Apr 22 2016 : The Times of India (Chennai)
Priest beats up boy for failing Bible quiz
Mangaluru:
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A Catholic church priest has been booked for allegedly assaulting a 12year-old boy after he failed to answer questions on the Bible, during his first communion catechism class in Our Lady of Fatima Church in the city . The priest is absconding.The assault occurred on April 12 and the case was registered in Vittal police station on April 18. The boy's parents said parish priest Andrew D'Costa beat him with a stick.
Mangaluru Diocese PRO Rev Fr William Menezes told TOI the accused priest confessed he had reprimanded the boy but denied manhandling him. Most Rev Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangaluru, also asked the priest -who is reportedly under treatment in hospital -to cooperate with the police and meet the boy's family
Mangaluru Diocese PRO Rev Fr William Menezes told TOI the accused priest confessed he had reprimanded the boy but denied manhandling him. Most Rev Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangaluru, also asked the priest -who is reportedly under treatment in hospital -to cooperate with the police and meet the boy's family
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