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According to sources, the investigating team probing the case visited the priest’s office and sought details from him for over three hours. Fr Mundadan, a senior priest of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, said that being the secretary of the Presbyteral Council, the police sought details regarding the Church land scam. Being the secretary of the council, I will be able to throw light on the land deals,” Fr Mundadan told Express. Former apostolic administrator of the archdiocese Bishop Mar Jacob Manathodath and senior priests Fr Paul Thelakkat and Fr Tony Kallookaran are the first and second accused, respectively, in the document forgery case. However, the Church filed a police complaint and an FIR was registered in connection with the forging of documents..