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22 March 2017

With mounting cases of sexual abuse by priests, the church in Kerala faces rising public anger

Fr Robin, alias Mathew Vadakkancheril, was arrested for sexually abusing and impregnating a 16-year-old on Monday. Barely two months after Pope Francis had exhorted Bishops all over the world to show zero tolerance towards crimes against children, a Catholic priest was arrested on charges of child sexual abuse in Kerala.
Father Robin, as Mathew Vadakkancheril had come to be known as Vicar of St Sebastian’s Church in Kottiyoor in Kannur district of Kerala, was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old last year.

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