The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that police protection cannot be provided to Catholic nun Lucy Kalapura, who has been expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), if she continues to stay in the convent. Hearing her petition seeking police protection at the convent in Karakkamala village of Wayanad district, the bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan said she can be provided with police protection only if she moves out to any other place of her choice. The Vatican had rejected Sister Lucy’s appeal against her termination from the FCC. The court also told Lucy that it cannot issue an order allowing her stay at the convent, as her right to continue in the nunnery as a member of the congregation has been extinguished. She participated in an agitation in 2018 demanding the arrest of bishop Franco Mulakkal in a case of alleged rape of a nun.

Source: Indian Express July 14, 2021 22:07 UTC