A Catholic priest who had testified against his colleague Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a Kerala nun, was found dead in Punjab’s Hoshairpur district this morning.
Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, 60, was found dead in his room at St Mary’s Church complex in Dasuya town. A police officer said there were no injury marks on the body though there were signs he had vomited. Blood pressure medicine was also found near him.
Kuriakose’s brother said he suspected foul play.
Mulakkal, a senior priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun between 2013 and 2016, was released from a prison in Kerala on bail last week. He was given a hero’s welcome when he arrived in Jalandhar.
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