Indian Nun Raped in Orissa Accuses Police of Failing to Respond Adequately

Chambria N. Brawley
10-31-08
2:00 am

The anonymous Roman Catholic, Indian nun that I reported of last weekend came forward and revealed herself on Saturday to Orissa officials and the Indian public. The news conference was held in the Indian capital, Delhi where she insisted on intervention from national police forces. Meena Lalita Barwa, offered an account of her rape during the public conference and states that throughout her violent ideal, police did little to acknowledge despite their presence.

Orissa police have been subject to extreme scrutiny over the past couple of months due to delays in the case. The death toll has now risen above 30 and thousands of Christians have been made homeless as a result of anti-Christian violence.

Sister Barwa’s complaint was originally filed on August 25, in which the 29 year-old stated she was abducted from a Christian prayer hall in Kandahamal and raped by a mob of approximately 50 Hindu men. She was then paraded throughout the street in her undergarments while being beaten on her face, hands, and back with sticks. When she sought help from the police, they did not budge and they would later be inattentive to the details of her horrific ordeal.

I can’t possibly imagine how it feels to be in her position. To be faced with such brutality and the voice she does have is essentially ignored. Over the past couple of months, these reports of anti-Christian violence have come to be highly publicized yet, still little or no means of true intervention or cessation in sight. The alarming part is, how many other individuals have fallen subject to the same cruelties as Sister Barwa, and have lacked the courage to come forward, or were unable to voice their ordeals due to mortality.


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