Bible - Cardinals - Churches - Monks - Nuns
Aug. 25, 1970 - Kerala Novices Deny Nun Running': Five young novice nuns laid last night that there was no truth in allegations that an international nun-running racket was being operate from the Indian state of Kerala. The nuns were sent to England from their homs in Kerala two years ago by Father Cyriac Puthenpura, the priest named as being a leading figure in the traffic. Today they are happy and devoted members of the religious teachers Filippini order at St. Lucy's convent, Medstead, near Alton, Hants. The eldest of the five novices, sister Rosa, 26, said: Fr. Cyriac is a good man and the people love him. None of us was forced to come here and we never heard of any girls in Kerala who were forced to become nuns
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