Kannur Iritti Karikottakkari Kalappura Skaria is a well-known social worker. Though he is a landlord, he has a big heart to come out to help the poor. Her wife Rosa also had the same heart. Thus there is every chance for their daughter Sister Lucy Kalappura to have those same qualities in her genes.

The couple have 11 children and Scaria brought up his children without the slightest pride that he is the owner of 25 acres of land. Their children also showed kindness to the poor. Lucy Kalappura is their seventh child.

From her childhood itself, a passion to help the poor was manifest in her. But now Lucy is a rotten apple for Catholics Church. But she is fighting it out… fighting against the injustice and pervasive thoughts of priests in the church.

“Jesus Christ fought against injustice. That’s what I’m also doing now,” says Sister Lucy in an exclusive interview to Kerala Kaumudi.

Sister Lucy explains she was ousted from the church for taking part in the protest against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, the accused in a nun rape case. “It was part of my constant fight against injustice. I talked to media, took part in TV discussions…I didn’t mince words... This irked the church. Didn’t similar things happen in the diocese? Didn’t the priests there try to hide Fr Robin Wadakkancherry’s wrongdoing? He is now in the jail. How many did come forward to oppose him? No one… All were scared. If they open their mouth, they will be made to sit in a corner.

Now what is happening in convents?

“Sexuality is a biological need of human beings, Nuns and priests cannot completely avoid that.
Many priests are misusing their authority. They deliberately create situations for that. Why are they frequenting convents? Are the convents the place where the priests can give expressions to their thoughts, anger and emotional urge? Why do they insist on having food from convents?

If the errors in churches have to be rectified, such priests or nuns should be allowed to get married. For people like me who are spinsters and into social work, it is difficult to turn a blind eye to such immoral things in churches.

Francos and Robins are surfacing in society because no one is coming forward to oppose the. Strong voice of protests should rise from churches,” Sister Lucy says.