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Father Bolmax Pereira, an Indian Catholic priest, was given "anticipatory bail" for allegedly "hurting Hindu sentiments" during a Sunday Mass by making comments about a Hindu ruler.
Father Bolmax Pereira, an Indian Catholic priest, was given "anticipatory bail" for allegedly "hurting Hindu sentiments" during a Sunday Mass by making comments about a Hindu ruler.
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A Catholic priest in Goa is facing criminal charges for “hurting Hindu sentiments” after being quoted as saying that the 17th-century Hindu king Chatrapati Shivaji “was a national hero but not a god.
Police in the southwestern Indian state (map) are investigating whether Father Bolmax Pereira, committed the crimes of “deliberate acts to outrage religious feelings” and “intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace” when he preached that Shivaji, a 17th-century ruler, is not a god.