Some trying to make me mentally ill, forcing me to retract statement against Franco, says Sister Lissy

KOCHI: Sister Lissy Vadakkel, main witness in the case of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of sexually abusing a nun at a convent in Kerala, said pressure is being budged on her to retract her statement. She said they are forcing her to withdraw her statements over phone and in person. Sister Lissy said that she is living in the midst of stress and isolation and some are trying to make her a mental patient. She said that she is firm in her statement against the former bishop and will not change it. She said that is to a TV news channel.

Sister said that the trial of the case should be conducted as early as possible. Some are trying to influence me saying that if I say anything against the bishop it will harm the church. She said that some from her evangelization team are budging pressure on her to retract the statement. Some nuns of the convent are trying to make me a mental patient, she said.