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Bishop Mulakkal granted bail by Kerala High Court
Bishop Franco Mulakkal was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court.
Kochi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of raping a nun, was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court.
Kerala High Court grants conditional bail to Bishop Franco Mulakkal who is the accused in Kerala nun rape case. pic.twitter.com/cVdRbmAfqa
— ANI (@ANI) October 15, 2018
The court has laid down conditions for the bail, directing him to surrender his passport and asking him not to enter Kerala.
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The prelate, who was in charge of the Jalandhar diocese, was arrested three weeks ago- on September 21 after three days of questioning in Kerala, over the charges of raping a nun of his congregation, Missionaries of Jesus, repeatedly between 2014 and 2016.
He became the first Indian Catholic bishop to be arrested in a case of the alleged sex crime against a nun. He, however, refuted the allegations, terming them "baseless and concocted." (ANI)