Franco Mulakkal

Franco Mulakkal
Bishop Emeritus of Jalandhar
ArchdioceseDelhi
DioceseJalandhar
Appointed13 June 2013
Installed4 August 2013
Term ended1 June 2023
PredecessorAnil Joseph Thomas Couto
Orders
Ordination21 April 1990
Consecration21 February 2009
by Vincent Michael Concessao
Personal details
Born
Franco Mulakkal

(1964-03-25) 25 March 1964 (age 60)
Mattam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
DenominationSyro-Malabar Church
OccupationBishop
Alma materGuru Nanak Dev University (M.A.)
Alphonsian Academy (D.Phil.)

Franco Mulakkal is an Indian prelate of the Latin Catholic Church. He worked as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar from 2013[1][2][3] until his arrest in 2018 on charges of raping a nun.[4] He is the first bishop in Indian Catholic to be arrested for being accused in a rape case. In January 2022 the Kerala district court declared him innocent without the witnesses changing their statements. The court heard the statements of 39 witnesses in the case and he was acquitted of all charges. But the nuns are still fighting for their cause.[5] He was forced to resign as Jalandhar bishop by the Vatican, and in June 2023 Pope accepted his resignation.[6]

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  3. ^ "Franco Mulakkal is new bishop". hindustantimes.com/. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  4. ^ Thomas, Saji (2 December 2019). "Mulakkal appears for trial in nun's rape, next hearing set for Jan. 6". Global Sisters Report. National Catholic Reporter. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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  6. ^ "Kerala nun rape case accused Franco Mulakkal resigns as Jalandhar Bishop". June 2023.