https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-nun-rape-bishop-sexual-abuse-trial-franco-mulakka-kerala-catholic-church-a8772596.html

An Indian nun who says a bishop raped her 13 times and was urged by church officials to keep silent about it has been told the case is going to trial.

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who maintains his innocence, will be charged and face trial by a special prosecutor on accusations of rape and intimidation, police said.

He was arrested on 21 September in the southern state of Kerala on suspicion of raping the nun 13 times between 2014 and 2016.

She first spoke out in June but police started formal questioning only in September as fury over the case mounted.

The church acknowledged the accusations only after five of the woman’s fellow nuns mutinied and publicly rallied to her side to draw attention to her year-long quest for justice, despite what they described as heavy pressure to remain silent.