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JALANDHAR: Jalandhar diocese Bishop Franco Mulakkal , who has been accused of rape by a nun, on Tuesday alleged that it was a pressure tactic sponsored by anti-church groups and claimed that it had damaged his reputation.“Some damage has been caused to the reputation of the church, and mine, by the allegations and the media trial. It is their last resort as a pressure tactic after a police official gave a statement that there was no sufficient evidence to arrest me,” the Bishop said. “Earlier, too, I cooperated with the probe team and would continue to do so even now. Only those nuns have ganged up with the complainant who were part of the team she headed here as Superior General of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters (MJS) in Jalandhar Cantt. “The complainant is building the pressure as she knows that if my name is cleared in police probe then she would face questions on how she lost her virginity..