THE KILIMANOOR INCIDENT-TRIVANDRUM
The Kilimanoor Incident the
other side of the story
The activities of the
missionary group that was attacked by local people at the colony near Kilimanoor
in Thiruvananthapuram are suspicious . A thorough investigation is needed
regarding this.
The following points may be
noted
1) The missionary team which
entered the village at Kilimanoor on Monday was headed by one Pastor Benson Sam
and his wife . Mr. Benson and his wife are the second and third accused in the
case of abduction and sexual molestation of a minor girl at the Bible College at
Keraladityapuram near Sreekaryam (Thiruvananthapuram). In her deposition before
the police the girl had said that she was sexually abused by Benson and at many
times presented to foreign missionaries who visited the center. The girl was
finally rescued on September 22 nd 2002 by local people of Keraladityapuram.
2) The American Bishop Joseph
Cooper who was injured in the Kilimanoor incident is said to have entered the
country on a visiting visa . A visiting visa does not permit missionary work.
Furthermore, a foreigner is legally obliged to obtain prior permission from the
Central government before engaging in missionary activities. In this context ,
the work of this missionary calls for scrutiny.
3) Benson and team were opposed
by a section of the villagers the last time they came here. This is because the
miracle cure ceremony which they conducted involved smearing of a substance on
the body of people including women. This team also used to abuse the Hindu gods
and goddesses as part of their prayer .
The Thiruvananthapuram RSS
Vibhag Karyavah has clarified that the organization has no involvement in the
attack on the Protestant group at Kilimanoor .There is an effort on to blame the
Sangh and affiliated organizations for this incident. Innocent Sangh workers are
being taken into custody in the name of questioning . The RSS strongly protests
against the motivated campaign that is being mounted against it even before the
real culprits have been identified and arrested .It is to be noted that the
Chief minister Mr A K Anthony himself has said yesterday (15 Jan) that it is not
clear whether the RSS was involved in this incident or not.
Pedophile priests : It should
be noted that Christian churches and institutions all over Europe and America
are being forced to give thousands of millions of dollars as compensation to
child victims of sexual abuse by hundreds of priests over the years.
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