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Jailing of killer priest, nun fuels crisis in India's Catholic Church By Murali Krishnan in New Delhi - RFI LISTEN AP - Anonymous 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 A...

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. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- 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 chall...

The evidence that nailed Sister Abhaya's killers 28 years later On Tuesday, catholic priest Father Thomas Kottoor and nun Sister Sephy guilty were found guilty of murdering Sister Abhaya 28 years ago in the St Pius convent in Kerala's Kottayam. advertisement UPDATED: December 24, 2020 08:47 IST Sister Abhaya was murdered in 1992 and the case has been going on for 28 years. The 229-page judgment in the Sister Abhaya case has confirmed that the catholic nun was attacked with an "intention to kill". On Tuesday, catholic priest Father Thomas Kottoor and nun Sister Sephy guilty were found guilty o...

Sister Abhaya. (File photo) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CBI special court here, on Wednesday, awarded life sentence to Father Thomas Kottoor, and Sister Sephy, for the charges of murder of Sister Abhaya, 21, and subsequently destroying evidence. On Tuesday, the CBI judge K Sanilkumar had found Father Thomas Kottoor, 71, guilty of charges of murder, destruction of evidence and criminal house trespass, and Sister Sephy, 57, guilty of murder and destruction of evidence. Before delivering the sentence, the court heard the prosecution and the two convicts for one last time. The prosecution pleaded f...