Lissy Vadakkel

Lissy Vadakkel TOSF is an Indian religious sister of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation.

In June 1989 Vadakkel was one of four sisters to establish a Catholic school at the Alphonsa Convent in Ramakrishnapur for children of employees at the Singreni Collieries Company.[1]

Vadakkel testified in 2018 as a key witness in the rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar.[2][3] After testifying, Vadakkel was confined in a guest house in Muvattupuzha.[4] In February 2019 Sister Alphonsa Abraham, superior of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation's Nirmala Province, and three of her deputies were charged by Kerala police for wrongful confinement of Vadakkel.[5][6][7][8] In April 2019 she became the first person in India to receive government protection as a "Group A witness" under a new law to protect witnesses in sensitive court cases. The protection was ordered on April 9 by the district judge of Kottayam.[9]

References
  1. "Alphonsa Convent, Ramakrishnapur". FCC Nirmala Province,Vijayawada. 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. Jaikrishnan Nair (12 April 2019). "Kerala nun rape case: State asked to give protection to key witness nun". Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. "Ultimatum to Sr Lissy: Move or face the law". The New Indian Express. The New Indian Express. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. "Order explains transfer of nun who spoke against rape-accused bishop in India". Catholic News Agency. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. "Indian nuns charged with confining rape witness". ucanews.com.
  6. "Nun who protested against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal claims threat to life". The New Indian Express.
  7. "Return to Vijayawada by March 31; FCC tells Sr Lissy Vadakkel". Mathrubhumi. 25 March 2019.
  8. "Convent gives ultimatum to sister Lissy Vadakkel to leave Kerala and report to Vijayawada". The News Minute. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. India, Matters (12 April 2019). "Nun who reported bishop accused of rape receives witness protection". Global Sisters Report.
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