Indian police on Friday arrested a Catholic bishop accused by a nun of repeatedly raping her over a period of two years.
The arrest of Franco Mulakkal came after police questioned him for three days in southern Indian city of Kochi.
The nun with the Missionaries of Jesus order filed a police complaint in June accusing the bishop of raping her from 2014 to 2016.
Nuns hold placards during a protest demanding justice after an alleged sexual assault of a nun by a bishop in Kochi, in the southern state of Kerala, India. VOA
Mulakkal is the bishop of the northern Indian city of Jalandhar. He denied the accusations, saying the nun was angry because he had ordered her disciplined.
Police Officer Hari Sankar told The Press Trust of India news agency that Mulakkal would appear in court.
Dozens of nuns, activists and advocates have protested outside a court, demanding his prosecution. (VOA)
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