Accused of raping a nun multiple times over a period of two years at a convent in Kottayam, Kerala, Franco was acquitted by the trial court in January 2022
Kerala: Church defends move to include rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s photo in calendar
The Church defended the move to include the Bishop s birthday in the calendar saying Mulakkal remains a Bishop and that the charges against him have not been proved. Updated: December 14, 2020 6:53:08 pm
Mulakkal is presently facing trial on allegations of raping a nun several times between 2014 and 2016 at a convent in Kottayam district of Kerala.
The inclusion of the photograph of a rape-accused Bishop in the official calendar of the year 2021 brought out by the Syro-Malabar church in Kerala has angered a section of the church faithful who protested by burning copies of the calendar at several places across the state.