Virginia Saldanha

Virginia Saldanha is a theologian based in Mumbai and a member of the Sisters in Solidarity and the Indian Christian Women's Movement. She earlier has represented laity, family and women's issues in organizations of Asian and Indian bishops.

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Bishop Franco Mulakkal is seen outside a crime branch office in Cochin, India, Sept. 19, 2018. On Jan. 14, a court in southern India's Kerala state acquitted him of all charges of raping a nun. (CNS)

Mulakkal verdict leaves nuns more vulnerable to clergy sex abuse

GSR Today - As long as the clergy continue to enjoy the inordinate power that comes with ordination, the vulnerable among the people of God will continue to experience abuse, and nuns are among the most vulnerable.

The power of religion over women in India