Another nun row rocks Kerala church
Ananthakrishnan G | TNN
Thiruvananthapuram: A church in Kerala is in the throes of yet another scandal
even as controversy over the death of sister Abhaya is yet to settle. Relatives
of a Catholic nun have alleged that she is being forcibly kept in mental
hospitals to prevent her from revealing the alleged ‘sexual misdemeanours’ in
the convent. But the convent denies the charge and insists that she is a
psychiatric case.
Sixty-year-old Treesa Thomas, who was attached to the Divine Mary Convent
at Anchal in Kollam district, was admitted to a hospital run by the Church in
Thodupuzha in October. ‘‘About two weeks back, she was shifted to the
government mental asylum in Thiruvananthapuram,’’ the nun’s sister-in-law
Tresyamma told TOI over phone from Kottayam.
The mater came to light after the nun’s nephew Benny filed a complaint with
the Kerala Women’s Commission. Benny alleged Thomas, who has been a nun for the
last 43 years, was forcibly admitted to the hospital to prevent her from
spilling the beans on ‘‘illicit affairs between priests and sisters’’ and to
make her statements look silly. It also claimed that a nun, who was unable to
bear the torment, had ended her life in the convent sometime back.
Benny lives in Ireland and had come home in connection with the baptism of
his kid which is when the family got the wind of the matter and decided to take
it up with the authorities. Following the complaint, commission member P K
Sainaba visited the nun and recorded her statement.
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