Mysuru
A nun at the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy Mission here has alleged that she was assaulted and molested in connivance with some superiors of her religious congregation for exposing illegal and immoral activities along with sexual harassment of many hearing impaired and mute children in the convent in Kodagu.
Acting on her complaint, the Ashokpuram police here have registered a case of sexual harassment, assault, provocation and criminal intimidation against Sister Bindu, Sister Ann Mary, Sister Deepa and drivers of the convent under Section 354(A) (sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment), 392 (punishment for robbery), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Meanwhile, Sister Margaret of the Mercy Convent said in a press release that the nun’s allegations were totally false and malicious .
The nun has also said there is a threat to her life, in a video message, which has gone viral on social media.
In her complaint to police, the 45-year-old nun said she had been associated with the Mercy Convent for the last 24 years. Since 1998, she has served in different convents across India.
The nun joined the Provincial House in Mysuru in March this year after working as the headmistress of the school for hearing impaired in Kodagu district since 2018.
On May 31, her relative Bindu along with a driver tied her, beat her up, snatched her mobile phone and gave her an injection due to which she fell unconscious, she said in her complaint.
The nun further alleged that when she became numb and weak due to the injection, she was dragged to the St Mary’s Mental Hospital, and the driver touched her private parts.
She added that she did not have strength to resist his sexual advancement. After he left, another person came and repeated the act, she alleged in the complaint.
When I reported it to Sister Ann Mary, she threatened me that they will make me mentally unstable. The next day Sister Deepa too said the same will be repeated if you reveal these things to others. You will never be able to see the outside world ever, the nun alleged in her complaint.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
