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The land deal row involving the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church has become the talking point once again after the report of a private audit firm surfaced on Friday.
Three priests charged with defaming Indian cardinal
Kerala priests accused of forging documents to prove that Cardinal Alencherry was corrupt and had illicit money dealings
Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, presents a book to Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. (Photo: diocesan website)
Police in India s Kerala state have filed charges against three Catholic priests and a layperson, three years after they were accused of conspiring and forging documents to defame Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church.
The accused, members of the Archdiocese of Ernakulum-Angamali, created fake bank documents and forged other documents to prove the cardinal had made substantial financial gains from an alleged land scam in the archdiocese, police records claim.