourhood Hero’ after his arrest for making hate speech against Hindus: Details

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2021

In August 2020, HDFC Bank had posted a video on its YouTube channel in which it hailed Pastor Praveen as a 'Neighbourhood Hero'.

News Reports

Kerala: Jacobite faction of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church demand an ordinance to protect churches they lost due to Supreme Court verdict

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2021

The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church has lost possession of churches to the Orthodox church and now fighting to retain them in Kerala

News Reports

Read why Kerala Church has declared an interfaith marriage between a Catholic woman and a Muslim man invalid

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2021

The Syro-Malabar church had set rules to ensure that interfaith marriages in Christian community follows the canon law.

Opinions

From the year without summer to Communism and diseases: With the disasters we have endured over centuries, was 2020 really that bad?

Sanghamitra - 30 December, 2020

For civilisations that have seen the plagues, earthquakes, colonisation and the atrocities of communist rules, the COVID outbreak is a minor ordeal that will soon be overcome.

News Reports

‘Nuns pimped out boys to Christian priests at sex parties, clergy paid them for allowing to rape children,’ victim narrates ordeal in Germany

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2020

The victim said before the court that the nuns were key in aiding the abuse of the children at the children's home in Germany

OpIndia Explains

From ‘suicide’ to conviction of Father Thomas and Sister Sephy: How it took 28 years for Sister Abhaya to get justice

Dibakar Dutta - 22 December, 2020

After fighting for Sister Abhaya for 28 years, activist Jomon Puthenpuracka emphasised that the verdict restored the trust of the public in the Judiciary.

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