Thiruvananthapuram, October 15: : A Catholic bishop in Kerala has sparked off a controversy and embarrassed the Church by adopting a 26-year-old woman.
Following complaints from priests, the Latin Catholic Church has initiated a multi-level probe into the adoption by John Thattunkal, 58, the Bishop of Cochin.
Sources say the bishop adopted the woman with the consent of her non-Catholic Christian family, hailing from Pathanamthitta in central kerala.
Thattunkal met the woman during a pilgrimage abroad and was impressed by her “spirituality and divine experience.” “I have only fatherly love towards the woman who has spiritual powers. This relation is giving me spiritual refreshment,” Thattunkal was quoted by Mathrubhoomi, a Malayalam newspaper, as saying.
When The Indian Express tried to reach him on Tuesday, the bishop was not available for comments. “He has been in meditation the whole day,” said Fr Thambi Antony, diocese public relations officer. Antony declined to comment on the controversy as the issue is being looked into by the Church authorities.
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption
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A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was willing to withdraw ...
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A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was willing to withdraw ...
Kerala bishop ready to cancel adoption MSN India, India - Kochi: A Catholic bishop of Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a letter circulated Monday among priests said he was willing to cancel the ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption Newstrack India, India - Kochi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption Fresh News, India - By Indo-Asian News Service on Monday, October 20, 2008 A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated ... |
Controversial bishop ready to withdraw adoption Daily News & Analysis, India - KOCHI: A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated on Monday among the priests said he was willing to ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption Times of India, India - KOCHI: A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was willing to ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption Mangalorean.com, India - Kochi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption SINDH TODAY, Pakistan - Kochi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was ... |
Controversial Kerala bishop ready to withdraw adoption
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Kochi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was ...
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Kochi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Catholic bishop in Kerala, caught in a row for adopting a woman, in a written letter circulated Monday among the priests said he was ...
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