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Aug. 25, 1970 - Kerala Novices Deny's Nun Running'. Five young novice nuns said last night that there was no truth in allegations that an international nun-running racket was being operated from the Indian state of Kerala. The nuns were sent to England Cyriao 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 loves him. Non of us was forced to come here and we never heard of any girls in Kerala who were forced to become nuns. Photo shows Novice nuns from Kerala in the ground of St. Lucy's Convent, Medstead, Hants where they yesterday denied allegations that an international nun0running racket was being operated from the Indian state
