KOCHI: A nun who is a witness in the sexual abuse case against former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, launched an attack against the congregation. She told a news channel that pressures is being budged on her to retract her statement given against the bishop. The sister said that they are mentally harassing her and there is also a life threat.

Sister Lizy said, “They are forcing me to leave the convent. I am leading a prison life here. Food and medicines are not being provided. When I asked money to buy medicines, they yelled at me. They isolated me from the other nuns.”

The provincials and mother general forced me to retract the statement. I left Vijayawada and came to Kerala fearing death threat. I was transferred again as part of pressure, said Sister Lizy Vadakkeyil.

She said the people in the convent are not giving me oil to apply on my head. When I asked for it, they shouted at me. All this happened after giving statement against the bishop. They are not even allowing me to talk to my relatives.