Indian cardinal decries acquittal of nun’s accused rapists
January 09, 2017
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai has issued a public statement decrying the decision of a Chhartisgarh court to find two suspects not guilty in the rape of a Catholic woman religious.
The court said that there was insufficient evidence to convict the two young men who were charged with rapign a 48-year-old Salesian missionary in June 2015.
It is a “grave injustice, not only for our consecrated, but also for all women who have suffered a similar trauma,” the cardinal said. He said that the Church would appeal the verdict, hoping to bring public attention to “the problem of violence against women.”
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Further information:
- Cardinal Gracias denounces acquittal of nun’s alleged rapists (UCAN)
- India: men acquitted in rape of nun (CWN, 1/5)
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