Orthodox Church to observe ‘protest day’
NCW suggestion on confession The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church will observe August 5 as ‘day of protest’ against a recommendation of the National Commission for Women (NCW) to ban the…
Category Archives: Priests
Fess up, you’re wrong: NCW attempt to ban confessions is silly
August 4, 2018, 2:00 AM IST TOI Edit in TOI Editorials | Edit Page, India | TOI Four priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church have been accused of blackmail and sexual exploitation in Kerala, and a Jalandhar bishop has been…
ഫാ. ഏബ്രഹാം കോശി കെ.സി.സി. യുവജന കമ്മിഷൻ ചെയർമാന്‍
കേരളാ കൗൺസിൽ ഓഫ് ചർച്ചസിന്റെ യുവജന കമ്മിഷൻ ചെയർമാനായി ഫാ. ഏബ്രഹാം കോശി കുന്നുംപുറത്തിനെ ചുമതലപ്പെടുത്തി.
Kerala high court dismisses PIL against confession
KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare confession among Christians as unconstitutional and a violation of right to privacy. Dismissing the…
Church sex scandals shake India’s Kerala state
A spate of sex scandals has exposed the dark side of the clergy in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Despite growing calls for reform of the church, religious leaders…
Declare “Compulsory Confession” Unconstitutional, Kerala Petition Says
The threat of undeclared sanction by the church and isolation from society in which they live creates a feeling of fear in the minds of such members, petition said Kerala | Press…
Supreme Court calls sex-for-silence scandal involving Catholic priests a ‘disturbing trend’
Updated Aug 01, 2018 | 14:24 IST | Mirror Now Digital A bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that priests sexually assaulting women is a ‘disturbing trend’….
എം. എസ് സക്കറിയ റമ്പാന്റെ ഒന്നാം ചരമവാർഷിക ഓർമ്മ
നൃുഡൽഹി : മയൂർവിഹാർ((ഫേസ്-3 ) സെന്റ് ജെയിംസ് ഓർത്തഡോൿസ് പള്ളിയിൽ എം. എസ് സക്കറിയ റമ്പാന്റെ ഒന്നാം ചരമവാർഷിക ഓർമ്മ (31/7/2018) ഇന്ന് വൈകിട്ട് 7 മണിക്ക് സന്ധ്യനമസ്കാരത്തെ തുടർന്ന് വെരി.റവ. സാം. വി. ഗബ്രിയേൽ കോർ എപ്പിസ്കോപ്പയുടെ പ്രധാന കാർമികത്വത്തിലും,…
Indian Catholic leaders protest call to ban sacrament of reconciliation
Catholic News Service | July 30, 2018 | 1 Comment India’s Catholic Church has led a chorus of protest over a demand to ban the sacrament of reconciliation from the chairwoman of the…
Man in India confession sex case loses faith in probes
Husband of woman allegedly blackmailed by priests for sex doubts the sincerity of police and the Indian Orthodox Church T.K. Devasia, Kochi India July 31, 2018 A man who accused…
Kerala: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church objects to panel’s proposal to ban practice of confession
Kerala BJP leader George Kurian on Thursday warned that any move to abolish the practice will be met with opposition. The National Commission for Women’s recommendation asking the government to abolish the…
SC Wonders Why There’s a Sudden Rise in Rape Cases Involving Church Priests
A bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan had two separate cases, involving church priests from Kerala, listed before it on Thursday. Utkarsh Anand | CNN-News18 Updated:July 26, 2018, 6:48 PM…
Women’s Panel Seeks an End to Confession in Churches, Calls it Tool for Blackmail
The recommendation comes in the backdrop of a rape case against Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church’s four priests, who have been accused of sexually exploiting a married woman belonging to their…
Kerala: HC Granted Conditional Bail to a Orthodox Priest
Kerala High Court grants conditional bail to Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church priest in rape case Justice V Rajavijaya Raghavan ordered Job Mathew to appear before the investigating officer twice a…
CHURCH SEX SCANDAL: PRIEST GRANTED BAIL
Tuesday, 24 July 2018 | VR Jayaraj | Kochi The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Fr Johnson V Mathew, one of the four priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church…
