India: archbishop appeals to high court

October 17, 2008

India's high court has scheduled a hearing next week on a petition from Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, who has sought "urgent relief" for the victims of anti-Christian violence in the state of Orissa, saying that local officials have failed to control Hindu mobs. In a related development, police in Bangalore said that a fire in a Catholic church was caused by accident, but Archbishop Bernard Moras insisted the fire was deliberately set by Hindu radicals.

 

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Further information:

• SC hearing on Archbishop’s plea on Kandhamal riots on Tuesday (Sakaal Times)
• Fire Damages Bangalore Church, Archbishop Dismisses Police Version (UCAN)