Priest, nun convicted of 1992 murder of Indian woman religious
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More than 28 years after a 19-year-old nun was found dead in a convent well, a court in India s Kerala state convicted a priest and a woman religious of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of murdering her.
BHOPAL, India More than 28 years after a 19-year-old nun was found dead in a convent well, a court in India’s Kerala state convicted a priest and a woman religious of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of murdering her.
The special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a federal agency, convicted Father Thomas Kottoor and the nun, identified as Sister Sephy, Dec. 22,
Catholic priest, nun convicted in 28-year murder case of Indian nun
Church leaders and the initial police investigation had dismissed the case as suicide
Sister Abhaya s body was found in a well at a Kerala convent in March 1992.
More than 28 years after a 19-year-old nun was found dead in a convent well, a court in southern India s Kerala state has convicted a Catholic priest and a nun of murdering her.
The special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a federal agency, convicted Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy on Dec. 22 but said the quantum of punishment would be announced on Dec. 23.