bail for bishop, but another school in trouble for a fetus

The Supreme Court ruled that Bishop Almeida of Jabalpur will not go to jail on charges brought by the Child Protection Commission in the campaign it launched against Catholic centers. Meanwhile, however, a new inspection in the Sagar diocese turned human remains found in a scientific laboratory into alleged evidence of further abuse.

Jabalpur () – The Supreme Court of Madhya Pradesh granted the provisional suspension of arrest to the Bishop of Jabalpur, Msgr. Geral Almeida, accused of fraud in the management of a shelter for tribals that belongs to the diocese. He will remain free at least until the hearing on the case, set for April 24. Meanwhile, in another case related to the same wave of inspections ordered by the Child Protection Commission against Catholic educational institutions, Nam Singh Yadav, lay director of a school run by the Jabalpur diocese in the village of Jabalpur, has been released. of Junwani, who had been arrested on March 7 accused of sexual abuse against some female students.

He was released when the girls and their parents denied the allegations against the director and also demanded a fair investigation into how the allegations came about by those involved in the inspection from where they would have arisen. According to the Jabalpur diocese, the allegations of fraud against the bishop arose precisely after the baselessness of the case built against the director of the Junwani school came to light.

However, the Child Protection Commission’s accusation factory against the dioceses of Madhya Pradesh is still in full swing. The latest story to make headlines is that of a “human foetus” found at the Nirmal Jyoti school in Bina village, Sagar diocese. The remains, which came to light in another pinpoint inspection, were stored in a jar in the biology lab and, by the look of it, it was clear that it had been there a long time. When inspectors asked for clarification about its origin, the school asked for time to accurately reconstruct it. But in the meantime, just around Easter, the news reached the local newspapers, which began to fantasize about forced conversions and other abuses. And, punctually, on Monday the demonstrations began in the town asking for the school to be closed.

Meanwhile, the Bishop of Jabalpur, Monsignor James Athikalam, has today presented a report on the matter, in which it is reconstructed that the jar with the fetus in question came from the diocesan hospital and had been used to teach science classes many years ago. . The report also gives many details about how the Child Protection Commission carried out the inspection with the clear intention of finding a pretext to make the school look bad.