Here are some more shocking and brutal readings on the genocide against innocent Christians in Orissa being committed even now. Please access the blogspot to read more on the sinister anti-Christian pogrom that continues unabated. All of us need to condemn this and put a stop to this violence by the VHP and other communal elements. http://orissaburning.blogspot. com/ From: Austine J. Crasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [KonkaniCatholics] 1 More Burnt Alive, 18 Re-conversions, 4 Churches BurntTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Monday, 1 September, 2008, 3:43 PM Monday, September 1, 20081 MORE BURNT ALIVE, 18 CONVERTED TO HINDUISMAnti-Christian Pogrom Continues in Orissa!! Another Christian Burnt Alive; 18 Forcibly Converted to HinduismMore than a week after the worst form of anti-Christian violence hit the state, we're still receiving fresh news of killings, forcible re-conversions (to Hinduism) and destruction. To call the ongoing Orissa episodes as a "national shame" would be a massive understatement of the State's failure.Merinews reports last night's burning: One Abhimanyu Nayak, a resident of Barapalh village under Pasara police station of Kandhamal district in Orissa, was burnt alive on Sunday night (August 31) and 18 families of one community were forcibly converted at Raikia on Friday (August 29), by fanatic organisations in presence of police and government officials though the curfew was still in force.---FRESH VIOLENCE: AT LEAST 4 MORE CHURCHES BURNTAt Least Four More Churches Burnt as Violence Continues to Spread in OrissaSITUATION UNDER WHOSE CONTROL?Even as officials claim the situation to be "under control", violence continues to spread in Orissa. Reuters reports:"Hindu mobs have burnt at least four more churches in Orissa, officials said on Monday, as religious violence appeared to spread.Thousands of people, mostly Christians, have taken shelter in makeshift camps, where Hindu mobs went on the rampage last week after a Hindu leader was killed.Last week officials said the violence appeared to be abating after Hindu and Christian leaders called for calm, but over the weekend it spread to new parts of the state.Mobs set fire to four churches in the districts of Koraput and Rayagada, Orissa's Director General of Police, Gopal Chandra Nanda, told Reuters.Two churches and several houses were also burnt in the Kandhamal district, the epicentre of the tension, despite a curfew imposed in most of its towns, one of the state's leading newspapers, The Samaja, reported on Monday."---According to the Times of India: "Media reports said six churches and some houses had been burnt in Boriguma area of Koraput district and in some places in Rayagada district on Sunday.Director General of Police Gopal Chandra Nanda, however, said "only three or four churches had been set on fire".Fresh violence was also reported from the troubled district of Kandhamal where mobs set fire to some churches and houses on Sunday evening. The incidents occurred in Bataguda and Parampanga area."http://orissaburning.blogspot. com/ __._,_.___ From: Derrick D'Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [KonkaniCatholics] Christian Ethnic Cleansing in IndiaTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Saturday, 30 August, 2008, 11:54 AM Dear AllAs I forward the mail from Archbishops house I must beg your support as well. It was orally informed to me that Fr Bernard Digal who unfortunately was in Phulbani supervising reconstruction work from the last pogrom, when the Government supported VHP mobs were on their murdering and raping spree was very badly beaten stripped and left for dead in his naked condition he traveled 10 kilometres in the forest and would have died if some Christians had not rescued him he is awaiting transfer to the Hospital in Bhubaneshwar and cannot even sit or stand or do anything. He is the treasurer of Archbishop's house. Please also note that the attached estimate is very conservative, many men women and children have been killed. Many more raped as per the Hindu right wing agenda of gender violence.The media still speaks of it, on the very few occasions it does, as a riot when it is pure genocide.God blessDerrick --- On Fri, 8/29/08, mrutyu nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk> wrote:Subject: kandhamal newsTo: "Derrick Dcosta" Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:11 PMDear Derrick,Just to keep you updated i have attached the list of the damage during the violence. It was compiled on the basis of information available with us. I believe actuall damage will be more than what is mentioned here. Now the Govt. has set up refugee camps in five blocks. people are forced to come to the refugee camp as they have lost everything. This time the destruction has been massive. One can say it is a total destruction. The fundamentalists are threatening the christians either to become Hindus or face the consequence. While thanking you for your continued prayerful support I request you to pray for the suffeing brothren. With prayerful regards Fr. Mrutyunjay2. THEY ORDERED ME TO HAVE SEX WITH THE NUN 222--- On Sat, 30/8/08, Austine J. Crasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:From: Austine J. Crasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [KonkaniCatholics] "They Ordered Me to Have Sex with the Nun": Fr. ChellenTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Saturday, 30 August, 2008, 2:22 PMSaturday, August 30, 2008FR. THOMAS CHELLEN DESCRIBES THE ORISSA MOB ORDEALFr. Thomas Chellen, director of the pastoral center that was destroyed with a bomb, had a narrow escape after a Hindu mob nearly set him on fire. Currently undergoing treatment at a Catholic hospital in Orissa's capital Bhubaneswar, Fr. Chellen had this horrifying experience to share with Catholic News Service: "They had poured kerosene on my head, and one held a matchbox in his hands to light the fire. But thanks to divine providence, in the end, they did not do that. Otherwise, I would not have been there to tell this horror," the 55-year-old priest, director of the pastoral center at Konjamendi in the Indian state of Orissa, told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from his hospital bed Aug. 28.When a Hindu mob of 500 people broke into the pastoral center around noon Aug. 24, Father Chellen said he fled through the backyard with another priest and a nun."It was heartbreaking for us to watch from a distance the entire complex go up in smoke," said Father Chellen, who had supervised the construction of the center that opened in 2001 and could accommodate 200 people."They vandalized everything and set it on fire. It has been reduced to ashes," he added.As the three watched from a distance, some other priests told them to flee."We fled to the jungles and came in the night to take shelter in the house of a Hindu friend and spent the night there," Father Chellen said, adding that the second priest left them to join other priests.The following morning, he said, the Hindu family moved the priest and nun to an adjacent vacant house and locked it to give the impression that no one was inside.However, the Hindu mobs overheard the priest speaking on his cell phone, broke into the room and dragged him and the nun outside."They began our crucifixion parade," said Father Chellen. The gang of about 50 armed Hindus "beat us up and led us like culprits along the road" to the burned pastoral center."There they tore my shirt and started pulling off the clothes of the nun. When I protested, they beat me hard with iron rods. Later, they took the sister inside (and) raped her while they went on kicking and teasing me, forcing (me) to say vulgar words," said the priest who has cuts, bruises and swollen tissue all over his body and stitches on his face."Later both of us, half-naked, were taken to the street, and they ordered me to have sex with the nun in public, saying nuns and priests do it. As I refused, they went on beating me and dragged us to the nearby government office. Sadly, a dozen policemen were watching all this," he said.Angry at his plea to the police for help, the mob beat the bleeding priest again.Later, a government official and members of the mob took the priest and the nun to the police station, where Father Chellen said he was kicked in the face."The four-hour ordeal ended when a senior police officer arrived in the evening," said Father Chellen.The priest said one of the most hurtful things about the incident was that some local Hindus whom he knew were watching the events and ignored his requests for help. From: Derrick D'Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [KonkaniCatholics] Christian Ethnic Cleansing in IndiaTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Saturday, 30 August, 2008, 11:54 AM Dear AllAs I forward the mail from Archbishops house I must beg your support as well. It was orally informed to me that Fr Bernard Digal who unfortunately was in Phulbani supervising reconstruction work from the last pogrom, when the Government supported VHP mobs were on their murdering and raping spree was very badly beaten stripped and left for dead in his naked condition he traveled 10 kilometres in the forest and would have died if some Christians had not rescued him he is awaiting transfer to the Hospital in Bhubaneshwar and cannot even sit or stand or do anything. He is the treasurer of Archbishop's house. Please also note that the attached estimate is very conservative, many men women and children have been killed. Many more raped as per the Hindu right wing agenda of gender violence.The media still speaks of it, on the very few occasions it does, as a riot when it is pure genocide.God blessDerrick --- On Fri, 8/29/08, mrutyu nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk> wrote:Subject: kandhamal newsTo: "Derrick Dcosta" Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:11 PMDear Derrick,Just to keep you updated i have attached the list of the damage during the violence. It was compiled on the basis of information available with us. I believe actuall damage will be more than what is mentioned here. Now the Govt. has set up refugee camps in five blocks. people are forced to come to the refugee camp as they have lost everything. This time the destruction has been massive. One can say it is a total destruction. The fundamentalists are threatening the christians either to become Hindus or face the consequence. While thanking you for your continued prayerful support I request you to pray for the suffeing brothren. With prayerful regards Fr. Mrutyunjay2. THEY ORDERED ME TO HAVE SEX WITH THE NUN 222--- On Sat, 30/8/08, Austine J. Crasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:From: Austine J. Crasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: [KonkaniCatholics] "They Ordered Me to Have Sex with the Nun": Fr. ChellenTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Saturday, 30 August, 2008, 2:22 PMSaturday, August 30, 2008FR. THOMAS CHELLEN DESCRIBES THE ORISSA MOB ORDEALFr. Thomas Chellen, director of the pastoral center that was destroyed with a bomb, had a narrow escape after a Hindu mob nearly set him on fire. Currently undergoing treatment at a Catholic hospital in Orissa's capital Bhubaneswar, Fr. Chellen had this horrifying experience to share with Catholic News Service: "They had poured kerosene on my head, and one held a matchbox in his hands to light the fire. But thanks to divine providence, in the end, they did not do that. Otherwise, I would not have been there to tell this horror," the 55-year-old priest, director of the pastoral center at Konjamendi in the Indian state of Orissa, told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from his hospital bed Aug. 28.When a Hindu mob of 500 people broke into the pastoral center around noon Aug. 24, Father Chellen said he fled through the backyard with another priest and a nun."It was heartbreaking for us to watch from a distance the entire complex go up in smoke," said Father Chellen, who had supervised the construction of the center that opened in 2001 and could accommodate 200 people."They vandalized everything and set it on fire. It has been reduced to ashes," he added.As the three watched from a distance, some other priests told them to flee."We fled to the jungles and came in the night to take shelter in the house of a Hindu friend and spent the night there," Father Chellen said, adding that the second priest left them to join other priests.The following morning, he said, the Hindu family moved the priest and nun to an adjacent vacant house and locked it to give the impression that no one was inside.However, the Hindu mobs overheard the priest speaking on his cell phone, broke into the room and dragged him and the nun outside."They began our crucifixion parade," said Father Chellen. The gang of about 50 armed Hindus "beat us up and led us like culprits along the road" to the burned pastoral center."There they tore my shirt and started pulling off the clothes of the nun. When I protested, they beat me hard with iron rods. Later, they took the sister inside (and) raped her while they went on kicking and teasing me, forcing (me) to say vulgar words," said the priest who has cuts, bruises and swollen tissue all over his body and stitches on his face."Later both of us, half-naked, were taken to the street, and they ordered me to have sex with the nun in public, saying nuns and priests do it. As I refused, they went on beating me and dragged us to the nearby government office. Sadly, a dozen policemen were watching all this," he said.Angry at his plea to the police for help, the mob beat the bleeding priest again.Later, a government official and members of the mob took the priest and the nun to the police station, where Father Chellen said he was kicked in the face."The four-hour ordeal ended when a senior police officer arrived in the evening," said Father Chellen.The priest said one of the most hurtful things about the incident was that some local Hindus whom he knew were watching the events and ignored his requests for help.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Violence Update as of August 25th and it continues! - OrissaDate: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:55:13 +0000 Fwding this list as of August 25th only about the violence in Orissa against the innocent and the helpless. ORISSA ANTI CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE UPDATE 25th August 2008 *By Dr. John Dayal.* 1) *NUN REPORTED BURNT ALIVE*: A Christian woman, possibly a nun, was reported burnt alive on 25th August 2008 by a group of Vishwa Hindu Parishad mob which stormed the orphanage she ran in the district of Bargarh (Orissa). Police Superintendent Ashok Biswall has told this to news reporters. A priest who was at the orphanage was also badly hurt and is now being treated in hospital for multiple burns. 2) *NUN RAPED*: A young Catholic Nun of the Cuttack Bhubaneswar diocese working Jan Vikas Kendra, the Social Service Centre at Nuagaon in Kandhamal was reportedly gang raped on 24th August 2008 by groups of Hindutva extremists before the building itself was destroyed. 3) *SENIOR PRIEST AND NUN INJURED*: Fr Thomas, director of the Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Kanjimendi, less than a kilometer away from the Social Service Centre, and another Nun were injured when the centre was attacked. They were taken to the police station in a disheveled state as the armed mob bayed for their blood. The Pastoral centre was then set afire. 4) *BALLIGUDA CHURCH BUILDINGS DESTROYED AGAIN*: On 24th August 2008. Evening lynch mobs at the block headquarters of Balliguda, in the very heart of Kandhamal district, which had seen much violence between 24th and 26th December 2007, attacked and destroyed a Presbytery, convent and hostel damaging the properties. 5) *The mobs in Balliguda* caught hold of two boys of the Catholic hostel and tonsured their heads. 6) *PHULBANI CHURCH DAMAGED*: On 25th august 2008 morning followers of the late Lakshmanananda Saraswati damaged the Catholic Church in Phulbani, the district headquarter town. 7) *MOTHER TERESA BROTHERS ASHRAM ATTACKED*: mobs attacked the Mother Teresa Brothers' residence and hospital in Srasanada, destroyed once before and rebuilt two months ago, and beat up the patients. Fundamentalists have targeted Priests, religious and also the Faithful in Pobingia also. 8) *BHUBANESWAR BISHOP'S HOUSE ATTACKED*: On the morning of 25th August 2008, violent mobs made several attempts to enter the compounds of Catholic Church and Archbishop's house in the heart of the Capital of the State of Orissa. They could not enter because of the police presence. They threw stones at the guesthouse of Archbishop's House, damaging windows. 9) *DUBURI PARISH*; Another group of fundamentalists entered presbytery in Duburi parish, managed by the SVDs and destroyed and damaged property. Two priests of the parish are missing. 10) *Mr. Jamaj Pariccha*, Director of Gramya Pragati, is attacked and his property, vehicle etc. damaged, burnt and looted. 11) *A Baptist Church* in Akamra Jila in Bhubaneswar is also damaged. 12) *Christian institutions* like St. Arnold's School (Kalinga Bihar), AND NISWASS report some damage. 13) *BOUDH DISTRICT* [Adjoining Kandhamal]: Fundamentalists enter the Catholic parish church and destroy property. People are fleeing to safer places. But nothing seems safe. 14) *Muniguda Catholic Fathers and Nuns'* residence have been damaged. 15) *Sambalpur HM Sister's residence* (Ainthapalli) has suffered damage. 16) * Padanpur*: One priest is attacked and admitted to a hospital. Hostel boys and the in charge have moved away from the place. 17) *Madhupur Catholic Church* currently under attack. 18) *SMALL CHURCHES*: Attempted violence on small churches in various districts, including Padampur, Sambalpur near GM College, Talsera, Dangsoroda, Narayanipatara, Muniguda, Tummiibandh, Tangrapada, Phulbani, Balliguda, Kalingia, Chakapad, Srasanranda. 19) *VILLAGE CHRISTIAN HOUSES ATTACKED*: Houses attacked on forest hamlets of Balliguda, Kanjamandi Nuaguam (K.Nuaguam), Tiangia (G.Udayagiri), Padangiri, Tikabali. 20) *KALAHANDI DISTRICT*: houses burnt even though the district is more than 300 kilometers from the place where Swami Lakshmanananda was killed. 21) *Pastor Sikandar Singh* of the Pentecostal Mission beaten up and his house burnt in Bhawanipatna. 22) *Kharihar*: 3 Christian shops were looted and burnt. Pastor Alok Das and Pastor I M Senapati beaten up. 23) *Aampani*: Pastor David Diamond Pahar, Pastor Pravin Ship, Pastor Pradhan and Pastor Barik beaten up and chased away with their families. 24) *Naktikani*: Mob surrounds village to attack Christians. The government has sent forces, it is reported. [This list is compiled with assistance from Archbishop's House, Bhubaneswar and other sources] Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check it out! _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline
