Overview

• Sister Anupama Kelamangalathuveliyil formally renounced her nunhood in April 2025 after years of advocacy against rape allegations involving Bishop Franco Mulakkal.
• Sources report her efforts to join another diocese were blocked by bishops and priests loyal to Mulakkal.
• She has taken up employment as a desktop publishing operator at a computer centre in Cherthala, Kerala.
• Bishop Mulakkal was suspended by Pope Francis in 2018, acquitted by a Kerala court in 2022, and resigned his Jalandhar post in 2023 with his case pending appeal.
• At least 25 other nuns who supported the protest have also renounced their vows following reported harassment linked to the campaign.