Indian court orders federal force to take over disputed church
The move seeks to end the dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions in Kerala
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A top court in southern Indian Kerala state has ordered a federal paramilitary force to take possession of a more than 500-year-old church after two warring Christian groups continued to fight for its ownership.
The Kerala High Court order s order on Dec. 8 came after the Communist-led Kerala state government failed to comply with its earlier order for handing over the Marthoman Cheriyapalli Church in Kothamangalam town in Ernakulum district to the Orthodox faction.