Cardinal Baselios expresses trust in court after nuns get bail in Chhattisgarh
The judicial process now begins and we wish the nuns to be declared innocent after the legal process."
Speaking as the spokesman of the Church, Baselios said, "We all believe is that they are innocent and were trying to help the young girls. The girls are mature and not minors, they can a decision for themselves. Let the court take its act of justice and we have all confidence in the court."
"We believe that the accusations against nuns have to be proved, while my apprehension is that once a crowd dictates what is right and not, things in democracy and judiciary will be in trouble.
Let the court alone make the sincere investigation and find the truth," he added.
"The nuns are from Kerala and we are with them on different levels as we have emotional attachment with them. They are not two simple sisters, the issue is of serious concern for us. It shouldn't happen again anywhere in the country. Else, anyone could accuse anyone and put them in jail, who will prove them innocent," Cardinal Baselios said.
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Cardinal Baselios Cleemis is a former President of Catholic Bishops Conference of India twice, and is present consultant to Pope Leo XIV in the dicastery of inter-religious dialogue. Additionally, he is serving as head of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church in Kerala.
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