KOCHI: The Kerala High Court suggested to Sister Lucy Kalappurakal, who was expelled from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC), that she may have to vacate from the convent in Wayanad in view of her security.
Sister Lucy was dismissed from the church at Kerala's Manathavady in August 2019 by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, after getting the Vatican's clearance, for disobeying church authorities. Since then, she has been fighting her case and she refused to move out from the convent in Wayanad district that she is residing in.
On Wednesday after her counsel withdrew for personal reasons, the nun herself appeared as party in person and said that since she already has the case against her congregation in another court, she should be allowed to reside at her convent, till its verdict comes. She submitted to the court not to evict her from the convent. A case challenging the eviction notice was pending before a trial court, she submitted. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan said the order of police protection granted last year by the High Court cannot continue any longer if she intended to continue at the convent.
Kalappura, who took part in a protest by nuns belonging to Missionaries of Jesus Congregation seeking the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, was expelled by the FCC under the Roman Catholic Church in August 2019.
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