Mumbai (Matters India): Bombay
archdiocese has launched a probe into the alleged sexual abuse of a
teenage boy by one of its priests. “The charges are grave and we have taken the allegations seriously,” said archdiocesan spokesperson Fr Nigel Barrett on Friday.
The Shivaji Nagar police arrested Fr
Lawrence Johnson on Nov 27 for allegedly abusing a 13-year-old boy at a
church. The 51-year-old priest is now in judicial custody. The police
have charged him with unnatural sex and several sections of the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.