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Cardinal George Alencherry, the head of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church had found himself in big trouble after the Kerala High Court directed the police to file a criminal complaint against him and three others over dubious land deals.

Kottayam Superintendent of Police Harishankar and Vaikom Deputy SP Subash, who were the investigating officers in the Bishop Franco's rape case have been issued marching orders by the state government raising serious questions about possible attempts to sabotage the investigation. 

The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council spokesperson Varghese Vallikkat, a priest, said the decision to give the award to the cartoon was “highly provocative and objectionable”.

The Catholic priest is identified as 38-year old John Praveen, who had pleaded guilty in February to sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl in the Rapid City church, South Dakota.

Ironically, George Pell was one of the inner circle of nine cardinals chose by Pope Francis to deal with issues such as sexual abuse of children by the clergy, fixing account books and financial reforms. The Pope had declined to remove Cardinal Pell after pressure mounted over the way in which the Church was handling such issues.

FCC had earlier issued a warning to Sister Lucy Kalapura for participating in a protest against the rape accused Bishop Franco

Bishop Agnelo has written a letter to the nuns stating that he was giving a directive to Regina Kadamthottu, Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, not to issue any letters to the five nuns without his explicit permission.

The mother of the victim hails from Mysuru had approached the Karnataka High Court alleging that three pastors had sexually abused her daughter. The court had ordered the Karnataka police to take up the case.

Hermann Geissler, who was the Chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been accused of sex abuse by a former nun of the Church named Doris Wagner-Reisinger