<http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081024-168322/Vatican-suspends-Indian-bishop>Vatican
suspends Indian
<http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081024-168322/Vatican-suspends-Indian-bishop>bishop
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 21:19:00 10/24/2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAMÂThe Vatican has suspended a
Roman Catholic bishop in the southern Indian
state of Kerala after he adopted a 26-year-old
woman, local Church officials said Friday.
Father Stephen Alathara, a spokesman for the
Kerala Catholic Bishops' Conference, said a
communiqué had been received from the Vatican,
ordering the suspension of Bishop John Thattungal, 58, and a formal inquiry.
The probe will be carried out by a three-member
committee of fellow Indian bishops.
"A final decision would be taken only after the
inquiry report is submitted and till then he
remains suspended," Alathara said, adding that
the investigation could take years.
Thattungal reportedly met the unmarried woman and
her family during a pilgrimage in April.
News of the adoption triggered an outcry within
Kerala's sizeable Christian community after it broke in the local media.
The scandal coincided with celebrations over the
canonization by the pope of India's first woman
saint, Sister Alfonsa, who also hailed from Kerala.
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