<http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18202§ionid=22&issueid=31&Itemid=1>Bishop
admits to 'bloody blessing'
M.G. Radhakrishnan
Thiruvananthapuram, October 21, 2008
It was a confession extraordinary. John Thattunkal, the controversial
bishop of the Latin Catholic Dioicese of Kochi, has admitted having
conducted a blessing ceremony with human blood, considering it as
that of Jesus Christ.
Considered a black magic ritual and disapproved by the official
church, the 'bloody blessing' was conducted to bless the bishop's
residence itself. The blood allegedly was given by a woman whom the
bishop had adopted recently, which had triggered the huge controversy
inside the church and the community.
A large section of the community members and also priests have
demanded the resignation of the bishop from all offices in the church
and have requested the papal office at Vatican to initiate punitive
action against him, including de-frocking. The Latin Catholic church
has ordered a probe into the issue.
Meanwhile, the 58-year-old bishop has admitted adopting the
26-year-old woman and said they have a spiritual relationship with
each other. Following the outcry in the community against the
adoption and the ongoing relationship between the bishop and the
woman, Thattunkal has tendered an apology to the community for having
caused the controversy although he did not find any mistake in any of
his own deeds.
However, the Pope has also said he would go by whatever Rome directs
and would nullify the adoption or quit from the bishop's post if
Vatican wants so. Pope's representative - Apostolic Nuncio - at Kochi
has already sent the details of the issue to Pope's headquarters at Vatican.
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