In her complaint to the police in June 2018, the nun had alleged that she was sexually abused by Bishop Franco Mulakkal between 2014 and 2016.
A Kerala court on January 14 acquitted Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping a nun in a convent in the southern state.
As the prosecution failed to produce evidence against the accused, the Additional District and Sessions Court II acquitted Bishop.
Bishop Mulakkal (57) was accused of raping the nun several times during a visit to a convent in this district, when he was bishop of the Jalandhar diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
The police had registered a case of rape against Bishop in Kottayam district in June 2018.
In her complaint to the police in June 2018, the nun had alleged that she was sexually abused by Bishop Franco Mulakkal between 2014 and 2016.
Special investigation team probing the case Bishop was arrested in September 2018 and charged him with wrongful confinement, rape, unnatural sex and criminal intimidation.
The hearing of the case began in November 2019 and ended on January 10.
The court had restrained the print and electronic media from publishing any matter relating to the trial in this case without its permission.
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