Syro-Malabar Church to rectify ‘mistake’ in FIR

Kochi | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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However, while registering the FIR, police included the names of bishop Manathodath and Fr Thelakkat. KOCHI: Syro-Malabar Church has asked police to exclude names of Bishop Jacob Manathodath and Fr Paul Thelakkat from the controversial FIR that was registered by police based on a complaint by Syro-Malabar Church over the alleged fake documents used to defame Cardinal George Alencherry . “The FIR was lodged a month ago and now when it became a controversy, they want to correct it. Kadavanthra St Joseph Church family union already passed a resolution after a meeting on Thursday. If it was a mistake, why wasn’t it corrected earlier,” said AMT convener Reji Kanjookkaran.The widespread protest within Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese continued with some parishes passing resolutions against the FIR..