THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan on Thursday said that an ethics committee appointed by the assembly will examine the derogatory remarks made by P C George MLA against the nun who has lodged a sexual abuse complaint against Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulackal.

"If there is a complaint against any member of the assembly, the ethics committee will be appointed to examine the matter and submit a report to the Speaker," said Sreeramakrishnan.

P C George on September 8 said there was no doubt that the nun, who was allegedly raped by Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar diocese, is a prostitute. Pointing a finger at the nun, George said that she had enjoyed the act for 12 times but the 13th time she had alleged it rape. He questioned why she had not filed a complaint when she was raped for the first time.

The nun had filed a complaint earlier in July, accusing Mulakkal of raping her multiple times at a convent in Kuruvilangad between 2014 and 2016. National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma had alleged that the nun was facing discrimination after levelling the charges and was not getting support from the Church.