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Jailing of killer priest, nun fuels crisis in India s Catholic Church
By Murali Krishnan in New Delhi - RFI LISTEN
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Bringing a dramatic end to a nearly three decade old case, a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has convicted a Catholic priest and a nun of murdering a convent member. The ruling has contributed to a growing crisis in India s Catholic Church.
A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a federal investigating agency, sentenced Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy to life in prison after finding them guilty of the murder of Sister Abhaya, who died 28 years ago in the town of Kottayam.
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Balachandran Chullikkadu, poet
This Christmas, Kerala is celebrating a reformed thief who is being equated with God’s signature and who has emerged holier than some of the men who wear the cloth.
Raju, then a petty thief, faced a difficult choice 28 years ago.
If he testified against the suspects in the high-profile murder of a nun in a Kerala convent, he would have to incriminate himself by confessing he had been at the site to steal.
The choice he made in 1992 has now helped nail the priest and nun who killed Sister Abhaya and turned him into the toast of Kerala.
Abhaya murder case verdict a closure, but not justice
While it’s indeed a victory for those who fought hard and relentlessly to bring out the truth, the long delay is a sad reflection on the criminal justice system.
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CBI special court in Trivandrum finds Father Thomas Kottoor (L) and Sister Sephy (R) guilty in Sister Abhaya murder case.
The verdict in Kerala’s sensational Abhaya murder case is being hailed as a triumph of justice. It’s a fact that the case survived multiple botched investigations, some forceful cover-up attempts and serious legal challenges spanning courts at various levels to finally culminate in the conviction of a priest and a nun. But it also took 28 long years.