“When Silence Is Sanctified: The Nun Who Dared to Speak and the Church That Looked Away”, Goa Chronicles, January 10, 2026
“For eight long years, silence was not just imposed on her – it was sanctified.
The recent interview of a Keralite nun, Sister Ranit, to Asianet TV has once again torn the veil off one of independent India’s most disturbing institutional scandals: the alleged sexual abuse of a nun by a powerful Catholic bishop and the systematic effort that followed to crush the woman who dared to speak. Her words are not merely testimony; they are an indictment of power, patriarchy, and an institution that chose reputation over righteousness.
Long before mainstream media woke up to the gravity of the allegations, GoaChronicle.com was at the forefront of exposing the Bishop Franco Mulakkal case when it first surfaced several years ago. At a time when many newsrooms hesitated, hedged, or hid behind euphemisms, GoaChronicle named the rot for what it was – abuse of power cloaked in clerical authority. That early reporting came at a cost, but truth always does…..”
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